Senior GL Accountant

Flint Hills Resources; Katowice; Hybrid; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass in Katowice, Poland (hybrid with Czestochowa option) seeks a GL Accountant to own key accounting activities and ensure financial data accuracy. You will work with global stakeholders and support continuous process improvements in a fast-paced environment.

The role focuses on GL processes, month-end close, reconciliations, and strong internal controls, while collaborating with auditors and cross-functional teams to deliver timely economic insights.

Qualifications

• Journal entry preparation and GL processes with accurate reconciliations.
• Experience with ERP accounting subsystems and Excel data manipulation.
• Attention to detail and ability to communicate financial info clearly.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular General Ledger processes and ensure timely postings.
• Drive month-end and year-end close accuracy and timeliness.
• Analyze operational processes for financial implications and insights.
• Maintain strong financial controls including reconciliations.
• Monitor discrepancies and prepare audit documentation.
• Serve as a strategic accounting partner to cross-functional teams.

Skills

Journal entry preparation

General Ledger processes

Reconciliations

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Guardian Glass is seeking a GL Accountant to join our finance team in Katowice, Poland (the work can be also done from our location in Czestochowa, with occasional visits in Katowice office). In this role, you will take ownership of key accounting activities and play a critical part in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of our financial information. You will work closely with global and cross-functional stakeholders in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and contribute directly to continuous improvement initiatives across our financial processes.

This role follows a hybrid working arrangement of four days per week in the office and one day working from home. Working models may vary across teams based on business needs.

Our Team

You will join a diverse, motivated team that values curiosity, accountability, and collaboration. Our culture encourages challenging the status quo, seeking long-term value creation, and working with respect and humility. We empower our employees to take initiative and grow through meaningful work.

What You Will Do

• Perform regular General Ledger (GL) processes to ensure accurate, compliant and timely posting to the ledger.
• Drive the accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness in month-end and year-end close processes to produce Guardian’s financials.
• Analyze operational processes to identify financial implications and support data-driven decision making.
• Execute and document strong financial controls, such as balance sheet reconciliations.
• Monitor and resolve discrepancies in financial data to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare and review audit documentation, serving as a key point of contact for internal and external auditors.
• Act as a strategic accounting partner to cross-functional teams, providing insights and guidance.
• Provide ad-hoc information, support and analysis to other departments as needed.
• Analyze operational processes to identify financial implications that support business decision-making.
• Identify and execute opportunities to streamline and enhance accounting processes that impact financial reporting and broader business initiatives.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Demonstrated understanding in journal entry preparation, General Ledger processes, financial statement preparation, and reconciliations
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365 with MS Excel skills (spreadsheet creation/editing, pivot tables, data manipulation/analysis and formula creation).

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Hands-on experience with ERP & accounting sub-systems.
• Excellent attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information to a variety of audiences
• Manufacturing experience
• Experience in multi country setups and / or global process accounting setups

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.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

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.

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.