Manager, Accounting Operations
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ERP
Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer
Breeze Airways™
full-time
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Location: Utah • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Oversee airline-specific accounting areas: aircraft leases (ASC 842), maintenance reserves and heavy maintenance capitalization, frequent flyer/loyalty program liabilities (ASC 606), passenger revenue recognition, and airport incentive agreements
- Direct monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting
- Oversee all federal, state, and local tax compliance (income, excise, payroll, property, and fuel taxes) and develop tax strategies
- Manage relationships with external tax advisors and ensure timely, accurate filing of all returns
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments to assess tax impacts
- Lead preparation and certification of SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements) and related disclosures
- Maintain compliance with GAAP, SEC regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and applicable FAA and DOT financial reporting requirements
- Serve as primary liaison with external auditors to achieve clean audit opinions
- Lead development of accounting and tax policies, systems, and controls to meet SEC, IRS and PCAOB standards for IPO readiness
- Partner with investment bankers, legal counsel, and auditors to prepare IPO-related disclosures including S-1 registration statements
- Coordinate with finance leadership to ensure readiness for post-IPO SEC filings
- Design and implement SOX-compliant internal control frameworks, documentation, and testing
- Identify and mitigate financial reporting and tax-related risks (fuel price volatility, foreign currency, aircraft acquisition/disposition)
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing accounting team and collaborate with CFO and executives on strategic initiatives, capital planning, tax strategy, and investor relations
- Foster a culture of integrity, accountability, and operational excellence across the finance organization
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
- 15+ years of progressive accounting and tax leadership experience
- At least 5 years in a senior leadership role in a public company or IPO-prepping capacity
- Deep expertise in SEC reporting, GAAP, SOX compliance, and PCAOB audit standards
- Strong track record of building accounting infrastructure for IPO or public company environments
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Preferred: Masters of Accounting or Business Administration
- Preferred: Direct experience with airline or aviation industry accounting
