Corporate Accounting Manager

Job Summary

Responsible for performing analytical account analyses; interacting with various levels of employees, and is vital to the year‑end audit process.

• This position is a critical management role requiring excellent knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and expertise in managing human resources. It involves leading a staff focused on the accuracy and timeliness of accounting services for the Navy Exchange Service Command, Navy Lodging Program, and/or Military Sealift Command.
• Supervises associates engaged in the administration and maintenance of the Lawson General Ledger, Asset Management, and Activity Management systems. Provides job‑related training, sets and enforces performance standards, approves leave, and conducts performance appraisals.
• Establishes practices, procedures, and policies necessary for accomplishing departmental activities and assists in developing and monitoring accounting procedures related to new business initiatives.
• Maintains the System General Ledgers, updates new accounts, accounting units, and cost allocations, and participates in the preparation and review of monthly financial statements—including journal vouchers and budget variance analysis—making appropriate adjustments or corrections as required and initiating corrective action correspondence when necessary.
• Performs analyses of general ledger accounts, determines year‑end/month‑end reserve requirements, and prepares all necessary adjusting journal entries.
• Creates and runs the monthly Flash and Final batch jobs that direct the correct posting order for required cost allocations into the Lawson General Ledger system, and runs central office and field operating statements, detail ledgers, stock ledgers, trial balances, and balance sheets.
• Prepares the annual year‑end audit instructions (NEXCOMNOTE 7330) for distribution, ensures completion of the external auditor’s Prepared by Client List (PBC), and acts as the central point of contact for Certified Public Accountants during the year‑end audit, answering questions, directing requests for information to the appropriate person or department, and coordinating collection of completed requests.
• Prepares schedules and analyses of accounts for NEXCOM programs as required by Certified Public Accountants for the annual audit, including reviewing accounting accuracy, adherence to GAAP, and maintaining audit files such as journal vouchers, audit letters, mapping files, and auditor notes.
• Completes special projects as directed.
• Routinely interacts with associates from other departments and Code F upper management to ensure the completion of the above duties, and performs other duties as assigned.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration with at least 24 semester hours in accounting and auditing.
• OR Combination of
  
  Education and Experience:
  
  3 years of responsible experience in accounting or auditing, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college‑level education, and training. The background must also include one of the following: 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing courses; a CPA or CIA certificate obtained via written examination; or completion of a degree program with substantial accounting or auditing coursework.
• AND Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  5 years of progressively responsible experience that provided a broad knowledge of accounting and auditing principles, theories, techniques, and methods, including corporate and intercompany accounting, monthly statement preparation and review, audit and operational area analyses, and report preparation and audit results.

United States—Virginia—Virginia Beach

United States

NEXCOMHQ

Financial/Accounting

Full‑Time (35+ hours)

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Retail