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Specialist, General Ledger Accounting

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Location: Sacramento, CA (preferred), Canoga Park, CA, Huntsville, AL, or Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Specialist, General Ledger Accounting will report to the Senior Manager, General Leger Accounting and will be part of the team responsible for providing rapid and high-quality financial information. This position addresses a multitude of accounting activities including monthly general ledger and overhead closings, balance sheet and income statement flux analysis, quarterly review and year-end audit preparation and SOX process narratives and walk-throughs under tight close and reporting deadlines.

Essential Functions:

• Supporting monthly financial close and reporting, including:
• Preparing monthly journal entries, including entries related to leasing activities, rent, deferred cost, disallowance reserves, IT accruals and various cost reclassifications.
• Continuous review and disposition of postings to the Accounts Payable (AP) clearing account. This requires pulling current payment registers from CFIN and postings to our general ledger to timely identify the invoices that are posted to our AP clearing account and need to be redirected to Interdivisional invoices to non-Oracle divisions, to Project Accounting for cost adjustments or internally processed via journal entry and/or PAEB by the GL team.
• Processing monthly PAEBs (manual cost adjustments) for recurring items including, lease expense and severance or retention payments.
• Processing (manual cost adjustments) for non-recurring charges, including those that post incorrectly into our ledger from CFIN or Concur interfaces. This may require collaboration with the Project Accounting team and others within Finance to properly and timely resolve.
• Preparing month-end accruals, including accruals for interfaces that
• Preparing account reconciliations, including verifying that reconciling items are timely investigated and resolved.
• Preparing monthly and quarterly reporting corporate supplementary schedules.
• Preparing variance analysis as requested by management to support quarterly analytical reviews and/or monthly financial reviews.
• Supporting the accounting control environment, by:
• Preparing and providing support of audit requests for external, internal and DCAA audits
• Evaluating SOX process documentation and supporting the annual SOX walkthrough and testing efforts.
• Recommending and implementing continuous process improvements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• General ledger accounting (preparing journal entries and account reconciliations).
• Financial analysis (i.e. account and variance analysis).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Independent, self-motivated individual with strong organization skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of personnel and to work in a team environment.
• Ability to make decisions and exercise some independent action in the completion of job duties
• Familiarity with Oracle EBS
• Experience auditing financial statements
• Experience working in the accounting organization for a public company
• CPA, MBA or CMA

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $73,000 - $135,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, and Vermont is $63,500 - $117,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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