Labor Accountant - Kent, WA

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will support accounting and financial tracking for multi-companies and multi-locations. You will share in the team's impact on all financial accounting and reporting aspects. You will be responsible for the accurate collection and costing of labor. The ideal candidate possesses critical thinking and analytical skills to drive continuous process improvements while focusing on operational excellence. Success in this position is critical to realizing Blue Origin’s goal of lowering the cost of access to space.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable spaceflight. Passion for our Mission is required!

Responsibilities:

1. Support time collection process by helping employees and following up on missing timesheets
2. Ensure all employees data matches with HR and ERP system
3. Post weekly/bi-weekly Timesheet data into ERP system
4. Ensure corrections to timesheet data are entered accurately and timely
5. Support Blue Origin employees by working labor tickets and labor e-mails
6. Assist with general ledger analysis, month-end close, and quarter-end close activities which would include reconciling labor hours posted to payroll payments
7. Identify process improvement opportunities and assist with implementation
8. Provide support and schedules for external and internal audits
9. Manage special projects and perform duties as required

Minimum qualifications:

1. 1+ year of professional experience in payroll, labor accounting, or timekeeping
2. Strong proficiency in MS Excel
3. Strong written and oral communication skills
4. Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired:

1. Experience with pivot tables and macros in Excel
2. Customer service-oriented attitude with a positive, low-stress demeanor
3. Embraces change, able to adapt and reprioritize to meet deadlines.
4. Problem-solving skills, a natural proclivity for learning
5. Self-starter, a bias for action – builder vs. maintainer
6. Compulsion to refine and improve procedures
7. Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
8. Excellent organizational skills
9. Costpoint experience

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $73,000-$108,240. Other site ranges may differ.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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Benefits

Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave (must be employed at time of birth or adoption), short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program available after 1 year of service.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays for all regular employees (including part-time), fixed-term, and interns.

Discretionary bonus: Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses in addition to base pay. Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.