Salary
💰 $124,000 - $250,000 per year
About the role
- Review contracts and agreements and research relevant US GAAP and SEC regulation accounting guidance
- Recommend accounting requirements for complex and/or non-routine transactions
- Assist with evaluating the accounting implications of potential transactions and provide input and suggestions to planned and proposed agreements or transaction structures
- Prepare technical accounting memorandums for significant transactions and support the review process with management and external auditors
- Assist with implementation of new accounting standards
- Update, integrate, maintain, and communicate both Pratt & Whitney and RTX Corporation accounting policies
- Respond to, solve, and make decisions on standard and/or routine business and accounting policy interpretation requests
- Assist in the accounting for acquisitions and divestitures
- Prepare certain financial reporting deliverables for reporting to RTX and partner with internal and external auditors, departments, and business units across Pratt & Whitney and RTX
- Serve as a key point of contact for addressing accounting-related inquiries and issues
- Support Assistant Controller and/or Controller in ad hoc projects
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field and minimum of 10+ years applicable work experience OR an advanced degree with 7+ years of applicable work experience
- U.S. citizenship is required
- Technical accounting background with thorough knowledge of US GAAP and SEC regulations
- Practical experience in revenue recognition, leasing, goodwill, intangible assets, internal use software, and business combinations
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with technical research
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to clearly and concisely document and effectively communicate complex accounting issues to both Finance and Non-Finance personnel
- Ability to successfully manage multiple projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines
- Ability to work with cross functional teams, domestically and internationally
- Intermediate to advanced excel skills
- Proactive, detail oriented, and able to work independently
- Broad management and leadership knowledge to lead project teams
- Preferred: CPA
- Preferred: Prior Big 4 and/or public company experience
- Preferred: Working knowledge of SAP ledgers and related business processes
- Preferred: Experience working in the aerospace and defense industry
- Preferred: Familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
- Preferred: Ability to understand, utilize, and collaborate with artificial intelligence technologies to solve problems, improve processes, and drive innovation