What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant, Specialized Accounting position at Koch?
Your Job
Koch Capabilities is seeking a motivated, self-driven Senior Accountant to own complex accounting activities and help transform how the Specialized Accounting team delivers intercompany debt, legal transaction, and restructuring support. This role will drive accurate reporting, scalable processes, strong controls, and cross-functional execution across complex accounting matters and is eligible to be based out of Lisle, IL; Wichita, KS; or Rochester Hills, Michigan.
This role is not eligible for Visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.
Our Team
The Koch accounting leveraged capability group works across Koch businesses to develop standard processes and leverage technology to solve complex problems for our Finance Organization.
What You Will Do
Own and Transform:
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
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).
Koch Capabilities is seeking a motivated, self-driven Senior Accountant to own complex accounting activities and help transform how the Specialized Accounting team delivers intercompany debt, legal transaction, and restructuring support. This role will drive accurate reporting, scalable processes, strong controls, and cross-functional execution across complex accounting matters and is eligible to be based out of Lisle, IL; Wichita, KS; or Rochester Hills, Michigan.
This role is not eligible for Visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.
Our Team
The Koch accounting leveraged capability group works across Koch businesses to develop standard processes and leverage technology to solve complex problems for our Finance Organization.
What You Will Do
Own and Transform:
- Own accounting responsibilities for dynamic intercompany debt structures, ensuring debt facts, calculations, and compliance requirements are properly reported and maintained. Provide accurate actual and forecasted US GAAP and management reporting values.
- Execute timely and accurate month-end close, US GAAP and management reporting, and forecast activities while meeting regulatory, Koch policy, and stakeholder requirements.
- Identify, prioritize, and implement process improvements across intercompany debt and specialized accounting workflows using Microsoft Copilot, AI agents, automation, and analytics to increase efficiency and reduce risks.
- Provide accounting support for complex business transactions, including legal entity restructurings, mergers, liquidations, contributions, distributions, debt activities, and acquisition-related transactions. Partner with Tax, Legal, Treasury, and business stakeholders to develop accounting conclusions and implementation plans.
- Strengthen the control environment by identifying risks, designing and documenting effective controls and reconciliations, and maintaining accounting procedures through business change.
- Build effective partnerships across Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Legal, and IT to align priorities, resolve complex issues, and enable sound decisions and long-term value creation.
- Act as a trusted thought partner, creating a network through seeking and sharing knowledge cross functionally across the organization.
- Learn and quickly adapt to changes including new systems and processes.
- Be an example of and proponent for Principle Based Management within the leveraged capability accounting team.
- A solid understanding of the general ledger, balance sheet, and income statement through education or professional experience.
- Experience managing multiple accounting priorities and meeting established deadlines.
- Experience working within a team environment to identify issues, implement solutions, and meet established deadlines.
- Experience with Microsoft Excel, including logical and lookup formulas, pivot tables, and formatting
- Professional experience in an accounting related role, increasing in responsibilities and knowledge.
- Demonstrated application of Microsoft Copilot, AI agents, automation, or advanced analytics to improve accounting research, transaction analysis, reconciliations, documentation, controls, or reporting workflows.
- Experience with ERPs and other accounting and consolidation tools (i.e., SAP, S4 HANA, and OneStream), Blackline, or Kyriba.
- Corporate Accounting or Financial Reporting experience, especially as it relates to managing intercompany loan portfolios, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and other complex accounting topics.
- Understanding of Koch Capabilities and the Businesses they serve or experience supporting a large company.
- Experience communicating accounting information and concepts, while tailoring the message to the audience.
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
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).
Salary : $85,000 - $105,000