Job Description Summary

The Senior Government Accounting Manager is a key member of the North American Technical Team within GE Aerospace Government Accounting Controllership. The role is responsible for providing leadership in the areas of maintaining compliance of the North American Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) Disclosure Statement (DS) and quantification of DS revision impacts as required by CAS. The role will execute highly technical general dollar magnitude (GDM) cost impacts, disclose cost accounting practice changes to our government regulators and be integrated into the business to detect and ensure compliance regarding future business changes. The Senior Government Accounting Manager is also responsible for building critical relationships with Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) personnel. The role will have frequent contact with GE Aerospace Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and business stakeholders. Finally, the Senior Government Accounting Manager will ensure synchronization with the wider Government Business team to achieve team and business objectives.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

The Senior Government Accounting Manager will play a critical role to ensure GE Aerospace is compliant with the Cost Accounting Standards and internal policies and procedures:

• Perform highly technical General Dollar Magnitude (GDM) modeling and analysis to pinpoint impact of potential CAS non-compliances, cost accounting practice changes (CAP) and DS revisions.
• Major contributor to annual Disclosure Statement (DS) updates as well as support of government audits for prior year DS revisions.
• Implement business processes that are compliant with the CAS and support the requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Department of Defense supplement (DFARS), and other applicable acquisition regulations and guidance.
• Collaborate with internal representatives and external government audit partners to support government audits.
• Personally lead lean transformation efforts to eliminate waste, improve transparency, establish standard work, and enhance the value the team brings to the business.
• Thrive in a culture of continuous learning with team members to deepen domain expertise, enhance overall business acumen, and prepare for additional responsibility.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
• Significant related experience at a major defense contractor, DCMA, or DCAA

Desired Characteristics

• Deep domain expertise in Government Accounting with significant practical experience calculating complex General Dollar Magnitude (GDM) cost impacts, Cost Accounting Standards and CASB Disclosure Statements.
• Significant expertise in US Government contracting with broad understanding of FAR, DFARS, and Cost Accounting Standards.
• Experience in complex Excel financial modeling and analytics (ROM/GDM/DCI)
• Significant experience interacting with senior DCMA (ACO, DACO, CACO) and DCAA (supervisory auditor, Branch Manager, Regional Audit Manager).
• Experience with FPRP and ICS cycles.
• Strong cost accounting background related to US Government contracting.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Able to tailor communications to the needs of the audience.
• Ability to apply lean principles in a transactional setting with an emphasis on root cause analysis, countermeasure development, and sustained change control.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects / programs.  Ability to document, plan and execute programs.  Established project management skills.
• Comfortable working in an environment of ambiguity and changing priorities driven by customer requirements and external forces. 

The base pay range for this position is $137,000.00 - 183,000.00 Annually. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary. This posting is expected to close on 4/30/26.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., isa “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

Additional Information

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