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Fixed Asset Senior Accountant
BAE Systems
US · flexible Full-time Senior $75k – $128k/yr 2d ago
About the role
About
The Fixed Asset Senior Accountant position will be part of a dynamic Asset Management Team that also works closely with general accounting, financial planning & analysis, facilities, operations, and engineering across multiple sites. Candidate must be able to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring the accuracy of the fixed asset register by reviewing capital expenditure requests, appropriately capitalizing completed fixed assets and monitoring, performing annual fixed asset inventories, and cycle count procedures at various sites
- Participating in forecasting and monitoring capital expenditures and depreciation expense for the US Controls segment
- Working with functional representatives to review Requests for Capital Expenditure (RCEs) for completeness and accuracy before submitting to management
- Ensuring fixed assets are capitalized appropriately and in a timely manner
- Ensuring completion of journal entries in line with requirements
- Ensuring timely processing of fixed asset request forms and asset dispositions
- Participating in fixed asset cycle counts and annual inventories across multiple sites and regularly communicating results to leadership
- Ensuring all control requirements are met timely and accurately, both internal and external audits are fully supported, and requirements are met
- Working functionally to forecast and track capital expenditure and depreciation expense, including regular communication to senior leadership
- Performing variance analysis on both capital expenditure and depreciation to understand and communicate significant drivers
- Responsible for month-end closing duties, inclusive of account reconciliations and COSA requirements
- Ensuring all COSA documents are gathered, reviewed and submitted timely to support compliance activities.
- Completing walk through on process documents to make sure they align with current company policy requirements and complete annual FAP Compliance reviews to ensure team is exposed to requirements.
- Ensuring compliance with company policy and procedure regarding fixed assets
- Participating in or contributing to process and quality improvement teams and/or initiatives.
- Identifying and recommending improvements to processes and practices.
- Supporting and implementing performance driven changes.
- Ensuring accurate maintenance of master lease tables and Lease Accelerator inputs/output
- Completing monthly lease review and proactively support renewals
- Organizing and leading monthly business and functional spending reviews for capital spend
- Presenting monthly results at MFR and Round Table reviews
- Ensuring accurate forecasting of QBR and variance analysis vs. prior forecast and actuals (capital spend timing, depreciation, lease accounting)
- Ensuring that Risks and Opportunities to half and full year are identified and communicated
- Proactively work with teams to minimize unexpected carryover and/or process delays (AP/Procurement/Requestor)
- Supports business and team on successful delivery of CARB forecast and provides accurate and timely updates during monthly reviews and QBRs
- Leads CARB Creation of consolidating inputs and organizing results with site leadership, supports local leadership and delivers timely inputs to division, to include 1-N lists for Yearly Budget in addition to carryover.
- Reviews current processes for any opportunity of automation either via process change or system implementation.
- Improvements should follow a standard DMAIC format to demonstrate expected efficiency gains.
- Oversee the FAP Compliance of the business to include providing accounting guidance, FAP reviews and documentation of necessary waivers.
- Ensure detailed Procedure documentation exists and is in proper format and location with annual certification.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance or accounting; other Bachelor's degree disciplines will be considered if the individual also possesses an MBA or related Master's degree in a finance, accounting or related business discipline.
- This role will require strong communication and problem-solving skills
- The individual must be team oriented and able to work independently with limited supervision
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint & Word)
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Sound interpersonal skills (organization, time management, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to interact with all levels of an organization
- Make decisions using sound judgment while complying with policies, procedures, appropriate principles and applicable state and federal laws and regulations
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Hyperion and Oracle
- Bachelor's Degree and 4 years work experience or equivalent experience
- Master's degree
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $75254 - $127930 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures.
Skills
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