Location: Chandler, AZ (Onsite)
Reports To: Accounting Manager

Position Summary
PacSci EMC is seeking a technically strong Senior Accountant who enjoys solving complex accounting problems, researching historical transactions, and improving accounting processes. This position plays a key role in month-end close, complex balance sheet reconciliations, project and cost accounting, and continuous process improvement. The successful candidate will possess exceptional accounting fundamentals, be comfortable investigating issues to root cause, and thrive as a hands-on technical individual contributor supporting a growing manufacturing and government-contracting environment.

Key Responsibilities
•    Own month-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial analysis.
•    Perform complex balance sheet reconciliations and research long-standing reconciling items to identify and resolve root causes.
•    Apply strong debit/credit knowledge and T-account methodology to analyze accounting issues.
•    Support project accounting, cost accounting, capital expenditures, and financial reporting.
•    Partner with operations and cross-functional teams to improve accounting accuracy and establish standard work.
•    Support SOX compliance, audits, and government contract accounting activities as needed.
•    Identify opportunities to automate and streamline manual accounting processes.
•    Utilize advanced Excel and enterprise ERP systems to analyze data and improve reporting.

Required Qualifications
•    Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
•    3+ years of progressive accounting experience in a complex manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or similar environment.
•    Strong understanding of GAAP, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
•    Demonstrated mastery of accounting fundamentals including debit/credit logic and T-account analysis.
•    Experience with project accounting and/or cost accounting.
•    Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP or equivalent analytical functions).
•    Experience with enterprise ERP systems (Oracle Fusion, SAP, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, or similar).
•    Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
•    Due to U.S. Government contract requirements applicable to this position, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment in this role.

Preferred Qualifications
•    CPA certification.
•    Government contract accounting, FAR/CAS, or DCAA experience.
•    Inventory accounting experience.
•    Oracle Fusion experience.

Why Join PacSci EMC?
•    Work on technically challenging accounting issues with broad organizational visibility.
•    Help improve processes and build standard work during continued business growth.
•    Gain exposure across project accounting, manufacturing accounting, and government contracting.
•    Opportunity for future career growth while remaining a highly valued technical contributor.

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Ralliant Corporation Overview

Ralliant, originally part of Fortive, now stands as a bold, independent public company driving innovation at the forefront of precision technology. With a global footprint and a legacy of excellence, we empower engineers to bring next-generation breakthroughs to life — faster, smarter, and more reliably. Our high-performance instruments, sensors, and subsystems fuel mission-critical advancements across industries, enabling real-world impact where it matters most. At Ralliant we’re building the future, together with those driven to push boundaries, solve complex problems, and leave a lasting mark on the world.

About Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (PacSci EMC)

Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (PacSci EMC), a Ralliant Corporation (NYSE: RAL) operating company, makes critical missions possible. From concept to demonstration to delivery, we provide leading-edge energetic materials, devices and subsystems for use in military and commercial applications. With engineering and manufacturing capability in Arizona and California, our associates work together to solve the toughest technical challenges with a dedication to Safety First, Quality Every TimeTM. We enable success for innumerable missions on a daily basis, impacting the lives of military personnel, law enforcement officers, commercial airline pilots, astronauts, and oil field operators. For nearly a century, PacSci EMC’s experience and expertise has been relied upon in the times When Milliseconds MatterTM. For more information, go to www.psemc.com.

PacSci EMC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, or veteran status. Nonetheless, pursuant to our subcontractor status on highly sensitive national security matters, Mechanical Assemblers and all other floor personnel who frequently shift cell assignments, as well as any personnel directly working with the following contract are subject to the following contractual provision: THAAD PRIME Flowdowns (H-Clauses) H-42 FOREIGN PERSONS, paragraph D., “All employees of all entities that make up the Contractor’s team, whether subcontractors, consultants, or anyone who works with or on behalf of the Contractor will be citizens of the U.S.” Accordingly, only U.S. citizens will be qualified to fill these roles. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

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Ralliant Corporation and all Ralliant Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Ralliant and all Ralliant Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@Ralliant.com.

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