Jr Accountant

Company Summary
EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.
Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
EchoStar has an exciting opportunity for a Jr Accountant in our Hughes Network Systems division. This role will be responsible for ensuring revenue recognition. This position will be located in our Germantown, MD office.
Key Responsibilities:

• Review executed customer contracts and agreements to ensure appropriate revenue recognition treatment and to identify and communicate revenue recognition issues.
• Partner with program managers, contract administrators, and finance counterparts to ensure proper revenue and cost recognition for all fully executed agreements.
• Perform technical review of contracts over certain threshold to ensure revenue is appropriately recognized.
• Ensure the integrity of key processes by understanding systems, flow of transactions, internal controls.
• Prepare recurring and period-end journal entries and revenue analysis, including Lessor accounting.
• Prepare asset and liability balance sheet reconciliations and roll-forward schedules, to include recommending and preparing adjusting journal entries.
• Review progress billings, unbilled and programs in process (PIP) balances for accuracy and abnormalities.
• Ensure that contractual backlog is properly computed and reported.
• Interface with internal and external auditors.

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• 2+ years of related accounting experience, including significant exposure to revenue recognition issues - predominantly at large public companies
• 2+ years of working with large, global ERP systems (Oracle or SAP preferred); Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Planning
• 2+ years public accounting
• CPA/CMA (or international equivalent, or in progress).

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience at the Big Four
• Proven ability to be decisive, resolve issues, and deliver on commitments and deadlines
• Demonstrated creativity and flexibility in problem-solving and project collaboration
• Highly skilled in data analysis and proven ability to present data in a clear, concise and compelling manner to all levels of management
• Comfortable in discussing issues, strategy and negotiating with Company executives
• Proven self-starter who doesn't need much guidance to get projects done in an excellent manner
• Superior writing skills
• Superior Excel modeling skills

Will be eligible for discretionary bonus, with funding based on company performance.
Visa sponsorship not available for this role
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $67,000.00/Year - $84,000.00/Year
Benefits
We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: DISH Benefits .
The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.
Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.
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