Lead and energize the Hughes Accounting team, to enhance a high-performance team and culture. Evaluate talent/performance and effectively manage the Accounting team. Promote a sense of urgency for reaching goals and completing key deliverables. Manage the Accounting team’s work-life balance while delivering quality results and driving high performance. Provide Accounting personnel with effective feedback, training, regular status meetings and annual performance reviews. Provide accounting a... more details
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in communications technologies through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more information, visit echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
Today, our brands include EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and GenMobile.
Echostar has an exciting opportunity for a Vice President - Accounting, Hughes located at our office in Germantown, MD. This position will lead a motivated team of individuals supporting and managing accounting at Hughes. This will include compliance activities and processes, maintaining accurate books/records, providing timely and accurate data required for business and financial analysis, and internal and external reporting.
This person will partner with our business teams and leaders to support their numerous initiatives. Building strong business relationships within the organization will be a significant component of this position’s responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead and energize the Hughes Accounting team, to enhance a high-performance team and culture.
- Evaluate talent/performance and effectively manage the Accounting team.
- Promote a sense of urgency for reaching goals and completing key deliverables.
- Manage the Accounting team’s work-life balance while delivering quality results and driving high performance.
- Provide Accounting personnel with effective feedback, training, regular status meetings and annual performance reviews.
- Provide accounting and financial input and leadership on key decisions affecting Hughes.
- Work with business teams, FP&A, Tax, IT and other departments to further develop policies and processes surrounding the operations and capital expenditures for our Hughes business.
- Review and continuously improve the system of policies, processes, procedures, templates and internal controls of the existing Hughes businesses.
- Analyze and interpret contracts to ensure proper accounting.
- Create and present ad-hoc analytics and reporting to support the Hughes business teams.
- Lead all aspects of the month-end close process.
- Review, analyze and document results of operations.
- Ensure that all account reconciliations are prepared, reviewed and approved on a timely basis.
- Review financial statements and support the preparation of external financial statements to be included in the periodic filings with the SEC (10-K, 10-Q, etc.) for EchoStar Corporation and Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation, including balance sheets, statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and statements of cash flow.
- Prepare and present quarterly cash flow estimates.
- Develop solutions and systems to capture financial data for unique business transactions; serve as a liaison between business and accounting to ensure that needs are being met.
- Ability to research and interpret accounting principles and pronouncements and recommend applications.
- Collaborate with and advise all accounting and shared services teams (on process design and improvement to ensure proper accounting and reporting for the current business and future growth.
- Ensure proper and accurate classification of all transactions.
- Provide accurate and timely data for audits and other regulatory filings.
- Assist in special projects as necessary.
- Domestic and international travel is required
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
- 15+ years of progressive accounting experience with recent experience at a multi-national public company with responsibility over the consolidated close, technical accounting and financial reporting
- 5+ years of progressive management experience
- Recent experience working with large ERP systems (Oracle or SAP) and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM/FDM).
- Active CPA
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a publicly traded company.
- Master or CPA strongly preferred.
- Big Four accounting firm background is strongly preferred.
- Expertise in the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Experience in telecommunications, digital media, media, entertainment, technology or a subscription-based industry is a plus.
- Recent experience working with large ERP systems (Oracle or SAP) and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM/FDM).
You will be eligible to participate in the Executive Incentive Program (EIP). Payments from this program are based on company and individual performance.
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EchoStar is committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Our programs are designed to provide you with the ability to customize your benefits to best meet the needs of you and your family. Our philosophy for these programs is to support and encourage healthy living and wellness. Our benefits package covers it all–from healthcare savings plans to education assistance and more!
Financial: 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match; employee stock purchase plan; profit-sharing; company-paid life insurance, AD&D and disability
Work-Life Balance: Paid Time Off (PTO), company-paid holidays, health and wellness events, exercise and sports facilities (locations may vary)
Employee Incentives: Tuition reimbursement, employee referral program, year round employee events and community programs, discounts on Dish Network and HughesNet
Health: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health Savings Account (HSA) with opportunities to earn employer contributions; Health Care, Dependent Care and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
EchoStar and its Affiliated Companies are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. U.S. Persons or those able to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearances may be required for certain positions. EEO is the law.
