Accounting Manager – aerospace

Job Title: Division Accounting Manager 
Location: Simi Valley, CA 93063
Pay Rate Range: $130,000-$170,000/year (plus 10% annual bonus)
Duration: Permanent

POSITION SUMMARY:
• Under the direction of the Division Controller, supervise activities to ensure that the corporate accounting policies and procedures are adhered to, according to generally accepted accounting principles. This includes revenue, inventory costs, accounts receivable and payable, general accounting, project costing, specific reserves, intercompany charges, fixed assets, etc.
• Directly oversee the accounting team at the Simi Valley campus, and support, guide, and consolidate reporting for two other locations located in Portland, OR, and Tucson, AZ, and satellite aftermarket activities from other locations.
• Requires high energy and ability to juggle several conflicting priorities simultaneously in a deadline driven environment, and unending search for improvement opportunities and collaboration/efficiency gains in all work. Master ability of partnering across all team members and all functions to ensure shared understanding of financial and controls impacts.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Maintain the highest degree of customer service, throughput, quality, cost reduction, and people productivity
• Ensure high standard of SOX and company policy compliance is met at all times
• Provide account reconciliation and business analysis as required; oversee the proper completion of the site’s and division’s account reconciliations
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of the financial statements and all supporting detail
• Prepare monthly reports and analyses for division and corporate
• Ensure all cost and other accounting systems meet corporate guidelines
• Set annual standard costs and GIT accrual process
• Ensure inventory and all other assets are properly valued and analyzed
• Maintain general ledger, related structure and controls
• Oversee Cash Manager and related Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payables teams to ensure improvement of end-to-end health of cash flow, controls, and partnership across functions
• Act as backup for the Division Controller in ad hoc or regular situations

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance (Required) | Master’s or MBA is preferred
• Experience: 7-10 years experience in Accounting or Finance related discipline  and 5 years supervisory experience

SKILLS:
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with Expert Excel required