Join the future of news

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

The Washington Post is looking for a transformative technical accounting  manager to join the leadership team of our Financial Accounting department.

The Washington Post is the right place for you because you are a forward-looking, self-motivated leader, interested in cultivating a team of high performing senior accountants. Our team is responsible for providing timely and accurate financial information in support of the Company’s strategic initiatives. Adaptability to ever-changing business priorities, intellectual curiosity, and an understanding of how various puzzle pieces fit into the big picture in support of the mission of The Washington Post is crucial to this role.

This role will report to the Controller

What Motivates You

• You are unafraid and unapologetic about re-imagining of the financial accounting function, leading the team through transformative process changes to garner efficiencies through automation- and process improvement-first thinking.
• You are a subject matter expert on technical accounting issues, preparation and analysis of financial statements and disclosures and accounting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and you are adept at using your knowledge combined with comprehensive judgment to advise on the appropriate treatment for business operations.
• You enjoy preparing, reviewing, and updating existing memoranda documenting the Company’s decisions and judgements with respect to positions taken on accounting matters.
• You are skilled at organizing competing priorities for yourself and your team, including balancing core responsibilities such as month-end close, year-end close, annual internal and external audit process and overall responsibility for managing the operations of the financial accounting team with collaboration with stakeholders throughout the Company.
• You are comfortable with providing assistance and oversight where applicable to our risk management, tax, treasury, and international compliance functions.
• You are intellectually curious, innovative when it comes to processes and utilizing automation tools, and you possess an attention to detail and dedication to quality.
• You are open to and excited about your role evolving as the organization evolves and new needs arise.
• You are skilled at proposing and implementing process improvements to gain efficiency and to streamline processes. We are re-imagining how the accounting team works – away from manual work to RPA and AI-enabled workflows, and this role will be pivotal in leading the team through this transition.
• You are comfortable working with new technology and various systems.

How You'll Support the Mission

• Ensuring that the department operates efficiently without sacrificing accuracy, and meets monthly and annual reporting deadlines, both internal and external.
• Coaching and mentoring a team of senior accounting staff members, enabling them to achieve timely and accurate results, and facilitate their professional growth.
• The review and approval of period close work product prepared by the accounting team, including journal entries for revenue and expense accruals, variance to budget analyses and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to the company's policy documentation and procedures to enhance the overall quality of financial reporting efforts.
• Supervising the preparation and delivery of timely and accurate financial reports or statements for management, stakeholders, and external parties, such as auditors, vendors, or regulatory agencies.
• Providing input in conjunction with the preparation of the annual budget and interim forecasts, including supporting schedules.
• Collaborating with the entire finance team, including tax, payroll and financial operations and planning departments on monthly and annual reporting
• Preparation of technical accounting papers supporting our positions and accounting policies for review by the Controller and assisting with interpreting