Overview of the Position:
The Accounting Associate (AR) assists with all responsibilities of the Accounts Receivable and/or general administrative responsibilities of the Accounting function.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
General:
- Process information used in financials
- Reconcile accounts and reports
- Enter journal entries
- Process and print financials and other financial reports as assigned
- Maintain accounting records as assigned such as commissions
- Research, file, and help in other accounting areas as needed
- Assist controller to help resolve problems with customers as needed
- Maintain inventory of supplies for the office and breakroom
Accounts Receivable:
- Generate invoices
- Process credit applications
- Negotiate with customers to collect past due amounts and resolve problems
- Issue credit memos and adjust customer accounts as required
- Receive payments and post amount paid to customer accounts
- Help with financials in areas relating to accounts receivable and sales
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and manage multiple tasks
- Exhibit honest and ethical behavior and is an effective communicator
- Must have demonstrated computer skills including MS Word, Excel, and data entry
Preferred Qualifications
Education / Experience Requirements: Associate's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business; and/or six months of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. College level accounting classes are preferred.
Other Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small groups situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Is frequently required to talk or listen.
- Is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- Is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms lift up to 10 pounds.
- Works in moderate noise levels.
- No travel required.
Skills Required
- Computer skills including MS Word, Excel, and data entry
- Associate's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business; or six months related experience; or equivalent combination
- Experience processing invoices, payments, credit memos, and posting customer payments
- Ability to reconcile accounts, enter journal entries, and prepare financial reports
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to negotiate with customers to collect past due amounts
- Ability to read and write simple correspondence and perform basic math (rates, ratios, percentages)
HEICO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about HEICO and has not been reviewed or approved by HEICO.
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Retirement Support — The company maintains a long‑standing 401(k) program with company matching available to nearly all U.S. employees, with matches sometimes delivered in company stock. Official materials indicate broad participation and subsidiary‑level match structures.
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Flexible Benefits — The package spans medical, dental, vision, HSAs/FSAs, life and disability coverage, PTO and holidays, tuition reimbursement, an EAP, and various discounts, with multiple plan choices. Eligibility and specifics can differ by subsidiary.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs such as health fairs, screenings, flu shots, and on‑site classes appear alongside fitness, retail, and entertainment discounts. These offerings complement core coverage and support day‑to‑day wellbeing.
HEICO Insights
What We Do
HEICO Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of aerospace, defense, and electronics related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Flight Support Group (FSG/HEICO Aerospace) and Electronic Technologies Group (ETG). HEICO Aerospace offers jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts. It also involves in manufacturing specialty aircraft/defense related parts; offering thermal insulation blankets primarily for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications; subcontracting for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); providing specialty parts as a subcontractor for aerospace and industrial OEMs, and the United States government. In addition, this segment distributes hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electro-mechanical components for the aviation markets.
