Senior Accountant

Advanced Ground Systems Engineering; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Ground Systems Engineering in Santa Fe Springs, CA is seeking a Senior Accountant to support month-end and year-end closing, develop financial reports, and manage day-to-day accounting operations. The role involves ensuring timely reconciliations, accurate revenue recognition, intercompany accounting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams on process improvements and ERP initiatives.

Candidates should have a Bachelor's in accounting, 5+ years in GL/AR/billing, ERP experience,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Five years' experience in general ledger, AR, billing and collections.
• Experience using ERP systems.
• Strong data management and data analysis skills.
• Efficient time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to follow written procedures and/or document procedures for standard tasks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Excel skills (V-Lookups, Pivot Tables).
• Experience with manufacturing accounting preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all month-end activities.
• Ensuring proper revenue recognition and documentation.
• Record entries for payroll, depreciation and maintenance asset book for audit.
• Initial, monitor, and process bank transactions and complete multiple bank reconciliations.
• Perform timely and accurate month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Balancing intercompany accounts and eliminating cross-entity transactions to net to zero.
• Assist with year-end activities and tax returns; provide substantiation for audits.
• Cross-functional collaboration to support business initiatives and process improvements.
• Adhere to policies and accounting standards.
• Participate in Epicor ERP system implementations and AR/AP process improvements.

Skills

5+ years experience

Data analysis

Time management

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

ERP systems

Excel (V-Lookups, Pivot Tables)

Job description

Description

Reporting to the Director of Accounting, the Senior Accountant is responsible for assisting month-end and year-end closing, including the development of financial reports; managing the day-to-day finance and accounting operations and other select finance-related administration; ensuring timely reconciliation and reporting of all financial statements and prepares financial analyses for parent/subsidiaries as requested. The Senior Accountant also implements and trains staff to use software, streamline processes and improves distribution and accessibility of financial information.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for all month-end activities.
• Ensuring proper revenue recognition and documentation.
• Record entries for payroll, depreciation and maintenance asset book for audit.
• Initial, monitor, and process bank transaction, complete multiple bank reconciliations
• Performing timely and accurate month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations (e.g., assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, accruals, etc.), ensuring that accounting schedules are updated and accurate.
• Balancing intercompany accounts include reconciling and eliminating transactions between entities to ensure they net to zero.
• Assisting with year-end activities and tax returns and providing substantiation documents to support audits.
• Cross-functional collaboration, partnering with other team members, support business initiatives and address accounting-related matters.
• Adhering to policies and regulations and ensuring compliance with company policies and accounting standards.
• Participating in and supporting special projects, such as Epicor ERP system implementations, AR/AP process improvement, financial analysis to drive efficiency and add value to the organization.
• Any other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Five years' experience in general ledger, AR, billing and collections.
• Experience using ERP systems.
• Strong data management and data analysis skills.
• Efficient time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to follow written procedures and/or document procedures for standard tasks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong excel skills, i.e. V-Lookups, pivot tables, etc.
• Experience with manufacturing accounting preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here represent those employee encounters while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Employees work under typical office conditions, and the noise level is usually quiet to moderate. However, in certain assignments, an employee may work near moving equipment and be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, biological hazards, airborne fumes, outdoor weather conditions, and loud, prolonged noise.