Senior Analyst - Accounting (Hybrid)

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About the position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. We believe that inclusion helps us thrive and grow at United across our collaborative Finance teams consisting of Financial Planning & Analysis, Internal Audit, Treasury, Global Procurement, Controllership, Investor Relations and more. These teams provide the financial fuel that keeps our operation running from providing detailed analyses of financial planning, performance, and forecasts to managing our investments and financial strategies. Our Finance team plays an integral role in making our airline profitable and successful by meeting our financial goals.

Responsibilities

  • Maintaining the Company's books and records, including ensuring transactions are properly reflected in United’s financial statements.
  • Performing many of the tasks involved in the monthly close process and preparation of consolidated financial statements and internal reporting packages (BS/IS/CFS).
  • Reconciliation of general ledger balance sheet accounts.
  • Preparation of monthly journal entries.
  • Determining the appropriate accounting treatment for various contracts / transactions.
  • Other key accounting tasks.
  • Supporting innovation and continuous improvement opportunities such as, improving efficiencies, elevating the division’s ability to provide insight to our business partners and gain transparency into trends in financial data.
  • Assessing and enhancing current accounting processes through process improvements focusing on simplification and standardization.
  • Improving manual processes through automation.
  • Serving as a change agent and helping foster an environment that embraces transformation, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Data aggregation and analysis.
  • Executing day-to-day accounting operations independently with minimal guidance, leading month-end close processes and quarterly/annual reporting to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
  • Reviewing and analyzing complex transactions, ensuring they are properly reflected in the Company’s books and records in accordance with US GAAP; this includes identifying and resolving any discrepancies.
  • Monitoring the performance of internal controls to ensure financial statements are free from material errors as well as providing recommendations on improving effectiveness.
  • Performing complex ad hoc analysis as needed.
  • Assessing and enhancing current accounting processes to identify opportunities for process improvements focusing on simplification, standardization, end-to-end optimization through cross-functional collaboration, and automation.
  • Implementing best practices and automation tools (e.g., EPM, Alteryx, RPA, etc.) to streamline accounting processes and enhance the accuracy and efficiency of reporting, reconciliation, and month-end close activities.
  • Continuously identifying and evaluating opportunities for process improvement that align with the department's transformation initiatives, focusing on cost savings and operational efficiency.
  • Tracking efforts against transformation initiative milestones, maintaining timelines, and assisting in the preparation of reports for senior management on progress updates.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
  • 2+ years of related experience in accounting or finance.
  • Demonstrated understanding of technical accounting rules, accounting processes and key internal controls.
  • A highly motivated individual with strong leadership, analytical and organizational skills.
  • Self-confidence with ability to interface with and develop consensus among multiple constituencies at varying levels.
  • Ability to travel up to 10%.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including pivot tables).
  • Ability to work with both technical and business user teams to identify and solve issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable with making presentations.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship.
  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification.
  • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.

Nice-to-haves

  • Master's degree
  • Masters of Business Administration or Masters of Accounting
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Experience in airline or similar industry
  • Understanding of data and experience with data analytic tools

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life
  • accident & disability
  • parental leave
  • employee assistance program
  • commuter
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off
  • 401(k)
  • flight privileges
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