Manager, Global Technology - Accounting in the ECP

Expeditors•Seattle, WA

5d•$164,000 - $246,000•Onsite

About The Position

This Manager leads a software engineering team responsible for centralizing enterprise accounting data within Expeditors’ Enterprise Core Platform (ECP). The role delivers scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant accounting data capabilities to support modernization of exp.o Accounting and the controlled retirement of legacy accounting systems. It balances near-term delivery with operational stability, internal controls, employee development, and the long-term transition of centralized accounting data management from Global Financial Reporting (GFR) to ECP. The team establishes ECP as the authoritative platform for centralized enterprise accounting data and accounting-driven business processes. Its scope includes Open Item accounting data such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Provisions, and expands to General Ledger balances, detailed General Ledger transactions, and File GL Balances used for revenue reporting. The Manager partners with Accounting, ECP Administration, Product, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and downstream data consumers, and oversees deployment-related processes across Accounting-owned systems while helping transition delivery from waterfall-based change management toward automated CI/CD practices. The role is on-site in the greater Seattle, Washington area at Downtown Seattle, Federal Way, Lynnwood, or Bellevue (Factoria), depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate; relocation assistance is not offered. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
At least three years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, technology delivery, or a related technical discipline.
At least three years of experience leading technology teams, technical initiatives, products, platforms, or services.
Experience coaching and developing technical employees.
Experience coordinating work across stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
Experience delivering technology solutions that support business objectives.
Experience working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
Ability to balance technical, operational, and business considerations when making decisions.
Experience with Agentic AI development processes and practices.
Must be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; the employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization.

Nice To Haves

People management experience in a technical or logistics environment.
Experience with accounting systems, enterprise accounting data, or financial controls.
Experience delivering data platforms, enterprise integrations, APIs, event-driven solutions, or distributed technology capabilities.
Experience modernizing legacy enterprise platforms while maintaining operational continuity and managing migration risk.
Experience leading CI/CD, DevOps, release automation, or change-management modernization across engineering teams.
Experience with cloud-based data platforms, observability, and automated delivery practices.
Experience applying secure engineering, data governance, operational readiness, and internal control requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Experience leading regulated, SOX-relevant, or otherwise controlled financial technology environments.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop technical employees through clear expectations, coaching, feedback, career development, knowledge sharing, and cross-training.
Build and maintain a prioritized roadmap for Open Item and General Ledger data centralization, keeping dependencies, risks, controls, and stakeholder commitments visible.
Deliver centralized Open Item and General Ledger accounting data while managing dependencies, risks, controls, and stakeholder commitments.
Deliver production-ready Accounts Receivable data for the ARC replacement integration.
Ensure accounting data solutions support enterprise reporting, reconciliation, analytics, regulatory compliance, data quality, traceability, security, reliability, and internal controls.
Improve engineering and operational effectiveness through automated, repeatable, auditable delivery practices while balancing delivery commitments with operational stability and maintainability.
Lead modernization of deployment-related processes, including future-state deployment pipelines, CI/CD practices, automation, observability, and reduced reliance on manual production activities.
Establish a future-state direction for Accounting deployment pipelines and CI/CD modernization.
Partner with architects, engineering teams, and technical stakeholders on modernization approaches, deployment pipeline requirements, and long-term accounting data architecture decisions.
Collaborate with Accounting, ECP Administration, Product, Architecture, Security, Compliance, downstream data consumers, and Accounting engineering teams to set priorities, resolve dependencies, and coordinate roadmap priorities.
Communicate plans, progress, risks, controls, and modernization objectives, and promote consistent, reliable, and auditable release practices.
Balance near-term delivery priorities with the long-term transition of centralized accounting data management from GFR to ECP.
Support accounting information being governed and available for authorized business processes, reporting, reconciliation, analytics, and regulatory requirements.