Team Manager - Accounting & Data Governance, IS Operational Experience

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals
• 350 locations worldwide across 60 countries
• Fortune 500
• Globally unified systems

Job Description

As a Team Manager for Accounting, you will lead and manage an agile team responsible for delivering and maintaining capabilities in the Accounting functional area, including tracking and reporting, which will create value for our customers and contribute to the success of the product.  The Team Manager is responsible for coaching and mentoring their team members, ensuring that they have the training and tools to do their jobs, and supporting their growth so that they and their teams are healthy and performing well. The Team Manager is responsible for ensuring that their teams understand expectations and how their work is tied to Portfolio performance. Team Managers need to optimize their teams to achieve their team's desired outcomes and be biased towards execution.  This position will report to the Senior Manager of the Accounting and Data Governance team within the Operational Experience Portfolio.

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynnwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Support their people's development and career growth.
• Develops strategic partnership with respective business stakeholders.
• Understand, support, and communicate the Global IS vision and strategy.
• Embrace the Process Architecture, including Lean, Agile, and Scaled Agile Framework principles and practices.
• Ensure the availability, security and performance of Accounting systems.
• Deliver tangible business value through execution of scrum team's initiatives.
• Ensure their people understand how their work is tied to outcomes.
• Assist the Product Owner in the management of the team backlog with respect to priorities and scope.
• Eliminate blocking issues that are either beyond the scrum team's authority or may require support from other teams.
• Personal and professional alignment with Expeditors culture and ten critical success factors.
• Proven experience as a logistics and technology-oriented leader.
• Strong leadership, management, financial, communication and execution capabilities.
• Experienced problem solver, strong collaborator and able to provide clarity around complex topics.
• Experience with DevSecOps, Lean, Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Assertive personality, interpersonal, action and outcome driven leadership.
• Ability to actively inspire, coach, mentor and motivate.
• Ability to promote autonomy, mastery and purpose, through empowerment and creating leaders.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior team management experience.
• Prior experience working in customer-facing contexts.
• Prior experience working on software development teams.
• Experience working in compliance with S404 systems.

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information

Expected base salary:  $95,000 to $180,000

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid vacation
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 
• Business professional dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.