AI, Digital Transformation & Accounting Director

Standard Job Description

The Aeronautics Controller organization is seeking a Director of AI, DX, Classified and Labor/Payroll Accounting. The Director leads the strategic transformation of Aeronautics financial operations, focusing on modernizing payroll processes, ensuring strict regulatory compliance, and leveraging AI and data analytics to drive efficiency and accuracy. This role oversees labor accounting, reconciliations, audit support, and journal entry integrity across payroll sites, while aligning classified accounting functions with federal and internal policy requirements. Acting as a change agent with a growth mindset, the Director partners cross-functionally to redesign workstreams and implement intelligent automation that supports enterprise-wide decision-making. The role ensures timely financial reporting, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement, delivering measurable value to executive leadership and sustaining mission-critical financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• DX/AI & 1LMX Transformation: Support1LMX Accelerator Transformation Efforts, including Data Warehouse impact assessment, testing, reporting changes, data conversion/cleansing, and surge support for the Core ERP Teams.
• Labor & Payroll Operations:Manage labor accounting professionals, reconciliations, audit support, and journal entry processing; ensure strict compliance
• Provide decisive organizational leadership to a multidisciplinary finance and operations team, driving talent development and culture transformation
• Ensure accounting compliance with FAR, CAS, and internal policies, overseeing audit support, reconciliations, and journal entries to maintain regulatory integrity across enterprise payroll and classified accounting operations.
• Establish and synchronize business rhythms for monthly financial close, quarterly business reviews, and key investment reporting, ensuring cyclic alignment of payroll reconciliation, performance insights, and executive decision‑making across portfolios.

Basic Qualifications

• Prior experience leading a large multidiscipline team
• Experience with business process transformation
• Experience leading the transformation of standard work processes, leveraging AI and data analytics

Desired Skills

• Active security clearance or the ability to obtain security clearance

Pay Information

GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States. Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role.

• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $180000.00 - $325000.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): $180000.00 - $325000.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): $180000.00 - $325000.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas–Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): $180000.00 - $325000.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Lufkin, TX; etc.

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

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