Sr. Accountant

Location: Chandler AZ (Onsite)
Reports To: Accounting Manager

Position Summary
PacSci EMC is seeking a technically strong Senior Accountant who enjoys solving complex accounting problems researching historical transactions and improving accounting processes. This position plays a key role in month-end close complex balance sheet reconciliations project and cost accounting and continuous process improvement. The successful candidate will possess exceptional accounting fundamentals be comfortable investigating issues to root cause and thrive as a hands-on technical individual contributor supporting a growing manufacturing and government-contracting environment.

Key Responsibilities
Own month-end close activities including journal entries account reconciliations accruals and financial analysis.
Perform complex balance sheet reconciliations and research long-standing reconciling items to identify and resolve root causes.
Apply strong debit/credit knowledge and T-account methodology to analyze accounting issues.
Support project accounting cost accounting capital expenditures and financial reporting.
Partner with operations and cross-functional teams to improve accounting accuracy and establish standard work.
Support SOX compliance audits and government contract accounting activities as needed.
Identify opportunities to automate and streamline manual accounting processes.
Utilize advanced Excel and enterprise ERP systems to analyze data and improve reporting.

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or related field.
3 years of progressive accounting experience in a complex manufacturing aerospace defense or similar environment.
Strong understanding of GAAP journal entries account reconciliations and month-end close.
Demonstrated mastery of accounting fundamentals including debit/credit logic and T-account analysis.
Experience with project accounting and/or cost accounting.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP or equivalent analytical functions).
Experience with enterprise ERP systems (Oracle Fusion SAP Oracle EBS JD Edwards PeopleSoft or similar).
Excellent analytical organizational and communication skills.
Due to U.S. Government contract requirements applicable to this position only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment in this role.

Preferred Qualifications
CPA certification.
Government contract accounting FAR/CAS or DCAA experience.
Inventory accounting experience.
Oracle Fusion experience.

Why Join PacSci EMC
Work on technically challenging accounting issues with broad organizational visibility.
Help improve processes and build standard work during continued business growth.
Gain exposure across project accounting manufacturing accounting and government contracting.
Opportunity for future career growth while remaining a highly valued technical contributor.

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