Senior Manager of Financial Accounting Services & Systems

Overview

This senior leadership role reports to a division controller and oversees multiple accounting teams. The position provides strategic leadership across Financial Accounting Services and Systems, manages other managers, and supports operational excellence and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership over Financial Accounting Services and Systems, including contract accounting, accounts payable, cash, fixed assets, and travel & expense accounting.
• Lead and develop multiple managers and teams, fostering a compliance-focused, high-performance environment.
• Support accurate and timely financial reporting, including month-end close, consolidation, reconciliations, balance sheet, P&L, and consolidated financial statements.
• Engage early and throughout the capture/award process to support desired revenue recognition outcomes and awareness.
• Ensure compliance with ASC 606 revenue recognition standards, tailored to government contracting requirements, including long-term contracts and performance obligations.
• Manage financial performance, including variance analysis, and partner with Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Oversee cash management and forecasting, including inventory, receivables, payables, and borrowings, in partnership with Treasury, FP&A, Supply Chain, Contracts, and Program Finance leadership.
• Oversee working capital models within accounting and partner with Financial Planning & Analysis on short-, medium-, and long-term forecast models.
• Develop, implement, and enforce accounting procedures and practices in compliance with US GAAP and applicable regulatory standards.
• Ensure compliance with company financial policies, accounting practices, and internal controls.
• Provide leadership and counsel to resolve financial or operational challenges impacting contract accounting.
• Establish and monitor access controls and segregation-of-duties frameworks to support internal controls and audit readiness.
• Drive process improvement, automation, and change management initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of accounting operations.
• Review contracts and proposals to ensure appropriate accounting treatment, auditable financial data, risk assessment, and cash-flow analysis.
• Resolve complex accounting and financial issues, recommend solutions, and manage corrective actions related to controls, corrective actions, deficiencies, or discrepancies.
• Support proactive internal controls, internal and external audits, and the Risk & Control Assurance (RCA) Team as needed.
• Establish and track strategic and operational KPIs to support continuous improvement and informed decision-making.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive financial and business information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline and thirteen or more years of progressively complex experience in finance/accounting.
• Must have experience in a commercial or government contractor environment.
• Equivalent experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Must have experience in a commercial and government contractor environment.
• An MBA in accounting or finance, CPA or CMA certification, major accounting firm experience, and/or experience negotiating accounting issues with government agencies is highly desirable.
• A basic understanding of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) methods and principles is desirable.
• Must demonstrate detailed and extensive application of industry and government finance/accounting management principles and practices, including a strong understanding of CAS and FAR.
• Must have comprehensive finance/accounting management and leadership skills, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
• Must be able to resolve complex management and finance/accounting problems; serve as spokesperson on projects and/or programs; and be an expert in one or more finance/accounting management areas.
• Knowledge/experience with ERP business systems is desired (SAP preferable).
• Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required.
• Must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment, and be able to work extended hours and travel as required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary range: 130,500 - 228,375

Location

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