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Accountant Location: KENT, WA, United States Job Family : Accounting/Auditing Job Type : Regular Posted : May 3, 2024 Job ID: 48794 Back to Search Results Job Description Apply Now > Save Job Job Saved Parker Aerospace is a global leader in commercial and military aircraft and aeroengine technology. With the addition of Parker Meggitt, the company collaborates with customers to enable engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Are you ready to join an industry-leading global company that believes in empowering its employees? Are you prepared to use your inquisitive nature and strong work ethic to help our team solve the world's greatest engineering challenges? A career at Parker is rife with rewards and opportunities. But a career at Parker is not for everyone. Finding success at Parker requires dedication and an insatiable desire to win. We seek very smart people who also have the equally impressive characteristic of humility. We solve our customer's challenges as teams, working together to ask the questions that have never been asked before. Parker understands that solving the world's greatest engineering challenges requires an inquisitive and intelligent workforce, and we invest in our employees to ensure they are the best in the industry. Our global success relies on empowered employees operating in an environment that breeds ideas and solutions, and we take every possible action to ensure this happens. Accountant Applies principles of accounting to analyze diverse and complex financial information and prepares financial reports. Responsible for the accuracy, integrity, control and timeliness of financial reports, analyses, systems, and processes. May specialize in specific accounting areas such as financial analysis, budgeting, planning, and forecasting. Functions and Responsibilities Compiles and analyzes diverse and complex account information to provide management with accounting information necessary to make business decisions. Performs economic research and studies subjects such as rates of return, depreciation, working capital, investments, and financial and expense comparisons by analysis of profit and loss statements and income statements. Recommends financial actions to management by analyzing accounting options. Summarizes current financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other management reports. Maintains accounting controls by auditing compliance with accounting policies and procedures. Writes and recommends policies and procedures. Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information. Maintains financial security by following accounting policies and internal controls. Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting complex accounting policies and regulations. Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential. Prepares diverse and complex financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends. Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses. Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems. May lead or be assigned to a special project team. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing professional networks, and/or participating in professional societies. Complies with federal and state legal requirements and professional standards. Studies existing and new legislation, enforces adherence to requirements; and advises management on needed actions. May provide leadership to others in accounting or within a business team. Acts as prime contact