Sr. Financial Accountant (USI8)

SUMMARY: The Senior Financial Accountant will lead key financial functions, including financial reporting, budgeting, reconciliations, and analysis. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and GAAP-compliant preparation of monthly financial reports. Success in this role requires strong accounting expertise, analytical thinking, and effective problem-solving skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Monthly Close

• Own the monthly/quarterly/yearly close process, including preparation and/or review of journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statements, and various GL analysis for one or more business units.
• Proactively identify process improvements.
• Support, monitor and implement cycle count processes for all Segment within Aviation to ensure inventory levels reflect the operations.
• Draft inventory reports that document inventory counts, discrepancies, and other statistical data.
• Track daily inventory adjustment to identify opportunities in the inventory process.
• Research and perform any necessary stock adjustments.
• Reconcile inventory against our ERP system and perform root cause analysis to correct any discrepancies.
• Maintain the general ledger and ensure accurate recording of financial transactions by reviewing daily subledger batches.
  
  

Financial Reporting

• Responsible for managing the review and the preparation of financial statement reporting deliverables, adhering to established timelines and protocols.
• Research and interpret complex accounting standards and provide guidance on their application.
• Oversee and ensure proper Fixed Asset management.
• Analyze actual performance against forecasted results to identify variances, trends, and key business insights.
• Evaluate operational and financial data to identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize resource allocation
• Collaborate with business units to gather inputs and challenge assumptions used in forecasts and budgets.
  
  

Compliance

• Serve as a primary liaison for external auditors during financial and internal audits.
• Provide supporting documentation and address audit queries.
• Support an internal control structure that ensures the integrity of information maintained in all financial areas.
• Ensure financial reports comply with GAAP.
  
  

Other

• Participate in system implementations, such as ERP upgrades or integrations.
• Aid in the implementation of ad-hoc software modules.
• Assist with the financial integration of new acquisitions.
• Train and mentor junior accounting staff.
• Share technical expertise across the accounting team.
• Partner with FP&A, Legal, Tax, and Operations teams to provide accounting guidance on business transactions.
• Other duties as assigned.