This position will be primarily responsible for the general financial and operational accounting functions, including customer invoicing, month-end close, financial reporting, and supporting the financial forecasting function. The successful candidate will be a vital member of a growing team, assisting with the decarbonization of aviation through comprehensive sustainability solutions. The candidate will have a role in all pillars of sustainability including carbon offsets, sustainable aviation fuel, in addition to supporting the financial reporting function, such as month-end duties, financial forecasting, and analysis.
Location:
Hybrid – Office space available in Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, and Plymouth, MA.
Essential Functions:
1. Manage 4AIR’s customer base across various products & services, including preparation of customer invoices and coordinating with 4AIR’s Program Managers to support client needs.
2. Assist with month-end close, including completing monthly operational journal entries, monthly reconciliations, and manage accounting for expense reports.
3. Assist with inventory procurement, management, and inventory allocation to clients across different inventory types.
4. Ability to effectively adapt to changing responsibilities and priorities, in a sometimes ambiguous and evolving area of scope.
5. Support new company initiatives, including new ERP system evaluation & implementation and expansion into new geographies.
6. Creates new tools and processes to improve company private and public resources.
7. Becomes a subject matter expert on carbon accounting within aviation.
8. Provides oversight on vendor and customer management.
9. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Key Skills and Competencies
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, employees, customers, external contacts, and other departments. Ability to professionally represent the company at industry events.
• Working knowledge of process improvement methodology and application, accounting and budgeting principals necessary to read and interpret profit/loss statements, develop and build financial-based models.
• Ability to accept feedback and work collaboratively as part of a team to develop and apply skills in a unique setting.
• Thoughtful application of inventory management, recordkeeping and documentation principles.
• Ability to meet deadlines, must be comfortable prioritizing tasks, demonstrate flexibility, display a strong work ethic, fanatical attention to detail, and sense of urgency.
• Proven ability to identify problems based on quantitative figures then solve those problems.
• Create and analyze complex accounting models utilizing Microsoft Excel and PowerBI.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in accounting or financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of GAAP principles and financial reporting standards.
• Successful candidate should be highly motivated, self-directed, proactive, and able to work effectively under time constraints with a positive attitude.
Additional Desired Qualifications:
• Working knowledge of business aviation industry, products, and services.
• Working knowledge of sustainability industry, including carbon offsets, sustainable fuels, and new technology.
• Background in public accounting.
• Has obtained or started towards a pilot’s license.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in accounting or financial reporting
- Strong understanding of GAAP principles and financial reporting standards
- Create and analyze complex accounting models utilizing Microsoft Excel and Power BI
- Self-directed, proactive, able to work under time constraints with strong attention to detail
- Working knowledge of business aviation industry, products, and services
- Working knowledge of sustainability industry, including carbon offsets and sustainable fuels
- Background in public accounting
- Has obtained or started towards a pilot's license
- Experience with ERP system evaluation and implementation
Flexjet Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flexjet and has not been reviewed or approved by Flexjet.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 6%, with pilots eligible for added company retirement contributions and a deferred compensation program that begins after year three. Feedback suggests these features lift total retirement value beyond base pay for pilots and certified technicians.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Pilot work rules emphasize home basing across 115+ domiciles, company-paid positioning on scheduled days, no reserve or calls on days off, and the ability to keep hotel and airline points. A high per diem and company-paid training further support day-to-day quality of life.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Pay is considered to have improved for pilots in 2024+, with first-year totals rising and base pay viewed as good relative to some Part 135 operators. Feedback suggests several non-flying roles track at industry standard or slightly above, aligning with local market medians.
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What We Do
Flexjet first entered the fractional jet ownership market in 1995. Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership and leasing. Flexjet’s fractional aircraft program is the first in the world to be recognized as achieving the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s Industry Audit Standard, is the first and only company to be honored with 21 FAA Diamond Awards for Excellence, upholds an ARG/US Platinum Safety Rating and is IS-BAO compliant at Level 2. Flexjet’s fractional program fields an exclusive array of business aircraft—some of the youngest in the fractional jet industry, with an average age of approximately six years. In 2015, Flexjet introduced Red Label by Flexjet, which features the youngest fleet in the industry, flight crews dedicated to a single aircraft and the LXi Cabin Collection of interiors. To date there are more than 40 different interior designs across its fleet, which includes the Embraer Phenom 300, Challenger 350, the Embraer Legacy 450 and Praetor 500, Global Express, the Gulfstream G450, G500, G650 and G700, and the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets. Flexjet is a member of the Directional Aviation family of companies. For more details on innovative programs and flexible offerings, visit www.flexjet.com or follow us on Twitter @Flexjet and on Instagram @FlexjetLLC.
