Director - Corporate Accounting at Skanska USA, Arlington, VA

Director - Corporate Accounting at Skanska USA in Arlington, VA. Full-time. $185,000 a year. Apply with swipeandhired.

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If you want to feel the satisfaction of really making a difference, with every decision you make, you’ve come to the right place.

That’s because, at Skanska, we don’t just develop office and multi-family buildings. Or build bridges. Or data centers. We make a positive impact in people’s lives – shaping the way we all live, work, and connect, now and for generations to come - and we want you to do it together with us.

Skanska's values —Be Better Together, Act Ethically and Transparently, Commit to Customer, and Care for Life—are deeply engrained in how we work, which is why our values support and drive our D&I efforts.

The Director of Corporate Accounting is responsible for leading all accounting, financial reporting, control, compliance, and audit requirements for CDUS. The position requires extensive knowledge and experience interpreting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Skanska Accounting Manual (SAM) and ensuring that CDUS accounting complies with these standards. This position is an integral member of the CDUS Finance and Accounting Team and serves as a key advisor to the CFO and business leadership. The role offers significant visibility across the business and the opportunity to influence accounting practices, systems, controls, and financial decision-making.

Main Responsibilities

General

• Partner with the CFO on accounting, financial reporting, controls, risk management, and other matters that support effective business execution.
• Provide accounting guidance on complex or non-routine transactions, including projects, joint ventures, leases, financing arrangements, and property operations.
• Build strong relationships across the organization and with external partners to effectively support business and accounting needs.

Team Leadership and Development

• Lead and develop the Accounting team through goal setting, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and professional development.
• Oversee team priorities, workload, and workflows to ensure timely, accurate reporting and continuously improve accounting processes and controls.

Change Management

• Partner with the CFO to develop and implement accounting procedures, controls, systems, and reporting processes, including training and adoption across the business.
• Monitor changes in accounting guidance, assess business impacts, and lead updates to related policies, procedures, and practices.
• Collaborate across Skanska functions and business units, leveraging internal and external resources to resolve accounting matters and support evolving business needs.

Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close and financial reporting, ensuring accurate and timely reporting across corporate, project, property, joint venture, and lease activity.
• Oversee key accounting analyses, reconciliations, adjustments, disclosures, and reporting submissions, addressing accounting matters identified through project, property, and asset reviews.
• Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis to ensure alignment among actual results, forecasts, project reporting, and Group reporting requirements.

Controls, Compliance, and Systems

• Ensure accounting activities comply with applicable accounting standards, company policies, governance requirements, and internal controls.
• Maintain effective financial systems, reporting structures, access controls, and accounting processes to support the accuracy and integrity of financial information.
• Oversee key financial control activities, including reconciliations, intercompany activity, expense reviews, and other significant accounting transactions.

Treasury, Banking, and Shared Services

• Oversee key treasury and banking activities, including wire approvals, bank account administration, funding requirements, and the accounting of loans and interest.
• Partner with Cash Management, Shared Services, Accounts Payable, and other teams to resolve payment, banking, and accounting matters and ensure efficient processes.

Audit, Tax, and External Reporting

• Lead the annual external audit and support internal audits and control reviews, coordinating documentation, responses, and timely resolution of findings.
• Partner with Tax on quarterly provisions, forecasts, apportionment, and other tax-related reporting requirements.
• Oversee lease accounting and related reporting and disclosures in accordance with applicable accounting standards.

Director - Corporate Accounting Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial reporting, general ledger accounting, and internal controls, preferably within real estate development or another asset-intensive industry.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and experience interpreting and applying accounting policies to complex transactions.
• Demonstrated experience with project, joint venture, lease, residential, office, or property management accounting.
• Experience leading month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, consolidation, external audit, and tax coordination activities.
• Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and employee development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and well-developed leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• A solution-oriented mindset with the ability to balance business needs, accounting requirements, and control discipline.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise accounting and consolidation systems; JDE and HFM experience is strongly preferred.
• Ability to function independently and as part of a team, maintain discretion and confidentiality, and manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• General understanding of real estate development economics and market drivers.
• Construction experience and previous experience within the Skanska Group are preferred but not required.
• Travel 25-35%

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including experience leading an accounting function or team.
• CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification is preferred.

Currently, the company is not considering applicants for this position who now or in the future require employment sponsorship by the company.

Our Investment in you:

• We believe that Benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options (including medical, dental, and vision insurance plans), expert guidance, and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially, and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and Benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
• As a Skanska community, our values ground us, and our diversity of experience propels us forward. No matter what your career stage, there’s a place for you to thrive here and partner with us in shaping how our world lives, moves, and connects.
• At Skanska, we Care for Life. And we’re committed to supporting your whole health and peace of mind through inclusive and personalized total rewards.
• We’re committed to your success by developing you in your role and supporting your career growth
• Compensation and financial well-being – Competitive base salary, excellent bonus program, 401k, & Employee ownership program.

Come work with us and join a winning team!

Salary Low

USD $185,000.00/Yr.
Salary High

USD $220,000.00/Yr.

Additional Details

Full-time employees are eligible for Health & Welfare Benefits including comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans. Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care, Health Savings Account and Commuter Benefits. Company provided Short and Long-Term Disability, Group Life and AD&D. Voluntary Whole & Term Life, Accident, Critical Illness, Supplemental LTD, subsidized family care benefit and Employee Assistance Program.

Retirement and Incentive plans include 401(k) Retirement accounts with company match or annual contribution, Employee Stock Option Program and Bonus plans.

Time off programs include three weeks of accrued vacation, ten paid holidays, two personal days annually and paid sick leave. Paid military and parental leave programs, jury and bereavement leave.

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Skanska in the U.S. operates 28 offices across the country, with its headquarters in New York City. In 2024, the U.S. construction sector generated $8.2 billion in revenue, and the U.S. development sector’s net investments in commercial projects totaled $224 million.

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