Senior Accountant

Flint Hills Resources; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Finance seeks a Senior Accountant to join the Payroll and Benefits team, delivering accurate accounting for payroll, benefits, and related general ledger activity. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive financial integrity, process improvements, and automation initiatives.

The role emphasizes building controls, performing reconciliations, and communicating complex accounting topics to leadership, with a focus on transforming how we work and leveraging technology to reduce

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and drive work forward with limited direction.
• Strong analytical capability to identify issues, evaluate data, and summarize insights.
• Experience communicating and summarizing complex accounting topics to leadership.
• Experience collaborating with others while building trusted partnerships.
• Experience transforming processes through automation or technology.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate accounting of payroll and benefits activity within the general ledger.
• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations and internal controls.
• Analyze payroll and benefits activity for trends, risks, opportunities.
• Lead workstreams and drive initiatives in ambiguity or evolving requirements.
• Manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder needs with accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives and provide financial insights.
• Build team knowledge by documenting processes and sharing insights.
• Drive process transformation using technology, automation, and AI to improve efficiency and reduce risk.

Skills

Multi-priority management

Analytical capability

Effective communication

Collaboration / partnerships

Process transformation / automation

Advanced Excel

Tools

FSM

OneStream

ERP systems

Job description

Koch Financeis seeking a motivated and self-driven Senior Accountantto join our Payroll and Benefits team. This role creates value through excellence in business partnering, financial stewardship and transforming how we work. This role will be responsible for components of accounting and reporting of US payroll and benefits.

Our Team

The Koch Finance US Payroll & Benefits Accounting team supports the financial integrity of payroll, employee benefits, and related accounting processes across the organization. Our team brings together analytical problem-solving, customer focus, and cross-functional collaboration to drive accuracy, compliance, and operational excellence, while continuing to look for ways to improve processes and deliver more value to the business.

What You Will Do

• Ensure accurate accounting of payroll and benefits activity within the general ledger.
• Maintain complete and timely balance sheet reconciliations and support effective internal financial controls.
• Analyze payroll and benefits activity to identify trends, variances, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead workstreams and drive initiatives forward, including in areas of ambiguity or evolving requirements.
• Manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder needs while maintaining accuracy and accountability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business teams and other capabilities, to support business initiatives and provide financial insights.
• Build team knowledge and capability by documenting processes, sharing insights, and providing peer support.
• Drive process transformation by challenging the status quo and leveraging technology, automation, and AI solutions to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and create greater value.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and drive work forward with limited direction.
• Strong analytical capability including identifying issues, evaluating data, and summarizing key insights.
• Experience communicating and summarizing complex accounting topics to team members and leadership.
• Experience collaborating with others while building and maintaining trusted partnerships.
• Experience transforming processes — identifying gaps and redesigning how work gets done, including through automation or technology.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or Office 365, including advanced Excel skills.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience leading projects, coordinating work across stakeholders, or mentoring peers.
• Experience supporting unclaimed property, cash accounting, payroll, or benefits accounting activities.
• Experience in monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, or year-end audit processes.
• Experience using FSM, OneStream, or other ERP/consolidation systems.

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 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 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.