Job Details

Premier Press is one of the largest creative production companies on the West Coast, working with some of the most recognizable brands from around the world. If you're someone who's a self-starter, detail oriented and motivated to learn, this could be a great opportunity to work at an exciting and growing company. Visit our website to see our great work!

Our Mission: Bring order to the chaos of creative production and distribution, making it easy to bring your brand to life.

Our Vision: Create a world free from dull marketing.

Our Values:

• Go Beyond

• Discover New Ways & Ideas

• Respect Ourselves, Each Other, and Our Community

• Deliver the Best Client Experience

Job Title: Accounting Manager

Classification: Full-time, exempt

Salary/Pay Range: $75,000 - $90,000 DOE

Reports to: Controller

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm

Location: In-office (no remote), 5000 N Basin Ave., Portland, OR 97217

Benefits

• Employer-paid Health Insurance (100% of employee premium covered)
• Basic Life Insurance (Employer paid)
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mass-Transit Reimbursement Program helps employees save on commuting costs
• 401k with annual profit sharing
• Paid Time Off, increases with tenure
• Paid Holidays
• Growth opportunities

General Summary: We are seeking an accounting professional who enjoys working in a team and improving process. The Accounting Manager oversees accounts receivable, accounts payable, and billing department. In this role, you'll manage a small team, collaborate with project managers and stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely billing. This is a great opportunity to step into a role where you'll make a direct impact on both our client experience and our company's financial health.

Essential Functions:

• Manage, lead, coach, and develop team members within the Accounting and Billing departments.
• Facilitate workflows of internal and external questions and requests from Accounting and Billing departments.
• Process, review, and audit billing to compare worked performance to estimates.
• Process, review and reconcile various reports as needed.
• Provide training and support for new hires and existing team members on departmental process and procedures.
• Facilitate client billings of products and services with external and internal business partners to ensure documentation is supported.
• Record journal entries as required.
• Preparation of sales tax liability workpapers and reconciling sales taxes in accounting system.
• Other duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions of the job.

Supervisory Responsibility: Manages accounting staff, assigns work, oversees performance, reviews outputs, and supports staff development to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Associate or bachelor's degree in accounting or business
• 4+ years' experience in accounting and/or billing
• Experience and working knowledge of Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams (preferred), and Adobe Acrobat PDF, and ERP or IT/Accounting systems
• Management experience including performance oversight and holding accountable other team members

Core Competencies

• Prioritization, organization, and problem solving
• Coaching and developing team members
• Customer/client focused
• Confident communicator who is comfortable reaching out to our internal and external customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Works well with others, as well as the ability to use sound independent judgment
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Must be reliable and dependable
• Must be flexible and able to handle high pressure projects and situations

Additional Details:

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely utilizes standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit at a desk and work on a computer for prolonged periods of time as well as stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy: We are an alcohol and drug-free workplace. Offers are contingent on the successful completion of background checks and drug screenings. (While we prohibit impairment on the job, our policy does not restrict lawful, off-duty marijuana use.)

EEO: Premier Press provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any time without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.