Sr. Project Manager, Accounting Projects

CarMax • Richmond, VA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Project Manager, Accounting Projects provides project leadership, analytical discipline, and transformation execution support for Accounting and key enterprise business partners. This role leads moderate to highly complex Accounting Transformation initiatives that improve processes, strengthen controls, enable technology adoption, and support scalable ways of working across a large, matrixed organization. With minimal direction, this position partners with senior leaders, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define scope, build and manage project plans, track risks and dependencies, communicate progress, support change management, and deliver outcomes aligned to business objectives, compliance expectations, and operational efficiency goals.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale projects, programs, or process transformation initiatives in a complex, matrixed corporate environment
• Thinks logically and has a thought process that is practical and grounded
• Takes time necessary to make right choice, does so quickly if needed
• Uses resources to find answers; asks questions to gather information
• Considers impact of decisions
• Speaks up and expresses opinion appropriately
• Takes responsibility for own actions
• Embraces Change
• Demonstrates active listening skills; is conscious of non-verbal communication
• "Reads" the situation and adapts communication style appropriately
• Partners with others to best serve the customer
• Seeks win-win solutions to customer issues
• Prioritizes customer service over non-customer tasks
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and influencing skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and motivate peers without direct authority
• Experience with process improvement, operating model design, change management, and value realization in finance, accounting, or related business functions
• Maintains high energy and stays productive
• Takes initiative and works independently
• Builds and maintains strong relationships; partners with others inside and outside of area
• Cooperates and works well with others; resolves conflict in a positive manner
• Understanding of accounting principles, financial processes, internal controls, SOX requirements, and audit readiness preferred
• 5+ years of progressive project, program, process improvement, or transformation experience; experience in accounting, finance operations, shared services, or enterprise transformation preferred
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and executive communication skills; able to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, risks, tradeoffs, and action plans
• Passion for business transformation, operational excellence, and developing scalable accounting capabilities that support growth, compliance, and associate productivity
• Computer skills: Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Project, Planner, Visio, Teams, and SharePoint; familiarity with reporting, workflow, collaboration, or financial systems tools preferred
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will not be considered for this specific role.

Nice To Haves

• PMP, CSM, Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean, or other project/process improvement certification preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related business degree preferred
• Experience using Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Planner, Jira, Smartsheet, SharePoint, or similar tools to manage project plans, backlogs, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting preferred
• Experience supporting or leading strategic finance and accounting initiatives such as ERP modernization, financial system implementations, automation, account reconciliation, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, record-to-report, close optimization, control remediation, or financial process standardization preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of moderate to highly complex Accounting Transformation initiatives from intake through delivery and sustainment.
• Partner with project sponsors, Accounting leaders, Technology, Audit, Operations, and other business partners to define objectives, scope, timelines, budget, resources, success measures, and governance routines.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, stakeholder analyses, RAID logs, communication plans, decision trackers, and other project artifacts in alignment with enterprise project management standards.
• Facilitate project meetings, manage day-to-day execution, remove obstacles, escalate risks and decisions appropriately, and prepare clear updates for sponsors, senior leadership, and impacted business areas.
• Ensure deliverables are complete, current, appropriately documented, and transitioned effectively to business owners.
• Lead and support continuous improvement and change management activities that advance Accounting Transformation priorities.
• Facilitate medium to large cross-functional workshops, current-state assessments, process mapping sessions, future-state design discussions, and implementation planning.
• Support adoption of new processes, tools, controls, and operating models by developing practical training materials, communication approaches, readiness plans, and sustainment routines.
• Provide consultative support to business areas on process improvement opportunities, standardization, automation, control considerations, and measurable value delivery.
• Partner with cross-functional business, technology, security, and compliance teams to support documentation, inventory management, control readiness, and audit-related activities for systems and processes within the Accounting Transformation portfolio.
• Identify changes that may impact SOX, ITGC, or operational controls and maintain accurate documentation to support review, remediation, and ongoing governance.

Benefits

• Paid sick time
• Vacation time
• Holiday time
• Floating holiday
• Holiday Premium Pay
• Paid time away with no specified limit as needed for sick, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays, floating holiday, etc. subject to manager approval

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior