Staff Accountant

Stryker Corporation; Duluth, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific, Duluth, GA, is seeking a Staff Accountant to oversee accounting for multiple locations, reconciling ledgers, and supporting monthly closes and financial reporting. The role collaborates with managers and finance teams to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to internal controls.

The Staff Accountant will process transactions, perform reconciliations, analyze variances, and contribute to process improvements while supporting audits and cross-functional initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 1-3 years of accounting experience.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting and expense processing related to multiple locations.
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics).
• Strong Excel skills for reconciliation and reporting tasks.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and communication skills.
• Experience delivering influence through relationships and communication.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Self-motivated with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics (D365) and PeopleSoft preferred.
• Experience with being action oriented and delivering through change to achieve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Strong analytical ability to review, identify inconsistencies, and prepare correcting entries for general ledger account reconciliations.
• Effectively communicate financial information, variances, and analysis to management and cross-functional teams.
• Process and reconcile accounting transactions, including expense allocations and intercompany charges.
• Maintain and reconcile subsidiary ledger accounts.
• Evaluate trends, identify, and investigate unusual variances.
• Review and process expense payables and ensure proper coding and timely payment.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports for internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal controls.
• Collaborate cross functionally with management to address accounting questions and resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with audits by preparing documentation and responding to queries.
• Drive results by meeting monthly close, reconciliations, and reporting deadlines.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Continuously build accounting knowledge by staying current on regulations.

Skills

Inventory accounting

ERP systems

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

General ledger review

Process improvement

Change management

Multi-location accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

JD Edwards

PeopleSoft

D365

Job description

Duluth, GA, USA

Full time

R26_0000026647

Job Summary

The Staff Accountant responsible for accounting within specified vertical and will manage and support the accounting activities related to operations. This role involves processing transactions, reconciling accounts, and ensuring accuracy in financial records specific to multiple locations. The Staff Accountant will collaborate closely with managers, personnel, and finance team members to support accurate financial reporting, operational efficiency and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Strong analytical ability to review, identify inconsistencies, and prepare correcting entries for general ledger account reconciliations.
• Effectively communicate financial information, variances, and analysis to management and cross-functional teams in a clear and concise manner.
• Process and reconcile accounting transactions, including expense allocations and intercompany charges.
• Maintain and reconcile subsidiary ledger accounts.
• Evaluates trends, identifies, and investigates unusual or unexpected account variances.
• Review and process expense payables and ensure proper coding and timely payment.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports for internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal controls.
• Collaborate cross functionally, with management to address accounting questions and resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with audits by preparing documentation and responding to queries related to transactions.
• Drive results through demonstrating accountability by consistently meeting deadline for monthly close, reconciliations and reporting deliverables.
• Proactively identify process improvements to procedures to improve efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Continuously build accounting knowledge and technical skills by staying current on financial regulations and industry practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 1-3 years of accounting experience.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting and expense processing related to multiple locations.
• Experience working with ERP/accounting systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics).
• Strong Excel skills for reconciliation and reporting tasks.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and communication skills.
• Experience in delivering influence without authority through building strong relationship and effective communication.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Self-motivated with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics (D365) and PeopleSoft preferred.
• Experience with being action orientated and delivering through change to achieve desired outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or relevant experience.

Physical Demands / Working Environment

• Work performed in a typical office environment.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Where permitted by applicable law, successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to start date. COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to an approved accommodation, and proof of vaccination will be required on or prior to start date.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

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