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Stambaugh Ness is honored to support Historical Concepts in their search for a professional and execution focused Operations Manager to join their team. The Operations Manager primarily helps mitigate risk for the organization. Individual will help ensure that day-to-day operations align with the Firm’s business goals, working closely with all practice areas and senior leadership.

Position Details

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage and implement risk management practices that result in services being efficiently, effectively, and consistently provided by staff on all projects.
  • Manage and implement proposal and agreement practices and procedures
  • Primarily through proposal review (including RFQ and RFP forms) and agreement authorship, including related amendments.
  • Review, recommend and advise on other agreement forms such as confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-compete.
  • Recommend and advise on agreements with suppliers, vendors, and landlords as appropriate.
  • Manage and implement the acquisition of property, casualty, and professional liability insurance (excluding employee benefits).
  • Advise on coverage levels and deductibles
  • Work with insurance brokers and carriers for endorsements to policies, audits, and claim management
  • Manage the Board of Architects registrations for the Firm and the Best Practices Director, Secretary of State registrations for the Firm, and the process to monitor and acquire continuing education credits needed by the President and the Best Practices Director.
  • Support the implementation of practices and procedures for project management and scheduling, led by other operations coworkers.
  • Strategic projects and initiatives as may be assigned.

Working Style & Role Expectation:

  • Timely and thorough; executes routine operational tasks without sacrificing attention to detail; ensures accuracy and consistency.

  • Strong follow-through, reliability and proactive communication are essential; a high level of individual ownership while working collaboratively with colleagues.
  • Ability to bring others together to resolve challenges, reconcile gaps and variances in information.
  • Communicates regularly with leadership, providing updates on outstanding projects or initiatives; escalates risk management related items appropriately.
  • Ability to recognize variables, detect problems, and adapt accordingly; use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of solutions to problems.
  • Recognize the importance of coworker experience as integral to shared interactions; successful experiences with coworkers are marked by a proactive approach, respect, and personalization.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.

  • 10+ years of progressive experience, including prior experience managing operations in the architecture and/or related engineering industry.
  • Proficient with oral comprehension, oral expression, written comprehension, written expression, speech recognition and speech clarity abilities in English.
  • Competency in Microsoft is a must: Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel.
  • Experience with AIA contract software a plus but not a requirement.

Compensation:

Salary Range: $100,000 – $110,000 annually, depending on experience and skills.

About Historical Concepts

Historical Concepts is an architectural firm established in 1982, providing award winning traditional architecture and planning to residential, developer, and civic clients. They are a team of academics, designers, and practitioners who come to work every day enlivened by the prospects inherent in each project. They are dedicated to a shared vision, and it has given them the privilege of recruiting talent of the highest caliber.

Historical Concepts is an equal opportunity employer.

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Financial Accountant

Our Atlanta office is looking for a highly motivated team member with a strong background in accounting, treasury management and financial reporting. Candidate must have excellent communication and organizational skills, plus be able to work with people at all levels of the firm. This position performs a wide range of responsibilities and must be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality. This position will report to our Director of Business Services.

Background/Education

  • 5 – 10 years practical and varied on the job accounting experience.
  • Ability to handle multiple responsibilities, deadlines and interact effectively with others in the workplace is an essential function of the job.
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, with an MBA preferred but not required.

Knowledge and Skillset Required

  • Excellent computer skills and advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Deltek Vision/Vantagepoint experience a plus
  • Experience in the Professional Services industry necessary
  • Ability to prioritize and to use appropriate judgment

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Accounting

  • Responsible for selected balance sheet, payroll and income statement journal entries and account reconciliations
  • Review all GL accounts monthly for accuracy of transaction reporting against operating budget categories and targets
  • Primary liaison with the firm’s tax and audit provider, supplying accounting reports and information as needed for compliance
  • Provide overflow, vacation and emergency backup to the AP and Payroll manager

Treasury Management

  • Forecast and monitor cash flow weekly
  • Reconcile bank operating accounts monthly
  • Work with the Treasurer to secure adequate working capital access through bank lines of credit and other arrangements

Financial Reporting

  • Working with the Business Unit Directors, prepare the annual firmwide operating budget for review and approval by the Board of Directors
  • Prepare and present monthly accounting and financial reporting and analysis to the Operations Committee and Board.
  • Ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed for firm initiatives such as new office leases, strategic planning, insurance renewals, etc.

Desired Personality Traits

  • Great collaborator and communicator – excellent verbal and written skills are important.
  • Ambitious self-starter with get-it-done attitude who strives for excellence.
  • Detail and process oriented, yet open to change and motivated by innovation.
  • Good sense of humor!

At Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design, we strive to make a positive difference in the built environment. Our mission is to provide innovative, responsive design – coupled with cutting-edge technological expertise and exceptional service – to our clients. As an award-winning architectural firm, we strive to maintain the high standard of excellence our clients have come to expect of us. To do this we rely heavily upon, and invest significantly in, the success of our employees. Across our seven market sectors and six offices, we promote a collaborative, diverse environment that is at once challenging, stimulating, supportive, and fun.

Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design provides our employees with ongoing learning opportunities, great benefits and a team-centered environment. We encourage our employees to discover and develop their own talents, skills, and interests to reach their own full potential. We believe that the key to our success as a firm is the personal and professional growth of the men and women who serve our clients every day.

Personal Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Dependent/Child Care Spending Accounts
  • Medical Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
  • Life Insurance (Employee and Family)
  • Nine Paid Holidays
  • Paid Personal Leave

Professional Benefits

  • Internal and External Continuing Education Opportunities
  • Professional Memberships Reimbursement
  • Company Wide Social Gatherings
  • Internal Mentorship Program

Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to Affirmative Action. Lord Aeck Sargent is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex (including childbirth, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member and veteran status (VEVRAA), marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

Attention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact Victoria Cunningham at victoria.cunningham@lordaecksargent.com for assistance with an accommodation.

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