Project Accountant

Location: Salt Lake City, United States of America

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Position Summary

This is a hybrid position located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Must be a U.S. Person as defined in applicable law, or otherwise authorized or eligible for authorization, to access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The Project Accountant reports to the Financial Controller and provides day-to-day project accounting support to Business Controllers and Project Management in Salt Lake City, Utah. This position is responsible for the accounting of several $20M+ projects with annual revenues of $35-40M

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Effectively communicate with Project Managers (PM) regarding contract documents, change orders and other contract modifications, and approvals.

• Manages and report financial aspects of the project.

• Allocates the program budget in line with the bid, and opens and closes expenditure authorizations as and when they are executed.

• Reviews cost estimates after execution.

• Manages contingencies and provisions for contractual and financial risks.

• Analyzes work in progress and reviews program expenditures (expenses correctly accounted for, authorized contingencies, invoices, etc.).

• Optimizes and monitors sales, margins, and cash balances.

• Provides the Project Manager and their team with all necessary financial data and any information of possible consequence.

• Prepares and validates all economic and accounting information (dashboards, etc.), factoring in foreseeable developments and anticipating necessary actions (cost control).

• Establishes financial control rules and ensures they are correctly applied.

• Compile information for internal and external auditors as required.

• Assist in Multi-Year Budget preparation

• Prepare Time & Material and Cost Plus Billings

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field

• At least a minimum of 1 years of relevant accounting work experience

• Comfortable with MS Office and various ERP systems, especially Excel.

• Above average Analytical skills

• Self-starter with experience working autonomously

• Above average written and verbal communication skills

• Above average organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications (education is the first bullet, if applicable)

• SAP financial systems preferred

• Experience in Project Accounting

Special Position Requirements

Travel: Anticipated that regular domestic travel will be required, estimated at about 1 week per month, or approximately 25% annually.

Customer Location Based or Site Visits: Thales USA, Inc. Overland Park, KS and Salt Lake City Utah. If hired in Utah, very little travel will occur. If hired in Kansas, then some travel will be required.

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with (a) criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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