Senior Accounting Analyst

Working under the direction of the Director of Finance, the Senior Accounting Analyst plays a critical role in supporting the finance and accounting functions. This position is responsible for completing complex general ledger reconciliations, preparing and reviewing journal entries, and ensuring transactional accuracy. The Senior Accounting Analyst leads the coordination and preparation of intercompany reporting, facilitating accurate consolidation and reconciliation of financial data. The role also conducts thorough reviews of international tax matters, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with global tax requirements and optimize tax strategies. Additionally, this position assists with financial reporting and audit processes, maintains clean financial records, and ensures adherence to internal controls and GAAP standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

General Ledger and Month End
• Lead complex general ledger processes, guiding junior staff as needed and ensuring timely, accurate month-end and quarter-end financial close.
• Prepare, review, and post standard and non-routine journal entries.
• Reconcile and analyze balance sheet accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies to ensure account integrity.
• Coordinate and support preparation of financial statements, identifying areas for process improvement.
• Review branch accounting transactions, ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and accurate integration into corporate financial statements.
• Support branch offices with accounting guidance, month-end activities, and resolution of complex issues related to entity-specific transactions.

Reconciliations and Analysis
• Develop, complete, and maintain robust account reconciliation processes.
• Execute timely and accurate intercompany reporting during period-close, resolving discrepancies and supporting effective consolidation activities.
• Analyze account variances, errors, trends, and unusual activity, providing clear, actionable explanations and recommendations to management.
• Generate and review intercompany reports to ensure compliance with company policies, transfer pricing regulations, and audit requirements.

Financial Reporting and Audit Support
• Assist in the preparation and review of comprehensive financial reporting packages for senior management and external stakeholders.
• Support international branch accounting processes, ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and accurate integration into corporate financial statements.
• Prepare schedules and documentation for internal and external auditors.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of financial reporting, reconciling reports with the general ledger and continuously improving data quality.
• Perform domestic and international tax review activities, ensuring global tax compliance and supporting tax provision calculations in collaboration with external advisors.

Working under the direction of the Director of Finance, the Senior Accounting Analyst plays a critical role in supporting the finance and accounting functions. This position is responsible for completing complex general ledger reconciliations, preparing and reviewing journal entries, and ensuring transactional accuracy. The Senior Accounting Analyst leads the coordination and preparation of intercompany reporting, facilitating accurate consolidation and reconciliation of financial data. The role also conducts thorough reviews of international tax matters, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with global tax requirements and optimize tax strategies. Additionally, this position assists with financial reporting and audit processes, maintains clean financial records, and ensures adherence to internal controls and GAAP standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

General Ledger and Month End
• Lead complex general ledger processes, guiding junior staff as needed and ensuring timely, accurate month-end and quarter-end financial close.
• Prepare, review, and post standard and non-routine journal entries.
• Reconcile and analyze balance sheet accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies to ensure account integrity.
• Coordinate and support preparation of financial statements, identifying areas for process improvement.
• Review branch accounting transactions, ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and accurate integration into corporate financial statements.
• Support branch offices with accounting guidance, month-end activities, and resolution of complex issues related to entity-specific transactions.

Reconciliations and Analysis
• Develop, complete, and maintain robust account reconciliation processes.
• Execute timely and accurate intercompany reporting during period-close, resolving discrepancies and supporting effective consolidation activities.
• Analyze account variances, errors, trends, and unusual activity, providing clear, actionable explanations and recommendations to management.
• Generate and review intercompany reports to ensure compliance with company policies, transfer pricing regulations, and audit requirements.

Financial Reporting and Audit Support
• Assist in the preparation and review of comprehensive financial reporting packages for senior management and external stakeholders.
• Support international branch accounting processes, ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and accurate integration into corporate financial statements.
• Prepare schedules and documentation for internal and external auditors.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of financial reporting, reconciling reports with the general ledger and continuously improving data quality.
• Perform domestic and international tax review activities, ensuring global tax compliance and supporting tax provision calculations in collaboration with external advisors.

Job Requirements

Education/Experience:
• Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting required
• 8+ years of accounting experience required
• Experience overseeing month-end and financial reporting required
• Advanced Excel skills preferred
• CPA preferred
• International tax experience preferred

Qualifications:
• Strong knowledge of GAAP
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex financial data
• Experience with ERP systems (Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, D365, etc.)
• Experience in improving complex financial and accounting processes in project-driven, engineering, or manufacturing-focused environments
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with a proven ability to be approachable, delivering a positive customer service experience
• Self-motivated, organized, detail oriented, able to multi-task, prioritize and excel in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate team behavior and willingness to promote a positive team-oriented environment
• Ability to work independently and follow through on tasks with minimal direction

Job Requirements

Education/Experience:
• Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting required
• 8+ years of accounting experience required
• Experience overseeing month-end and financial reporting required
• Advanced Excel skills preferred
• CPA preferred
• International tax experience preferred

Qualifications:
• Strong knowledge of GAAP
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex financial data
• Experience with ERP systems (Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, D365, etc.)
• Experience in improving complex financial and accounting processes in project-driven, engineering, or manufacturing-focused environments
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with a proven ability to be approachable, delivering a positive customer service experience
• Self-motivated, organized, detail oriented, able to multi-task, prioritize and excel in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate team behavior and willingness to promote a positive team-oriented environment
• Ability to work independently and follow through on tasks with minimal direction

But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)

Compliance and Controls
• Uphold and interpret company accounting policies and GAAP principles, serving as a resource for complex accounting questions.
• Identify and recommend improvements to internal controls, workflow documentation, and compliance procedures.
• Support audit reviews, prepare responses to findings, and implement agreed-upon corrective actions.

Cross Functional Support
• Serve as a key accounting liaison and advisor for HR, Operations, Procurement, and other departments on accounting and system integration issues.
• Provide guidance on coding, receipts, and project accounting.
• Identify and troubleshoot transaction issues, preventing recurrence.

Process Improvement
• Lead or participate in initiatives to streamline accounting workflows, automate reporting and reconciliation processes, and increase department efficiency.
• Support system upgrades or changes in financial tools, leveraging strong ERP experience.

But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)

Compliance and Controls
• Uphold and interpret company accounting policies and GAAP principles, serving as a resource for complex accounting questions.
• Identify and recommend improvements to internal controls, workflow documentation, and compliance procedures.
• Support audit reviews, prepare responses to findings, and implement agreed-upon corrective actions.

Cross Functional Support
• Serve as a key accounting liaison and advisor for HR, Operations, Procurement, and other departments on accounting and system integration issues.
• Provide guidance on coding, receipts, and project accounting.
• Identify and troubleshoot transaction issues, preventing recurrence.

Process Improvement
• Lead or participate in initiatives to streamline accounting workflows, automate reporting and reconciliation processes, and increase department efficiency.
• Support system upgrades or changes in financial tools, leveraging strong ERP experience.

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

As a worldwide leader in its sector, Safran Aero Boosters designs, develops and produces modules, equipment and test cells for aircraft and space engines. Based in Belgium, Safran Aero Boosters has two subsidiaries in the United States and employs 1,700 people.

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

As a worldwide leader in its sector, Safran Aero Boosters designs, develops and produces modules, equipment and test cells for aircraft and space engines. Based in Belgium, Safran Aero Boosters has two subsidiaries in the United States and employs 1,700 people.