Role and Responsibilities

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary 

The Accounting Admin applies principles of general business and accounting to receive, process, and

verify invoices and other relevant tasks, such as account reconciliations and reporting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Effectively communicate financial data with supervisors, managers, and directors of all functions
• Reconcile key balance sheet accounts 
• Prepare account schedules and roll forwards 
• Inspect invoices for proper approval and coding 
• Verify invoices against purchase orders and ensure goods/services were received prior to processing (2-way, 3-way match)
• Prepare and enter journal entries as necessary 
• Assist with streamlining the accounts payable process 
• Analyzing data with report resources
• Respond to inquiries from vendors and internal stakeholders as necessary 
• Ensure the accuracy of an organization’s financial documents for payment, auditing, and tax purposes

Qualifications and Education Requirements 

• Associates Degree in accounting and/or equivalent related experience

• working knowledge of the data processing, accounting, contracting, purchasing, project management, engineering, and manufacturing functions
• above average ability to communicate accounting information to coworkers and internal/external customers
• proficiency to demonstrate intermediate computer skills as it relates to spreadsheet analysis
• must understand the cause/effect to all accounting functions of making journal entries and to anticipate how these entries will be perceived by other functional areas
• excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Skills 

• Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
• Problem-solving
• detail oriented and organized
• leadership abilities
• utilizing time management

Security Responsibilities 

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

•  Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance. 

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment 

This job operates remotely with the opportunity to work in the office as needed.

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to sit down for long lengths of time
• Ability to operate a personal computer

Other Duties 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

CAE USA Inc. is an EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. 

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 

Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.