Project/Cost Accountant

About the role

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About the role

Airbus Helicopters is seeking an analytical and hands-on Project/Cost Accountant to join our finance team on-site in Bingen, Washington. Operating at the critical intersection of operations and financial reporting, this position serves as a core financial partner across the entire manufacturing lifecycle-from initial contract and procurement through build, inventory tracking, shipping, billing, and revenue recognition.

Working within an agile, collaborative finance group, you will balance strategic project accounting and government cost tracking with essential general ledger administration, monthly close processing, and financial reporting.

Meet the Team

The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). It can be used day or night by US and allied forces for a diverse range of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) on land and at sea.

Your Working Environment

Nestled in the heart of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Bingen, WA, our workplace offers innovation and the ability to contribute to game-changing solutions while enjoying the flexibility to spread your wings. Whether it's solving complex challenges, or celebrating victories, you'll be part of a cohesive crew that thrives on innovation and the beauty that the Northwest has to offer!

How We Care for You

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.

Your Challenges: General Accounting, AR, AP Processing and Reconciliations 50%:

• Review daily bank activity and prepare monthly reconciliations of bank statements
• Reconcile key general ledger accounts such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, etc.
• Perform monthly reconciliation and reporting of intercompany payables with affiliate companies

Administer General Ledger Activity, Chart of Accounts, and posting of Journal Entries as part of the Monthly Close process 20%

• Responsible for Journal Entry activity during Monthly Close process, including subsystems interface with General Ledger
• Perform proper recording and periodic amortization of Prepaid Expenses
• Ensure proper accounting for Payroll-related and Benefits Accounts, including General Ledger interface with ADP Payroll System
• Maintain General Ledger master data, including establishing of GL Accounts

Prepare Monthly Financial Statements and Financial Reporting Packages 20%:

• Prepare internal Monthly Financial Reporting package for review with Management
• Ensure Financial Statements are in accordance with required basis of accounting, such as IFRS and/or U.S. GAAP

Maintain Fixed Asset Database and Depreciation Records 10%

• Record Fixed Asset additions & retirements in the financial system
• Transact monthly Depreciation of Fixed Assets
• Reconcile Fixed Asset Details to General Ledger, including Construction in Process Account
• Manage proper Accounting and Reporting of Capitalized Leases

Additional Responsibilities

• Other duties as assigned, including acting as backup to HO Finance

Your Boarding Pass

• Bachelor's Degree (BS/BBA) in Accounting or Finance or equivalent work experience (4 years)
• Minimum of six years within an accounting/finance function
• Working knowledge of financial accounting principles, practices, and procedures. Must have strong analytical and mathematical abilities

Travel Required

• Citizenship:
• Must be a US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

Pr eferred: Skills

• Familiar with Deltek CostPoint
• CPA

Physical Requirements

• Onsite: 95% in Bingen, WA when not on travel
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports daily
• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone daily
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications daily
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment daily
• Carrying: able to carry documents, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs daily
• Lifting: able to lift documents, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs daily
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools several times a week
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer daily
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving several times a month
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices several times a month
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice once or twice a year
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office daily
• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Salary range based on the required profile

$65k to $104k /year. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on geographic differential. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

This position offers the following benefits: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Prescription insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Basic & Voluntary Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, Short and Long-term Disability insurance, 401(k), Paid time off including paid holidays, Tuition Assistance, Bonus(es) subject to performance criteria.

These are our current benefit offerings for the current plan year and are subject to change without notice.

Take your career to a new level and apply now!

A full job description will be provided to candidates who progress to the interview stage or any candidate upon request.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.