Accountant - Financial Accounting (early career)

Job Description

COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires. All current and newly hired employees who are unvaccinated will be required to adhere to onsite safety protocols.
Description:At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to think big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
Our Lockheed Martin Space Finance & Business Operations is seeking a team member in the Financial Accounting organization supporting the monthly close and consolidation process and technical accounting tasks as needed.
In this role you will:
• Preparation and review of the monthly Accounting Trial Balance for several entities
• Present on the monthly results to the Controllership organization
• Be a point of contact for our external auditors
• Provide monthly and quarterly flux analysis in support of the month end close, and other corporate reporting duties.
Additional tasks may include participating in corporate accounting initiatives on an ad hoc basis.
Candidate must be able to effectively communicate with peers, management, and the corporate accounting organization.
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
- Medical
- Dental
- 401k
- Paid time off
- Work/life balance
- Career development
- Mentorship opportunities
- Rewards & recognition
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
• Accounting, Finance or related degree.
• Able to develop relationships and work effectively with others in different locations.
• Must be able to adjust work schedule as necessary to ensure critical financial reporting deadlines are met.
• Must meet minimum qualifications for a Top Secret security clearance (US Citizenship required)
Desired Skills:
CPA or CPA candidate with prior accounting or audit experience preferred.