Staff Accountant - Full-Time OnsiteJob OverviewTitle: Staff Accountant
Location: Buena Park, California
Type: Full-Time Onsite
Salary Range: $95,000 - $110,000 (based on education and experience)
Job SummaryThe Staff Accountant plays a key role in executing day-to-day financial operations and ad hoc projects. Working closely with finance leadership, this role manages full-cycle Fixed Asset Management, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, coordinates multi-entity Intercompany Transactions, and supports the Month-End Close process in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
Primary Responsibilities- Month-End Close: Collaboratively execute the month-end close schedule alongside the accounting team to generate timely financial statements. Prepare and post journal entries, manage standard accruals, and perform initial reviews to explain budget-to-actual variances.
- Intercompany Transactions & Reconciliations: Record and reconcile monthly intercompany transactions, cross-charges, and balancing entries across multiple subsidiaries or business units.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Perform the monthly reconciliation process for major balance sheet accounts (including inventory and bank reconciliations). Research sub-ledger variances, identify root causes, and propose correcting journal entries for management review.
- Fixed Asset Tracking: Manage the fixed asset lifecycle for manufacturing equipment, tooling, facilities, and technology. Track Work-in-Progress (CIP), capitalize new assets, and process asset disposals or transfers.
- AP & AR Support: Provide transactional and escalation support for accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. Assist in maintaining the integrity of three-way matching workflows for inventory, vendor payments, and customer cash applications.
- Inventory & Cost Accounting Reporting: Track and report on the costs of raw materials, components, and work-in-process (WIP). Calculate inventory variances, prepare valuation reports, and assist with physical inventory counts and year-end reconciliations.
Basic Qualifications- Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (Required).
- Experience: 3 to 4+ years of progressive corporate accounting experience. Hands-on experience with intercompany accounting, fixed assets, or full balance sheet reconciliations is required. Experience in a manufacturing or aerospace environment is highly valued.
- Technical Skills:
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., VLOOKUPs/XLOOKUPs, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, data modeling, and troubleshooting complex spreadsheets).
- Hands-on experience or familiarity with the Infor SyteLine ERP system is highly preferred.
- Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, exceptional attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset ready to work across engineering, production, and corporate finance teams
Competencies As an individual contributor you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies: Customer Focus, Listening, Problem Solving, Action Oriented, Composure, Functional/Technical Skills, Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust and will need to Value Diversity.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. To conform to U.S. Export Control Regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorization from the U.S. Government.
