Sr. Manager, Inventory Accounting

Target • Brooklyn Park, MN

1d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Manager, Inventory Accounting will serve as an Accounting leader within the Inventory Modernization program, ensuring accounting, control, data, and operational requirements are reflected in future-state design decisions. This role involves translating complex accounting and business needs into clear requirements, decisions, milestones, and outcomes in partnership with Finance, Technology, and business teams. The position requires anticipating accounting, systems, data, and operational risks and ensuring appropriate controls are embedded in future-state processes. The Sr. Manager will lead Inventory Accounting's approach to testing, parallel analysis, reconciliation, issue resolution, and readiness assessment. They will shape the transition and cutover strategy, ensuring Accounting teams are prepared to operate successfully in the new environment. This role also involves building alignment across cross-functional teams, navigating competing priorities, and leading strategic conversations around roles, responsibilities, and key design decisions. Additionally, the Sr. Manager will identify opportunities to streamline processes, enable automation, strengthen controllership, and increase the team's capacity for high-value analysis, insights, and financial reporting. The role influences upstream business processes and operational decisions by identifying accounting risk, improving transparency, and ensuring strong financial governance. Collaboration across Controllership and enterprise Finance teams is essential to support evolving business models, ensure accounting compliance, and improve financial predictability. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

• B.A./B.S. degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 6–8 years of accounting, finance, or relevant business experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and inventory accounting, with an understanding of accounting controls, SOX compliance, controllership responsibilities, data, and financial systems.
• Experience leading or playing a significant role in large-scale finance, accounting, or technology transformations.
• Ability to connect technology decisions to accounting, finance, operational, and broader business outcomes.
• Strong strategic thinking and structured problem solving, with the ability to assess risk and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility across multiple levels and functions.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative, matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• CPA and/or public accounting experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Accounting leader within the Inventory Modernization program, ensuring accounting, control, data, and operational requirements are reflected in future-state design decisions.
• Translate complex accounting and business needs into clear requirements, decisions, milestones, and outcomes in partnership with Finance, Technology, and business teams.
• Anticipate accounting, systems, data, and operational risks and ensure appropriate controls are embedded in future-state processes.
• Lead Inventory Accounting's approach to testing, parallel analysis, reconciliation, issue resolution, and readiness assessment.
• Shape the transition and cutover strategy, ensuring Accounting teams are prepared to operate successfully in the new environment.
• Build alignment across cross-functional teams, navigate competing priorities, and lead strategic conversations around roles, responsibilities, and key design decisions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, enable automation, strengthen controllership, and increase the team's capacity for high-value analysis, insights, and financial reporting.
• Influence upstream business processes and operational decisions by identifying accounting risk, improving transparency, and ensuring strong financial governance.
• Collaborate across Controllership and enterprise Finance teams to support evolving business models, ensure accounting compliance, and improve financial predictability.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree