About the role

  • Accounting Manager managing multiple teams in General Accounting at Northrop Grumman. Driving strategic initiatives, motivating managers, and ensuring operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee multiple managers and their teams within General Accounting (GA), who perform accounting operations in SAP General Ledger
  • Inspire and motivate large teams to achieve organizational goals
  • Lead change management and process transformation initiatives, championing process automation and improvements and ensuring successful completion
  • Ensure accuracy and timeliness in closing the accounting books, including month end close, consolidation, and reconciliations
  • Represent GA with senior stakeholders and interactions with internal and external auditors
  • Establish and monitor strategic and operational KPIs for the organization
  • Develop/maintain collaborative partnerships and influence/negotiate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional leaders
  • Drive performance management and talent development for a large, diverse team
  • Communicate vision and strategy in meetings of all sizes and establish systems that achieve vision and strategy set forth
  • Reinforce positive culture and engagement of teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
  • 10+ years of relevant accounting experience
  • 5+ years of management experience, including leading managers
  • 2+ years experience in auditing or accounting at a Big4 firm
  • Extensive experience with SAP GL and financial reporting tools
  • Flexibility and availability during critical deadlines
  • Proven ability to inspire change, motivate teams, and drive strategic initiatives
  • Demonstrated project management skills, including experience planning and executing multiple projects simultaneously end-to-end
  • Experienced Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control ownership and monitoring/oversight, as well as extensive experience interacting directly with auditors

Benefits

  • health insurance coverage
  • life and disability insurance
  • savings plan
  • Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Job title

Manager, Accounting

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

$137,800 - $239,300 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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