Staff Accountant

Position Summary:

The Staff Accountant position is responsible for examining and evaluating annual income statements and associated expenses in preparation for labor costing, overhead rates, and margins to be used in bid and solicitation endeavors. Additional responsibilities include assisting in preparing, reviewing, and submitting proposals.

Requires a willingness to work outside of normal business hours to meet deadlines, if necessary.

Must be able to communicate in the English Language. This position is on-site and not remote.

Responsibilities:

•  Complete labor and overhead analysis spreadsheets for RFP, RFI, and RFQ submittals.
• Serve as backup to Accounts Payable.
• Reconciliations.
• Prepare General Ledger Entries.
• Fixed Asset tracking, entries, and depreciation entries.
• Cash Management.
• Serve as backup for Employee Health and Life Insurance (quotes, additions, and changes).
• Assist in preparing and analyzing monthly and annual financial statements.
• Assist in preparing financial statements for costing purposes.
• Assist in preparing financial forecasts.
• Assist with Month End closing process.
• Payroll functions including semi-monthly check runs and related filings.
• Serve as backup to Accounts Receivable.
• Manage DCAA Certification of Accounting systems as necessary.
• Analyze monthly and annual financial statements to assist with the cost accounting role.
• Retain necessary documentation for financial and audit procedures.
• Oversight of Inventory to ensure the accuracy of assets.
• Organize and manage physical inventory activities and coordinate with auditors.
• Work with auditors after year-end closes to complete annual audits.
• Represent the Accounting Department in Production, Contract Review, and Kick-off meetings.
• Troubleshoot accounting issues as needed to determine root causes and resolutions.
• Work independently with minimal guidance using good time management, planning, organization, and decision-making skills.
• Practice strong communication skills and demonstrate the ability to interface with individuals at all levels of the business, within the organization as well as outside.
• Must think critically, analytically, and independently, taking initiative without direction.
• Conduct utilization analysis, identifying trends and gaps to optimize resource allocation and improve operational efficiency.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Reports To:

• Reports to the Controller, with a secondary responsibility to Executive Management and all Managers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years in accounting without a degree
• Minimum of two years in accounting with a degree
• Manufacturing experience preferred
• Financial statement preparation and understanding
• Spreadsheet use and preparation
• Proficient in understanding and utilizing mathematics and formulas
• Government document preparation
• Information collection and presentation
• Knowledge of FAR’s is preferred
• Knowledge of Department of Defense manufacturing and costing processes is preferred

Safety and Compliance Requirements

This position involves safety-sensitive job tasks or duties that could affect the safety and health of the employee or others, including, but not limited to, operating a motor vehicle, other vehicle, equipment, machinery, or power tools. Repairing, maintaining, or monitoring the performance or operation of any equipment, machinery, or manufacturing process, the malfunction or disruption of which could result in injury or property damage. As set out more fully in the Drug and Alcohol Policy, employees in this position are subject to discipline up to and including termination of employment in the event of a positive drug test.

Company Background:

United Dynamics is a small business-certified Hub Zone located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. United Dynamics was founded in 1993 by reverse engineering aerospace parts to assist the US government with obsolete parts. This company has an engineering staff capable of designing and reverse engineering numerous types of aerospace parts and solutions. United Dynamics is approved for manufacturing over 168 National Stock Numbers (NSNs). This includes in-house machining capabilities, parts assembly, and testing. United Dynamics has an MRO shop and is approved to overhaul over 53 National Stock Numbers (NSNs). This company manufactures and overhauls aerospace parts for numerous aircraft, including the KC-135, B-52, B-1, B-2, E-3, A-10, F-15, F-16, KC-46, and C-130. United Dynamics' sales history is focused explicitly on Department of Defense (DOD) sales.

·        Mission: Our mission is to support DOD and emerging markets with Engineering, Manufacturing, and MRO solutions.

·        Vision: Technologies and solutions yet to be imagined.

·        Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence.