Senior Group Manager, General Accounting

Senior Group Manager, General Accounting

Date:
Apr 29, 2026

Location:

Fountain Valley, CA, US, 92708

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• The Sr. Group Manager, General Accounting provides strategic leadership and professional expertise in overseeing the General Accounting Department, including general ledger, financial reporting, fixed assets, accounts payable, and payroll. This role ensures the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial records and reporting while maintaining strong internal controls and compliance with accounting standards.
• This position applies advanced accounting knowledge and people-management expertise to effectively lead the department and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, auditors, vendors, banks, and Hyundai subsidiaries and affiliates.

• Lead the monthly close process and oversee the preparation of internal and external financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance through review of journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, and quarterly reserve analyses.
• Oversee quarter-end and year-end audit processes and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) activities, coordinating with external auditors, affiliates, and the Korean parent company, and managing requests for information from external and regulatory stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain general accounting policies and procedures, and lead research, evaluation, and implementation of technical accounting matters to ensure compliance with applicable standards and company policies.
• Provide leadership and development for the General Accounting team while partnering with the Controller to support management and parent-company inquiries, decision-making, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Design enhancements for general ledger, accounts payable, fixed asset and payroll systems to accommodate long-term corporate objectives and/or changes in company policies and procedures and to improve processing, accuracy and information relevancy. Coordinate testing and implementation of system enhancements.
• Oversee the retail and wholesale vehicle incentive accruals and lease residual exposure provisions on a monthly/quarterly basis; provide assurance of adequacy through various analytical processes (variance to forecast reporting, etc.).
• Exercise governance over the payroll and accounts payable operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing, compliance with statutory and company requirements, and effective controls over payments and reporting.

Plan and organize external information requests; review and approve departmental expenses, reports, purchases, spending, travel, and perform other assigned duties.

• Must be a high school graduate.
• Bachelor’s degree, Accounting or Finance preferred.
• At least ten years of experience of which at least seven years of directly related experience in general accounting.
• Three to five years of supervisory experience desired.
• Public accounting (audit) experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge and experience in technical accounting and governance.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to articulate issues, research complex matters and present findings/recommendations.
• Experience with financial systems. SAP system expertise preferred.
• Knowledge of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) audit processes, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong leadership, judgment, and ability to manage and develop accounting professionals.
• Ability to translate complex accounting matters into clear, actionable insights for…