Northrop Grumman Financial Shared Services (FSS) is seeking a General Accounting Manager 2 for our Irving, TX, El Segundo, CA, Falls Church, VA, Bloomington, MN, or Melbourne, FL locations. This position is a hybrid position and will require a minimum of two days in the office.

The Manager of General Accounting provides leadership and guidance to the enterprise and sector specific accounting shared services organization. The position supports Northrop Grumman operating segment(s).

• Coordinates daily accounting operations in ERPs (Costpoint and SAP), ensuring completion of tasks timely, effectively, and in accordance with policy and quality requirements.
• Coordinates month end, quarter, and year end accounting close requirements. This includes the review of trial balances, loading GL and required schedule data to reporting system (and reviewing / validating accuracy, as well as resolving errors), and reconciling GL and required schedule data to reporting system.
• Review and approve monthly and quarterly account reconciliations in Blackline and works to resolve reconciling items timely.
• Journal entry review, approval, and posting across various types of accounts, including accruals, inter-company, payroll, accounts payable and cash receipts, lease accounting, and international accounting transactions.
• Manage direct reports across locations, overseeing team members’ performance and engaging in career coaching/development conversations.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationship with other departments, business units and sector financial reporting teams.
• Champion for process automation/improvements, leading implementation efforts and assisting team with a vision.
• Represents and supports organization on special projects, including system upgrade/implementations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
• 7 years of relevant experience in Finance or Accounting
• 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience
• Costpoint and/or SAP ERP experience
• Exposure to financial reporting tools; Hyperion Financial Management preferred or similar system
• Knowledge of GAAP/FAR, cost pools/allocations and intercompany accounting
• Strong digital transformation, system implementations, and data analytic skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including decision making and execution

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA
• Experience working in a shared services organization and/or big 4 accounting/consulting