Remote Accounting Manager - Close & Consolidations Leader

Zillow Group Inc.; Washington (NJ); Remote; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Zillow Group is seeking an experienced Close and Consolidations professional to advance close and consolidation initiatives, manage programs, and partner with Tax, Legal, Treasury and Compliance. The role emphasizes driving efficiency, scalability, and accurate intercompany accounting across the close cycle.

You will own a focused set of close areas, lead cross-team projects, and help shape policies and controls to sustain a robust month-end close. This is a remote role within the U.S.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a large public company environment.
• Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance required; CPA preferred.
• Strong US GAAP foundation with experience in intercompany accounting, multi-entity consolidation, and exposure to transfer-pricing processes.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead close optimization and efficiency initiatives, identify manual processes, build roadmaps, and drive improvements to reduce manual effort and strengthen scalability across the accounting organization.
• Own close communications, facilitation, and tracking, maintaining the operational rhythm of the close cycle.
• Overhaul and maintain artifacts, templates, and frameworks used to coordinate close activity across the accounting org.
• Lead recurring cross-team accounting programs, such as close management and consolidation, driving standardization and coordination across teams.
• Provide oversight of the intercompany program; partner with Tax, Legal, Treasury, and Compliance to ensure shared services and transfer pricing agreements operate as intended; flag issues.
• Represent accounting in Zillow Group-wide strategic projects such as M&A integrations, new entity formation, and reorganizations; project-manage related activities.
• Develop and enhance operational policies and internal control frameworks to ensure SOX compliance.
• Deliver financial analysis and develop metrics that provide insight into close processes and support optimization, standardization, and scalability.
• Own the accounting for a focused set of close areas, including expense accruals, ensuring that journal entries and reconciliations are accurate and well supported.
• Act as a reviewer of intercompany activity across a defined subset of entities under shared service and transfer pricing agreements; ensure settlements are recorded accurately.
• Author or review monthly fluctuation analyses and month-end close documentation for owned areas.

Skills

US GAAP

Intercompany accounting

Multi-entity consolidation

Transfer pricing

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA preferred

Tools

Workday Financials

Excel

Job description

Zillow Group is seeking an experienced Close and Consolidations professional to advance close and consolidation initiatives, manage programs, and partner with Tax, Legal, Treasury and Compliance. The role emphasizes driving efficiency, scalability, and accurate intercompany accounting across the close cycle.

You will own a focused set of close areas, lead cross-team projects, and help shape policies and controls to sustain a robust month-end close. This is a remote role within the U.S.