Associate, Accounting (Salt Lake City, UT)

L3Harris Technologies - Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time - Entry Level

Salt Lake City, UT

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Associate, Accounting position at L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City, UT, is designed to provide essential internal audit support to the CSW controls environment. This role involves testing and auditing controls throughout the year to ensure compliance with L3Harris' control requirements. The successful candidate will play a critical role in assisting various CSW departments in improving their processes, enhancing efficiencies, and ensuring that sound controls are in place and functioning effectively. This is vital for maintaining the accuracy of financial statements and overall financial integrity. In this position, the Associate will work closely with the Corporate SOX ICFR RMD team to facilitate continuous improvement initiatives. The role requires strong auditing skills to meet control testing requirements and involves analyzing current and historical trends in control performance to identify areas for improvement across all departments. The Associate will also be responsible for conducting quarterly reporting to local senior management, as well as Segment and Corporate, ensuring that findings are accurately reported and that proper remediation plans are executed. Additionally, the Associate will engage in ad-hoc projects aimed at supporting Segment and Corporate continuous improvement initiatives. This includes analyzing complex financial information and reports to provide timely and accurate financial recommendations to management, which are crucial for informed decision-making. Reporting all testing results in Audit Board, the corporate-wide SOX audit tool, is also a key responsibility of this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong auditing skills enabling the Division to meet its control testing requirements.
• Analyze current and past trends in control performance to help improve control processes across all departments.
• Conduct quarterly reporting requirements to local senior management, Segment & Corporate.
• Coordinate findings with department Management to ensure accurate reporting, proper remediation plans, and execution is instituted.
• Engage in ad-hoc projects to assist Segment and Corporate with continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision-making purposes.
• Report all testing results in Audit Board, our Corporate wide SOX audit tool.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Products (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams).

Nice-to-haves

• Strong communication skills (written and oral).
• Strong analytic skills.
• Proactive, innovative, and analytical skills including problem identification, problem solving, and decision-making skills.