Leidos
AR/AP Manager – Entrust
About this role
This role will play a critical role in the Entrust Accounting Organization and senior management team, providing strategic and day-to-day leadership over the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions. The AR/AP Manager will be responsible for leading a high-performing team while developing and implementing processes, controls, and systems that are scalable, efficient, and compliant with SOX and GAAP requirements. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in both Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, with a background in public accounting and/or a complex corporate accounting environment. This individual will bring a strong understanding of internal controls, segregation of duties, process design, and continuous improvement, along with the ability to lead teams through significant organizational and system change. Entrust is entering a period of significant growth and transformation, including the planned integration and migration of additional business into the Entrust ledger. The AR/AP Manager will play a key leadership role in preparing the organization for this growth, ensuring processes and controls are designed to support the business as it expands and scales. The successful candidate will be a hands-on leader who can balance operational execution with strategic process improvement, effectively partner across Finance and Operations, and establish disciplined processes that support accurate financial reporting, strong cash management, and a sustainable control environment. Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead and provide strategic and operational oversight of the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions, including team performance, workload management, process execution, and development of personnel.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve scalable AR and AP processes and procedures that support the current business while preparing the organization for significant future growth.
- Establish and maintain SOX-compliant internal controls and segregation of duties across AR and AP, partnering with the Controller and other accounting leaders to identify and remediate control gaps.
- Lead the AR/AP workstream for the planned ledger migration and business integration, including process assessment, data and transaction migration, system testing, reconciliation, cutover planning, and post-migration stabilization.
- Develop an integration plan and directly manage AR/AP activities associated with business expansion, system implementations, organizational changes, and other transformation initiatives.
- Evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, standardization, and control effectiveness across both AR and AP.
- Provide leadership over cash collection, accounts receivable aging, bad debt/AFDA processes, customer account resolution, and working capital improvement.
- Oversee the Accounts Payable function, including invoice processing, vendor management, payment processes, accruals, reconciliations, and timely resolution of issues.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within a public company or highly controlled financial reporting environment.
- Experience with large-company SOX control environments.
- Experience with Vantagepoint, Costpoint, or other Deltek ERP systems.
- Experience leading accounting processes through M&A integration, business expansion, or ledger migration.
- Experience supporting government and/or commercial contracting environments.
- Experience working with internal and external auditors and responding to control findings or audit requests. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: September 14, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $82,550.00 - $149,225.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.