Senior Accounting Manager - John Zink

Koch; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Engineered Solutions in Tulsa, OK is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to lead financial reporting, controllership, and business partnership across the John Zink operations. The role emphasizes GAAP compliance, internal controls, and driving performance via data-driven analysis.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, project management, and commercial teams to strengthen controls, improve project and manufacturing analysis, and advance work processes with Principle Based

Qualifications

• Experience in controllership, accounting, manufacturing finance, or project accounting.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and internal controls.
• Experience partnering with business leaders to improve financial and operational performance.
• Experience presenting analyses, forecasts, or business recommendations to leadership.
• Experience leading teams and driving organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the integrity of financial reporting, month-end close, account reconciliations, and governance across supported businesses.
• Lead reviews for complex transactions, project accounting, inventory valuation, reserves, cost accounting, and revenue recognition.
• Partner with auditors and business leaders to manage compliance and risk with sound judgment.
• Provide financial insight on manufacturing performance, project execution, cost drivers, working capital, and variances.
• Drive process improvements to simplify, standardize, automate, and scale finance and accounting processes.

Skills

Controllership

GAAP Knowledge

Leadership

Cross-functional

Financial Analytics

Stakeholder Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

OneStream

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Koch Engineered Solutions is hiring a Senior Accounting Manager to serve as a trusted financial leader for the John Zink business in Tulsa, OK. This senior accounting manager role combines deep technical accounting expertise with strong business partnership to drive financial integrity, operational performance, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will build effective relationships across accounting, operations, engineering, project management, commercial teams, and business leadership while helping the organization improve economic decision making. As a senior manager, you will strengthen controls, improve project and manufacturing analysis and performance, advance work processes, and build organizational capability through Principle Based Management®. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Our Team

You will lead and partner across a cross-functional, multi-site organization supporting John Zink entities. The role works closely with accounting, leveraged capabilities, operations, engineering, project management, commercial teams, auditors, and business leaders to strengthen controls, improve project and manufacturing analysis and performance, drive process improvements and work processes to meet strategic business objectives and build organizational capability through Principle Based Management®.

What You Will Do

• Financial stewardship and controllership: Ensure the integrity of financial reporting, month-end close, account reconciliations, and accounting governance across supported businesses.
• Maintain compliance with US and local GAAP, company policies, and internal control requirements.
• Lead accounting reviews for complex transactions, project accounting, inventory valuation, reserves, cost accounting, and revenue recognition matters.
• Partner with auditors, accounting subject matter experts, and business leaders to support compliance and risk management, applying sound judgment and a risk-based approach.
• Business partnership and operational finance: Partner with operations, engineering, project, and commercial teams to improve business performance and profitability.
• Provide financial insight on manufacturing performance, project execution, cost drivers, working capital, operational productivity, inventory management, standard costing, and variances.
• Influence business decisions through economic thinking, financial analysis, cost transparency, and strategic decision support.
• Process improvement and transformation: Lead initiatives that simplify, standardize, automate, and scale finance and accounting processes.
• Leverage technology, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions to improve reporting, controls, forecasting, and decision-making while promoting innovative ways of working.
• Leadership and capability development: Build high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, and capability development.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and Principle Based Management®, while leading cross-functional initiatives and adoption of best practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in controllership, accounting, manufacturing finance, cost accounting, project accounting, or finance leadership.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance.
• Experience building relationships and influencing outcomes across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Experience partnering with business leaders to improve financial and operational performance.
• Experience presenting financial analyses, forecasts, or business recommendations to leadership teams.
• Experience leading teams, developing talent, and driving organizational change.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in manufacturing, engineered equipment, industrial, EPC, or project-based businesses.
• Experience supporting global or multi-site operations.
• Experience in LN, OneStream, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with business intelligence and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or SQL.
• Experience implementing automation, AI-enabled solutions, and digital finance capabilities.

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.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is a dynamic network of businesses that work together to create an ecosystem of domain expertise to increase operational efficiency, improve safety, reduce waste, and reduce emissions. 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.

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.