Senior Accountant

Summary: The Senior Accountant is the gatekeeper of financial integrity and controls, serving to support the business through testing and standardization of financial control processes and policies under the guidance and oversight of the Controller.
The position performs audit testing as directed to assist in assessing design, effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial records, and compliance of various project requirements.
As a member of the Finance team, the position actively participates in supporting close activities and ensuring on-schedule completion of accounting close and result reporting.
Maintain a positive and professional working relationship with peers, management, and support resources, with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.
Duties and Responsibilities: Internal Control:: - Conduct internal control testing in accordance with company internal control policy and pre-determined testing requirements.
- Proactively collaborates with process owners to complete all required internal control testing by the deadline set by Safran corporate.
- Discuss with and obtain action plans from process owners.
Proactively follow up with process owners to ensure timely completion and closure of internal control action plans.
- Review test results with Controller and maintain the control matrix and status.
Greenpoint Internal Audit:: - Participate in planning, designing, and executing internal audits on Greenpoint financial statements and elements.
- Review financial reporting and transactional processes to assist in identifying risk areas with respect to internal control and project contractual requirements.
- Audit selected project spending, purchases, fixed assets, and expense reports to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, established company policies, and accounting principles (US GAAP and IFRS).
- Support internal stakeholders on cost allowability matters related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), other applicable regulations, and identifying unallowable cost according to government rules and/or contract terms.
- Assist in refining of existing policies to address compliance gaps and developing new policies where necessary to address emerging compliance and cost opportunities.
General Accounting/Month End Close:: - Participate in month end close and maintain balance sheet account reconciliation lead schedules.
- Calculate and execute various account analysis.
Prepare journal entries within a tightly controlled close schedule.
- Work closely with the Controller to follow up with account owners to ensure all account variances and discrepancies are resolved in timely fashion before reporting results.
- Perform bank reconciliation.
- File various tax returns and censuses.
- Set up and maintain AP vendor files in ERP, expense reporting, credit card system, and new vendor files.
- Maintain fixed asset acquisition approval schedules, calculate depreciation, and ensure accurate NBVs for financial reporting.
- Identify opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.
- Performs other related duties as required or requested.
Competencies : To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: - Adaptability: - Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, accepts constructive criticism/feedback and changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
- Communication: :- Clearly provides information in a variety of methods that can be fully understood and useful.
Listens to others and seeks to understand before acting.
Proactively provides information, asks questions and conveys issues with all others involved in projects.
- Dependability: - Responds to requests for service and assistance, follows instruction and responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions and doing the best job possible, keeps commitments, and maintains reliable attendance.
- Initiative: - Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles, measures self against standard of excellence, recognizes and acts on opportunities, and takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
- Teamwork: - Balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to building a positive team spirit, and puts success of team above own interests.
- Work Quality: - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, displays commitment to excellence, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance, and monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Regulatory Compliance: – Demonstrates a thorough understanding of critical compliance requirements and performs all job functions ethically and in alignment with those requirements.
Salary Range: $65,920 – $107,120 Summary of Education, Experience & Certification: - Bachelor’s Degree in accounting and a minimum of 3 to 5 years of prior relevant experience in accounting, auditing, and/or internal control or SOX management (US).
- Employees working on programs subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations must qualify as a US Person which is defined as a US Citizen, a Permanent Resident who does not work for a foreign company/foreign government/foreign governmental agency or organization, or a political asylee for legal compliance purposes.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: - Thorough attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to partner with Operational managers and functional leaders from a variety of divisions.
- ERP systems experience and data management (Microsoft Dynamics D365 a plus) - Ability to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
- Ability to work in a fast pace and challenging environment.
- Able to work comfortably with ambiguity and utilize trial and error to find clarity and solutions.
- Experience with US Government contract (FAR) a plus.
- Experience within the Aerospace industry or manufacturing a plus.