Senior Accountant: Payroll & Benefits Transformation

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 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