Senior Accountant - Financial Policy

at  Boeing

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The Boeing Company is hiring a Senior Accountant – Financial Policy to join the Northwest Accounting Policy team in Renton, WA or Chicago, IL.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• 3+ years of accounting experience
• 3+ years of experience researching and applying US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to solve complex accounting issues

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field
• Work experience in industry with a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC registrant and/or public accounting firm
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Experience with Big 4 accounting
• Experience with Estimates of Completion (EACs)

TYPICAL EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years’ related work experience, 14 years’ related work experience, etc.).

• Serves as a subject matter expert on various technical accounting matters
• Leads the analysis and interpretation of highly complex contracts, policies and regulatory requirements, primarily related to airplane sales and financing and other services contracts
• Researches and provides expert guidance on new and existing accounting issues including the writing whitepapers on accounting issues
• Ensures continued compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act and assists in the analysis and mitigation of compliance risk/errors of a complex nature
• Participates in special projects and other technical accounting-related special projects as they arise