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The Opportunity

Howard Hughes Holdings owns, manages, and develops award-winning master planned communities, as well as operating properties and development opportunities including: The Seaport in New York; Downtown Columbia®, Maryland; The Woodlands®, The Woodlands Hills®, and Bridgeland® in the Greater Houston, Texas area; Summerlin®, Las Vegas; Douglas Ranch®, Phoenix and Ward Village® in Honolulu, Hawaii.

As we continue our commitment in creating innovative placemaking we have formed Seaport Entertainment. Seaport Entertainment, a newly formed division comprising the company's entertainment-related assets in New York and Las Vegas—including the Seaport in Lower Manhattan and the Las Vegas Aviators® Triple-A Minor League Baseball team, as well as the company's ownership stake in Jean-Georges Restaurants and its 80% interest in the air rights above the Fashion Show Mall, which are intended to be used to create a new casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. is establishing Seaport Entertainment with the intention of completing its spinoff as a publicly traded company by year-end 2024. The planned separation of Seaport Entertainment from Howard Hughes would allow the new company to operate independently as a pure-play entertainment enterprise, equipped with a robust team of industry leaders to ensure its long-term success.

The Role

Seaport Entertainment is looking for a Chief Accounting Officer to be a key executive of financial operations for our rapidly growing company. Partnering directly with the CFO, the Chief Accounting Officer will be responsible for providing executive level technical accounting expertise, oversight and execution of SEC filings and obligations, ownership and improvement of financial processes, and the development of a high performing accounting team. The CAO must be a hands-on, roll up your sleeves type of leader and should enjoy a fast-paced environment.

She/he will lead efforts to develop accounting and finance workflows which include financial reporting, general accounting including month-end close related activities, treasury operations, revenue operations (including revenue recognition), AR/AP, procurement, G&A operations, corporate expense management, public company reporting, and stock plan administration.

What You Will Do

  • Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards and requirements. Establish, monitor, and implement internal controls across SEG.
  • Ensure that accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements are used for management reporting and required statutory/SEC filings.
  • Maintain stewardship for financial assets and debt including overall leadership of the cash management, debt management and investment management functions of the organization and its affiliated entities.
  • Work to identify any accounting issues and highlight relevant situations that the company can review with its external auditors.
  • Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported in a timely manner and in accordance with accounting policies while ensuring quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with all GAAP and other applicable laws and financial regulations for financial and tax reporting.
  • Develops and manages strategies, operations, policies, and budgets relating to treasury activities.
  • Direct team efforts to perform technical accounting on research and the preparation of accounting memos and business process.
  • Creates functional strategies and key objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support achieving expected results.
  • Responsible for the annual financial audit with external auditors and tax accountants including preparation and ongoing support.
  • Ability to build positive working relationships with employees at all levels within the organization.
  • Play a leadership role in the development and deployment of the organization’s learning curriculum.
  • Proactively explore opportunities for automation and process improvement.
  • “Lean-In” attitude, pro-active and resourceful.

About You

  • 15+ years of corporate accounting and controllership experience; existing Controller or Chief Accounting Officer in a multi-unit Restaurant, Hospitality, Gaming, or Real Estate company preferred.
  • Solid understanding of SEC/GAAP rules and regulations.
  • BS or equivalent in a related field; advanced degree (MBA, etc.) a plus; CPA required.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to direct cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Proven experience in building a high-performance team, developing leaders and in driving necessary organizational and cultural change.
  • Established executive presence and ability to present effectively to executive leadership team, the BOD, and external authorities.
  • Foundational business acumen of the restaurant, hospitality, gaming, and/or real estate industry.
  • Experience in internal control design and financial process optimization; prior Sarbanes-Oxley implementation preferred.
  • Understanding of culture, control environment, and perceptions associated with a publicly listed company/SEC registrant
  • A demonstrated history of solving multiple and complex challenges through critical thinking and requiring cross-functional collaboration.

This job description is not meant to be an “all-inclusive” list of the duties and responsibilities of this job. Other related duties and responsibilities may be assigned. The Howard Hughes Corporation reserves the right to change or modify job duties as necessary based on business necessity.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that The Howard Hughes Corporation does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, HHC will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, HHC explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of The Howard Hughes Corporation.

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