Principal Specialist, General Finance Management

Overview

This remote finance role supports core accounting, reporting, and financial operations across the business. The position partners with Finance, Accounting, and cross-functional teams to help ensure accurate financial reporting, support month-end and quarter-end close activities, and address ad hoc financial requests.

Responsibilities

• Support internal controls reviews, balance sheet reconciliations, month-end journal entries, and special cross-functional and ad hoc analysis.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance to site controllers on key metrics, deliverables, reporting requirements, and ad hoc analysis.
• Build finance capabilities, tools, and skills to increase efficiency and value across the Finance team.
• Monitor and analyze general ledger activity to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial transactions while supporting month-end and quarter-end close processes.
• Act as a liaison between Finance, Accounting, and operational teams to facilitate journal entries, provide SAP guidance, and resolve accounting-related inquiries.
• Respond to ad hoc financial and accounting requests, including invoice research and resolution, financial reporting support, and analysis of P&L and balance sheet activities.
• Travel up to 40% or as needed.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position.
• The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
• Accounting/Finance experience (e.g., program finance, functional-area finance, rates & budgets, material accounting, labor accounting, direct accounting, and overhead accounting).

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP experience.
• Experience with OneStream.
• Microsoft Office 365, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience with continuous improvement such as Lean, Six Sigma, or CORE.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experience communicating and influencing stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience working effectively in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD.

Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages (pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection)
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives (wellness rewards program)
• Doctor on Demand (virtual doctor visits)
• Bright Horizons (child and elder care services)
• Teladoc Medical Experts (second opinion program)
• And more!

Hired applicants may also be eligible for:

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (payments are not guaranteed and depend on factors including individual performance and business/unit performance).

Location

• United States of America
• Remote (US-AZ-REMOTE)

Remote work expectations:

• Employees primarily work offsite (from home).
• Travel to a site location may be expected as needed.
• If the employee lives within a reasonable commute of a Collins site with other colleagues they interact with, the manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.