Description
We are seeking a Sr. Manager, Inventory Accounting Modernization to join our team at Target. As a collaborative leader, you will play a critical role in driving the modernization of our inventory accounting processes.
The pay range for this position is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00 per year. In addition to your pay, Target offers comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), employee discount, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
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.
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.
- CPA and/or public accounting experience preferred.
- 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 skills, 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.