Associate Staff Accountant

About Sun Country Airlines

We're not your average airline. We're agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as an Associate Staff Accountant you'll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
• PPO and high-deductible health plans
• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
• Dependent Care
• Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
• 401(k) match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
• Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

Associate Staff Accountant Overview:

Sun Country Airlines is seeking an Associate Staff Accountant to join the Stations Accounting team, which is responsible for ensuring that various operational costs (fuel, ground handling, airport fees, etc.) are properly accounted for and paid in a timely manner while working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Additionally, the Associate Staff Accountant will assist with the reporting of monthly operating statistics to airports served by the SCA network, preparing month-end journal entries on an as needed basis, and supporting process improvement initiatives.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Process station related invoices (fuel, ground handing, airport fees, etc.) while validating charges and assigning the proper account coding
• Prepare and distribute monthly operating reports to airports served by SCA
• Prepare month-end journal entries for various station expenses and accruals
• Assist in preparing schedules and retrieving backup for auditors, both internal and external
• Assist with accounting system implementations and ongoing process improvements
• Other duties assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree in Accounting or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of experience in Accounting or related experience
• Experience in processing high volumes of invoices in an efficient and accurate manner
• Proficiency in the Microsoft suite and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Familiarity with general ledger accounting systems
• Familiarity with computer-based accounts payable management platforms
• Ability to work with various internal teams in a cross-functional manner
• Ability to coordinate with external vendors to resolve billing discrepancies
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Organized and capable of working with limited supervision
• Able to work flexible hours as required, particularly during the accounting close process and during annual audit

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience with Microsoft Great Plains accounting system
• Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel
• Previous airline industry experience

Compensation:

Pay range: $50,000 - $62,000 annually. This is the base compensation hiring range for this role.

Classification:

Full-Time, Exempt

Work Location:

Minneapolis, MN (hybrid)

Supervisory Responsibility:

None

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or fingers, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

AAP/EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Sun Country Airlines respects and values every employee's contribution to our business. We believe that an important part of our strength comes from our people and their array of perspectives.

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