US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

**Description**

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our worlds biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

**The Northrop Grumman Enterprise Services is seeking an ERP A/P Application Payable Analyst to join our Enterprise 1ERP organization.** **This position will report directly to the 1ERP AP, Travel, and Treasury Systems Manager.** **The Candidate can be hired as a Level 2 or a Principal Level 3, depending upon the candidate's education and experience.**

**This position is not location specific and can be performed virtually.**

**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:**

+ Liaison for the customers around changes, enhancement requests, maintenance, communications, and strategic direction related to Accounts Payable in multiple SAP environments, CostPoint, Opentext, and Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) / Business Center Workplace.
+ Support Non-Recurring project planning, test development/execution, security design, documentation, change management and implementation/go-live support working under general supervision.
+ Participate in the definition, implementation, and optimization of automated systems and processes, and support for special projects, as required.
+ Ability to directly work with business process expert and other SAP Team analysts on cross functional projects
+ Provide systems support for month end accruals, audit responses, and manage interface postings - including afterhours maintenance and upgrades support on critical systems and provide on call support as needed.
+ Working knowledge of Opentext Vendor Invoice Management (VIM).
+ Must be familiar with business center workplace OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
+ Will be required to support OCR abort resolution and troubleshoot on issues.
+ Must be able to work a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned to support customer requirements as it relates to A/P systems.
+ Monitor metrics and pro-actively identify and execute process improvements.
+ Work with technical administrators on system performance and process maintenance related to regular and special payable activities.
+ Work with the SAP security team on resolving authorization issues and provide recommendations on optimal security setup for ongoing projects requirements

**Basic Qualifications -** to be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills and abilities listed below:

+ **Level 2 - Education and experience requirements:** 2 Years Accounts Payable experience with Bachelors degree; 0 Years with Masters degree
+ **Principal, Level 3 - Education and experience requirements:** 5 Years Accounts Payable experience with a Bachelors degree; 3 years of experience with a Masters degree
+ Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
+ Strong understanding of FAR, GAAP, CAS, and SOX requirements
+ Demonstrated leadership experience
+ Support systems associated with A/P processing in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), company policy and procedures corporate disclosure statements, and government regulations including FAR and CAS.
+ Clear understanding of the integration and A/P touch points within SAP which includes Accounts Payable, Tax, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Material Management and Sales/Distribution.
+ Ability to influence and work collaboratively across the enterprise
+ Ability to drive innovation, quality and customer satisfaction
+ Ability to interact with internal and external customers
+ Must be willing and able to occasionally work outside of normal business hours (including weekends) if necessary

**Preferred Qualifications -** candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

+ 5+ years experience with SAP, VIM and Business Center Workplace
+ CPA / MBA or CAPP Certification
+ Preferable to have worked on multiple, enterprise-scale SAP implementation projects
+ Experience with Fiori
+ Experience working virtually
+ Experience in Implementing S/4 HANA

Salary Range: $68,100.00 - $102,100.00Salary Range 2: $83,800.00 - $125,800.00

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

**The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority** . The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.