Sr Accountant

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We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Finance

As a Senior Accountant at Southwest Airlines, you’ll leverage your deep knowledge of GAAP to tackle complex accounting challenges that support our growing business. In this role, you’ll research and analyze financial data, provide technical accounting guidance, and deliver insights that influence key decisions. You’ll prepare documentation and analytics for internal and external reporting, while applying professional skepticism to ensure accuracy and compliance.

From accounting for Getaways and flight credit breakage to supporting interline partnerships, you’ll help shape financial processes that enable innovation and strengthen Southwest’s position as a leader in the airline industry.

• Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX headquarters facility during business hours.
• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.

• Serve as a financial resource to multiple levels of Business Leadership by performing analysis of financial results to identify trends and provide insights to support decision‑making.
• Conduct variance analysis to explain discrepancies between planned and actual financial performance; investigate cause of variances, identify trends, and monitor impacts to key performance indicators.
• Analyze and review various types of transactions for financial completeness and accuracy; prepare presentations for management as needed.
• Create and implement testing scenarios for technology based projects and system upgrades; act as a subject matter expert for Team on projects related to their areas of Accounting.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and create recommendations for implementation.
• Prepare and review financial statements for internal/external filings in accordance with GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, and company policy.
• Prepare and present complex financial information to different audiences, including finance leaders, business partners, and auditors.
• Analyze financial data for accuracy; identify problems and prepare forecasts to support financial planning.
• Perform month end close tasks that may include posting journal entries, performing reconciliations, and managing asset creation and retirement processes on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Support the annual audit process, including ensuring financial transactions are substantiated with proper documentation for auditing purposes.
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders.

• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, and the analysis and reporting of financial data with minimal supervision.
• Skilled in managing time effectively through organizing and appropriately prioritizing work and seeking guidance as needed to resolve issues/questions in order to meet deadlines.
• Skilled in proactively using resources to learn, understand, and investigate issues related to completing the financial close process.
• Ability to effectively communicate, written and verbally, information and ideas using all forms of communication, learning to adjust tone, style and content to meet the audience’s needs.
• Ability to develop relationships and build trust with Team Members and Customers.
• Ability to support and provide help to the Team to ensure accuracy and completeness of tasks.
• Ability…