Financial Accounting Operations Controllership Manager

Our Deloitte Finance Transformation team practices to help chief financial officers, controllers, and finance teams define and execute their finance and global business services agendas and strategies. You will work with leading-class teams and solutions, helping clients navigate challenging environments, market uncertainty, technology development, and regulatory considerations to unlock value. Your work may span strategy, operations, process design, and technology as we partner with clients to transform finance.

Recruiting for this role ends on 12/30/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Manager, Controllership on the Government & Public Services Controllership team, you will be responsible for...

• Lead end-to-end accounting operations and financial reporting workstreams across property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), lease accounting, accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), reimbursable agreements, and Intragovernmental Payment and Collection (IPAC) transactions.
• Oversee preparation and review of monthly financial reports, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Direct analysis and resolution of accounting issues, transaction discrepancies, and reporting exceptions.
• Manage workstream plans, deliverables, and client coordination to support reporting schedules and accounting controls.
• Guide charge card management and compliance activities and use SAP to monitor, analyze, and report financial data.
  
  

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  
  

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Controllership and Treasury Transformation offering modernizes the finance function to support the evolving business objectives of the organization. We work with the CFO, CAO, controller, and treasurer to develop an efficient, high quality, data-driven, tech-enabled controllership and treasury function that empowers our clients to drive more value to their business partners and to their investors.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• Must be able to obtain the required clearance for this role
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• 5 years of experience performing accounting operations and preparing monthly financial reports.
• 2 years of experience leading accounting operations and monthly financial reporting workstreams.
• 2 years of experience managing or reviewing activities across at least three of the following: property, plant, and equipment accounting; lease accounting; accounts payable; accounts receivable; reimbursable agreements; or Intragovernmental Payment and Collection transactions.
• 2 years of experience overseeing charge card management and compliance monitoring.
• Ability to travel 0-25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience using SAP to process accounting transactions or prepare financial reports.
• Experience leading accounting process improvement or financial system implementation projects for a U.S. federal government agency.
  
  

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $122,000 to $240,500.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.