About this role
GL Accountant to manage general ledger processes, month-end close, and reconciliations across a global organization. The role emphasizes accuracy, process improvement, and collaboration with cross-functional teams and external auditors to deliver reliable financial statements.
Perform regular General Ledger processes to ensure accurate and timely posting to the ledger, variance analysis, Balance Sheet account reconciliation. Take ownership of key accounting tasks using critical thinking to ensure accurate reconciliations and month-end close, and partner with the accounting team. Analyze the financial statements for discrepancies and provide commentary for forecast vs actual, standard vs actual, and month-over-month changes in account balances. Provide ad hoc information, support and analysis to other departments (Tax, Audit, HR, etc.). Seek and share knowledge, create value by identifying opportunities for process improvement and standardization; challenge the status quo. Work with external auditors and support the annual audit process; investigate and resolve audit findings, account discrepancies, and issues of noncompliance. Work across regions and capabilities to understand local regulations to help improve their processes.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent communication, and teamwork. Strong experience in General Ledger processes including Journal Entries, Intercompany Transactions, Account Reconciliations, Variance Analysis and Month-End close. Experience with Microsoft Office 365 with MS Excel skills (spreadsheet creation/editing, pivot tables, data manipulation/analysis and formula creation). Proficient in English.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance is nice to have. Minimum 2 years of progressive accounting experience. Customer service, client engagement, or business support experience. Experience evaluating large data sets from multiple sources and providing analysis. Hands-on experience with ERP & accounting sub-systems. Experience in Microsoft Power Apps & PowerBI.
Salary not disclosed; compensation ranges are estimates based on available market data; actual amounts may be higher or lower depending on knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. At Koch, compensation philosophy emphasizes opportunity for value creation and individual contribution.