Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)   
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 70358 

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• ​This job is a member of the Accounting Team within the Finance Division
• Overview of accounting functions: Fixed Assets, Aircraft, Inventory, Fuel, Debt, Frequent Flyer Accounting, Stock Compensation and Administration, Investments and Cash, Benefits, Intangible Assets, Hyperion Administration, Foreign Exchange, Intercompany, G/L maintenance, Financial Statement Consolidation, SEC and other external reporting.
• Responsible for performing the day-to-day functions for the corporate accounting and/or financial reporting processes of the Company. Additionally, this role is responsible for preparing and analyzing certain account reconciliations in connection with the Company's monthly close process and completing other various projects as determined on an ad hoc basis. This position works closely with the corporate divisions to ensure accounting issues are appropriately identified, analyzed, documented in technical position memos and reported in external reports and internal presentations.

What you'll do

• Through research and follow up, ensures that reconciling items and discrepancies in accounting data are resolved in a timely manner
• Prepares, peer-review, and provides documents (e.g. reconciliations, supporting schedules, and process maps) by requested deadlines to the Company's external auditors and the SOX group to ensure timely completion of quarterly reviews, the annual financial statement audit and SOX compliance test work
• Reviews process maps and performs internal controls to ensure SOX compliance
• Prepares internal/external financial statements and disclosures for SEC filings. Documents and reviews support for SEC filings for accuracy. Prepare benefit plan financial statements
• Participates in the design, development, testing, implementation and documentation of accounting systems and related interfaces. Recommends and implements system modifications to improve internal control, increase efficiency or reduce costs. Identifies, documents, and escalates system issues to the IT department
• Performs Hyperion Financial Management administration tasks which include maintenance of the G/L hierarchy and financial statement reports, monitoring of system logic and resolving ad-hoc system/user issues
• Assists with researching, documenting and implementing conclusions regarding technical accounting treatment for non-routine transactions and new accounting pronouncements for areas of responsibility
• Assists in providing guidance on accounting issues to business groups of the Company
• Assists in providing new team members with appropriate training on business processes and system applications for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Assist in providing direction to team members
• Evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of business processes, procedures and accounting assumptions on an ongoing basis. Recommends and assists in process improvements to improve the control environment and increase the utilization of resources (people, technology, funds)
• Develops and maintains documentation for business and system processes for assigned responsibilities
• Represents the department in meetings and through written and verbal communication with internal and external customers
• Performs a variety of other functions/ad-hoc projects as assigned to aid in the department's/company's achievement of goals and business objectives

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent education/experience
• 3 years of combined public accounting experience or experience in large public company corporate accounting department

 

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance, MBA, or related disciplines or equivalent experience
• Certified Public Accountant
• Knowledge of SAP general ledger and Hyperion Financial Management reporting tool
• Expereience with debt and lease accounting 

 

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Excellent knowledge of technical accounting matters,