Koch Industries

Senior Accountant

Koch Industries$80K — $110K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in an Accounting or Finance role with strong knowledge of financial accounting principles
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration
  • A proactive approach to collaboration with a focus on building relationships
  • Ability to prioritize and adapt in a dynamic work environment
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint) and an eagerness to learn accounting software
  • Willingness to travel to manufacturing sites for on-site support including overnight stays

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the month-end close process, ensuring general ledger accuracy
  • Provide ad hoc analysis and support to various departments
  • Identify and communicate process improvements and challenge existing methods
  • Contribute to the internal financial controls environment
  • Prepare and review monthly/quarterly balance sheet reconciliations
  • Promote the company's values through Principle-Based Management®
  • Travel as necessary to support manufacturing sites, averaging 25% travel

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Additional benefits such as infertility assistance and paid parental leave
Full Job Description
Georgia-Pacific is currently seeking a Senior Accountant to join our team! This role creates value for the organization by providing accounting support for the Building Products segment and mills. A strong potential candidate for this role will be self-directed in a dynamic environment, able to set priorities and meet deadlines. You will enjoy fiduciary accounting and business partnering and can influence and create value. You are seeking to continue to grow with the organization. In this role, you will report directly to the Regional Controller who will provide feedback and guidance on your career development journey.

Location: Our corporate headquarters is located in Atlanta, GA. Atlanta based candidates will work from the office ~3 days a week. This role may be performed remotely from locations in the SE for some of the facilities supported; however, candidates must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role, described below.

Our Team: The GP Controllers Organization provides support to 125+ manufacturing locations across the US, as well as at our corporate HQ in Atlanta, GA. We are a diverse group of individuals that have a passion for accounting and analytical excellence. Each team member has a strong contribution and transformation mindset, paired with strong technical and critical thinking skills. Collectively we serve as the fiduciary and analytical business partner to our operations teams and leveraged capabilities, with support from Centers of Excellence in Manufacturing Cost & Analysis, Internal Financial Controls, and Capital Accounting.

What You Will Do
  • Assist with the month-end close process for the BP segment and facilities, ensuring the accuracy of the general ledger through proper accounting treatment, performed by shared services and third-party providers
  • Provide ad hoc information support and analysis to other departments (Operating Management, Tax, Audit, Corporate, etc.)
  • Seek and share knowledge; identify opportunities for improvements, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions
  • Contribute to our control environment, ensuring ownership and application of our Internal Financial Controls (IFC) Framework
  • Prepare monthly/quarterly balance sheet account reconciliations as well as Review prepared account reconciliations by the offshore accounting team, investigate differences, and determine resolution to resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
  • Advance the Principle-Based Management® (PBM®) culture by applying and reinforcing the company's Values
  • Ability to travel when needed (average is 25% depending on candidate geographic location relative to the mill and timing of need; may include overnight stays)


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Experience in an Accounting or Finance focused role(s) that requires a working knowledge of financial accounting principles, the general ledger, month end close, account reconciliation and analysis, and the purpose/application of internal financial controls
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with team members and external stakeholders
  • Collaboration/Contribution mindset: You seek to build working relationships and partner with others to bridge gaps and solve problems
  • Process and Transformation focused: You are flexible and able to prioritize your work in a dynamic environment, embrace change, and improve processes
  • Systems and Tools savvy: You have experience with Microsoft Office Suite or Office 365; (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint) and a desire to learn multiple accounting systems and tools
  • Ability to complete travel to supported manufacturing sites or corporate offices, including overnight stays


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or Business
  • One or more years of career experience in an Accounting or Analysis role (working in the General Ledger, Intercompany Transactions, Accruals, Account Reconciliations, Variance Analysis and supporting Month-End close)
  • Experience collaborating with and providing support to an offsite/offshore vendor
  • Manufacturing industry experience is a plus
  • SAP and/or SAP S4Hana experience


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy: All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are: Georgia-Pacific is a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits: Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities: Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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