Sr. Accountant (GPO)

Performance Food Group; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Performance Food Group is seeking a Senior Accountant GPO to deliver standardized finance services within a shared services environment. You will support core transactional, reporting, and analytical activities while partnering with business units and corporate finance.

The role emphasizes process improvements, system implementations, and data-driven decision support. Strong attention to controls and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in finance operations, shared services, or public accounting.
• Strong understanding of PBS processes and month-end close cycles.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, S/4HANA).
• Analytical thinking, process orientation, attention to detail, communication, problem-solving, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Perform and support core PBS processes while ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and KPI alignment.
• Review and analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, discrepancies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives including automation and finance transformation.
• Support system implementations, ERP upgrades, process redesign, and SOP maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with SOX controls, internal policies, approvals, reconciliations, and documentation.
• Serve as a point of contact for business partners, respond to inquiries, and build relationships.
• Collaborate with IT, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury to improve service delivery.
• Prepare, analyze, and present performance metrics, dashboards, and variance analysis.

Skills

PBS processes

Analytical thinking

Process orientation

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Tools

SAP

Oracle

S/4HANA

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Position Purpose

The Senior Accountant GPO plays a critical role in delivering high-quality, scalable, and standardized finance and operational services across the organization. This position is responsible for executing and optimizing core

Job Description

The Senior Accountant GPO plays a critical role in delivering high-quality, scalable, and standardized finance and operational services across the organization. This position is responsible for executing and optimizing core transactional, reporting and analytical activities, supporting end-to-end processes, driving process improvements, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and company policies. The role partners closely with business units, corporate finance, and cross-functional stakeholders to enhance service delivery, improve efficiency, and enable data-driven decision-making within a shared services environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform and support core PBS processes while ensuring accuracy, timeliness, adherence to service level agreements, and alignment with defined KPIs and customer expectations.
• Review and analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, discrepancies, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives, including process standardization, automation/RPA opportunities, process optimization, and finance transformation efforts.
• Support system implementations, ERP upgrades, process redesign, and migration of activities into PBS by documenting processes, maintaining SOPs, and aligning work with best practices and audit requirements.
• Ensure compliance with SOX controls, internal policies, regulatory requirements, approvals, reconciliations, and required documentation.
• Serve as a key point of contact for business partners by responding to inquiries, resolving issues in a timely manner, and building strong relationships with internal customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury, to support integrated processes and improve service delivery.
• Prepare, analyze, and present performance metrics, KPI/SLA tracking, operational dashboards, management reporting, variance analysis, and actionable insights using tools such as Excel, Power BI, and ERP reporting capabilities.
• Participate in governance forums and provide operational insights to leadership to support data-driven decision-making and improved performance outcomes.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Required Qualifications

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field

Required Work Experience

• 3 - 5 Years of experience in finance operations, shared services, or public accounting

Required Qualifications

• Strong understanding of PBS processes and month-end close cycles.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, S/4HANA).
• Analytical Thinking
• Process Orientation
• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Collaboration