Accountant 1

Accountant 1

Boeing Engineering, Operations and Technology (EO&T) welcomes you to apply for an entry level accounting position in our Accounts Receivable function located in Boeing's Chicago Corporate offices. We are looking for candidates who welcome a challenge, who are motivated by opportunities for future promotions, who want to succeed, and who are self starters. EO&T will provide you with a work statement and environment that you will find exciting, challenging and productive. Your efforts will support a variety of accounts receivable functions including invoicing and contract closeouts, as well as financial accounting functions including sales and earnings, accruals, and account reconciliations. You will work closely with EO&T Contracts & Pricing and EO&T Finance personnel. This position will report to the EO&T Financial Accounting Policy and Reporting Manager. It offers exposure to the leadership team and an opportunity to understand the sales process and accounting function at Boeing.

Competencies
General

• Adaptability
Tries to understand changes in work-group tasks, situations, and the department as well as the logic or basis for change; occasionally seeks information about changes affecting their individual job. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow work group members. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors.

• Build Positive Relationships
Tries to build effective working relationships with fellow work group members. Asks for and provides information to clarify situations. Tries to expand on original ideas, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand. Places higher priority on work group goals rather than on own goals. Seeks agreement from fellow work group members to support ideas; explains value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people in work group feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions (enhances self-esteem, empathizes, involves, discloses, supports).

• Communication
Makes an effort to clarify purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Tries to keep the audience engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. With guidance from others frames messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; tries to use terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Occasionally seeks input from audience; checks understanding; tries to present message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; at times requires guidance from others on how to respond.

• Contributing To Team Success
Occasionally makes procedural or process suggestions to work group members for achieving team goals or performing routine team functions; tries to provide necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to help the team accomplish its goals; listens to and involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents; shares important or relevant information with the team; adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team.

• Decision Making
Generally recognizes routine issues, problems, or opportunities in own work area and determines whether action is needed; generally identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; tries to integrate information from different sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; generally creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; develops an understanding of decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; generally implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; gains experience in including fellow work group members in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, makes appropriate decisions, and ensures buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.

Technical

• Accounting Theory
Basic knowledge of accounting theory, concepts, and principles, such as, income statements, balance sheets, debits and credits.

• Acctg Systems & Process
Basic knowledge of how to maintain and document effective internal controls and processes to ensure system integrity and compliance with accounting system requirements. Basic ability to identify accounting system issues. Basic ability to support internal/external auditors related specifically to job functions and under the review of higher levels.

• Analytical Skills
Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.

Basic Qualifications For Consideration

Do you have experience in Accounting or Finance?

Do you meet the criteria described in the 'Typical Education / Experience' section of this requisition?

Typical Education/Experience
Bachelor's degree.

Other Job related information
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration preferred. CPA a plus.

• Business Unit Engineering Ops & Tech
• Division Finance
• Program Eo&T Controller
• Job Type Non-Management
• Experience Level Entry
• US Person Status Required? Yes

Closing Date: 02/17/2012