Staff Accountant

Senior Aerospace SSP; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 67,500 - 82,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Wellness benefits

401K matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Senior Aerospace SSP in California seeks an Accountant focused on the full accounts receivable cycle, including banking activities, month-end close, and reconciliations. This role also backs up the Accounts Payable team as needed.

Responsibilities include daily cash applications, AR reconciliations, leading weekly AR meetings, cash forecasting, intercompany reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting audits. Strong Excel skills and attention to detail required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Relevant experience in a job costing and/or manufacturing environment.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in data entry.
• Account Reconciliations.
• Effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily cash applications and ensure proper application to the customer(s) account.
• Reconcile accounts receivable transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Lead weekly A/R meetings with contracts and customer service to timely resolve open A/R issues.
• Prepare the monthly cash forecast.
• Daily reconciliation to corporate cash balances.
• Responsible for reconciling intercompany transactions and month-end balances.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end close processes, performing journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Evaluates credit for new and existing customers.
• Performs collection activities, investigates outstanding invoices and processes liens for collections.
• Learn the Accounts Payable processes to support the team as a back-up during peak cycles.
• Prepare documents and assist with internal and external audits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively manage cash inflows/outflows.
• Follow all Senior policies and procedures.
• Other duties with the work as assigned.

Skills

Accounts Receivable

Cash Applications

Intercompany Reconciliations

Month-end Close

Excel

Communication Skills

Audits

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Description

Summary: Performs general accounting functions with a primary focus on the full accounts receivable cycle, including responsibility for all banking activities, related month-end close processes and account reconciliations. Serves as the back-up to support the Accounts Payable team as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform daily cash applications and ensure proper application to the customer(s) account.
• Reconcile accounts receivable transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Lead weekly A/R meetings with contracts and customer service to timely resolve open A/R issues.
• Prepare the monthly cash forecast.
• Daily reconciliation to corporate cash balances.
• Responsible for reconciling intercompany transactions and month-end balances.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end close processes, performing journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Evaluates credit for new and existing customers.
• Performs collection activities, investigates outstanding invoices and processes liens for collections.
• Learn the Accounts Payable processes to support the team as a back-up during peak cycles.
• Prepare documents and assist with internal and external audits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively manage cash inflows/outflows.
• Follow all Senior policies and procedures.
• Other duties with the work as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Relevant experience in a job costing and/or manufacturing environment
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Attention to detail and accuracy in data entry
• Account Reconciliations
• Effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and stakeholders

Additional Information

• Annual Target Salary = $75,000.00
• Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Joining our team will provide you with a rewarding career with a tight-knit and collaborative team. You will also enjoy a competitive compensation package that includes a market‑led base salary, comprehensive benefits package along with wellness benefits, matching 401K plan and paid time off.

Trade Compliance Statement

Access to our facilities is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Persons (U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. Nationals, U.S. refugees, asylees, or temporary residents under amnesty provisions), and to properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for export control purposes. Additionally, potential employee names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive controlled technical data.

To ensure there is no unexpected delay to your start date with our Company and due to the potential need to obtain an export license, we would like to promptly assess whether such a license is needed to access our facility and/or systems. Such licenses can take several weeks/months to obtain from the U.S. Government. Our Trade Compliance department may reach out to you with a Licensing Assessment form, which we request you kindly complete and return as soon as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. EOE M/F/D/V/VEVRAA Federal Contractor