# Sr Manager, Inventory Accounting

**Company**: Target
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $95,000.00 - $171,000.00
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking a Sr Manager, Inventory Accounting to join our Finance and Accounting team. As a Sr Manager, Inventory Accounting, you will provide strategic direction and leadership to the Import, Freight and Purchases Accounting Team, ensuring processes and controls are effective for timely and accurate financial statements.

In this role, you will oversee the core accounting function for domestic and import receipts, domestic and import freight (and related claims), duties/tariffs (including First Sale accounting program), royalties and other timing-related inventory accruals. You will work with cross-functional partners in order to translate business operations into financial statement activity.

Some of these partners include: Global Trade, Risk and Controls, Import Logistics, Product Teams, Merchandise and Supply Chain Finance, and Target Technology. You will also have indirect leadership with the Target in India Accounting team to ensure accurate and timely import and receipt accounting.

Using your influencing skills, you will use insights and data to advocate for Finance in enterprise-wide initiatives and system modernizations, ensuring new solutions meet our requirements for timely and accurate financials as well as operational excellence.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide strategic direction and leadership to the Import, Freight and Purchases Accounting Team

- Oversee the core accounting function for domestic and import receipts, domestic and import freight, duties/tariffs, royalties and other timing-related inventory accruals

- Work with cross-functional partners to translate business operations into financial statement activity

- Use influencing skills to advocate for Finance in enterprise-wide initiatives and system modernizations

**Requirements:**

- B.A./B.S. degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Accounting or Finance

- 5-7 years of leadership experience in accounting, finance or business operations

- Demonstrated accounting knowledge to translate business operations into financial statement results, including SOX controls, month end close and analytical reviews

- Strong problem solving, communication, prioritization and analytical skills

- High level of curiosity, initiative and the desire to learn end-to-end processes to drive process efficiencies and simplification

- Ability to be resilient, and adaptable, working through ambiguity and change in a fast-paced accounting operations environment

- Experience in collaborating effectively across functional areas

**Benefits:**

- Comprehensive health benefits and programs

- 401(k)

- Employee discount

- Short term disability

- Long term disability

- Paid sick leave

- Paid national holidays

- Paid vacation

## Skills

### Required
- Accounting
- Finance
- Leadership
- SOX controls
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving

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