Finance Transformation Manager, PMO, Project LEO Accounting
About The Position
The LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Government Accounting PMO team has an immediate opening for a Finance Transformation Manager. This role supports and directly influences the launch of LEO Government product and programs across multiple verticals: satellite manufacturing, ground gateway terminals and customer terminals and Technology support teams. The program manager will work closely with the partner financial systems teams, accounting operations teams, tax, finance operations, and others on new initiatives to provide integrated accounting requirements to the LEO Government business teams. Successful candidates will have experience in SAP, Government Accounting, GAAP Accounting, Program Management and Financial Systems. Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, GAAP accounting requirements documentation, process design, user acceptance testing and operational readiness responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading programs to accomplish unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position. This position is expected to have a general knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and an ability to navigate SAP and represent accounting interests to business and tech team stakeholders. This position requires a strong sense of ownership, a passion in solving problems and delivering results, ability to identify process improvement opportunities, drive positive change across the organization, and enhance partnerships between accounting and various business and IT groups.
Requirements
- 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
- Experience in SAP
- Government Accounting experience
- GAAP Accounting experience
- Program Management experience
- Financial Systems experience
- Experience covering financial processes, project management, GAAP accounting requirements documentation, process design, user acceptance testing and operational readiness responsibilities.
- Demonstrated experience in leading programs to accomplish unusually complex challenges
- General knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
- Ability to navigate SAP
- Ability to represent accounting interests to business and tech team stakeholders
- Strong sense of ownership
- Passion in solving problems and delivering results
- Ability to identify process improvement opportunities
- Ability to drive positive change across the organization
- Ability to enhance partnerships between accounting and various business and IT groups
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to think clearly
- Ability to analyze quantitatively
- Ability to problem-solve
- Ability to scope business requirements
- Ability to prioritize
Nice To Haves
- CPA
- Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
- Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
- Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
- Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions
Responsibilities
- Document Accounting requirements to cross functional stakeholders.
- Coordinate issue resolution of key architecture decisions between Business, Accounting, and Technology teams
- Review Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and how best to implement accounting requirements within the SAP modules (Inventory, AR, AP, Manufacturing etc..).
- Ensure migration to new SAP modules in accordance with GAAP principles.
- Build project plans for accounting workstreams, identifying goals, needs, and scope
- Draft Accounting Requirements Documents (ARDs) and related Journal Entry Mappings (JEMs) that meet customer needs
- Continuously identify/ track and mitigate program risks and issues and accelerate decision making.
- Own accounting test planning and user acceptance testing
- Draft ad hoc issues based documents for leadership review
- Own leadership review and status update documents and meetings
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parental leave
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
