Staff Accountant

KFC; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Learning budgets

Weekly one-on-one coaching

Job summary

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is seeking an innovative Staff Accountant to balance the books, model the future, and explain both in plain English. In Orlando, you’ll partner with department heads to keep budgets honest and build a finance narrative that guides decisions.

Salaries begin at $111,000 to $153,000, with remote hours welcomed, but true finance ownership is the headline. You’ll close books monthly, review contracts before payment, and streamline close cycles while owning projects from

Qualifications

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a lead capacity.
• Demonstrated Internal Audit expertise in a fast-moving finance environment.
• Hands-on Strategic Planning experience that survives a whiteboard interview.
• A plainspoken bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait.
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes.
• Resilience measured across 8 years of finance cycles.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Partner with department heads across Orlando, FL to keep budgets honest.
• Build the finance P&L bridge that explains every dollar of swing.
• Review contracts and invoices for accuracy before payment release.
• Close the books each month without letting deadlines slip at KFC.
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time.

Job description

We are looking for an innovative Staff Accountant who can balance the books, model the future, and explain both in plain English. What sets the offer apart is trust — $111,000 - $153,000 and remote hours are nice, but the finance ownership is the headline.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with department heads across Orlando, FL to keep budgets honest
• Build the finance P&L bridge that explains every dollar of swing
• Review contracts and invoices for accuracy before payment release
• Close the books each month without letting deadlines slip at KFC
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time

What You'll Bring

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a lead capacity
• Demonstrated Internal Audit expertise in a fast-moving finance environment
• Hands-on Strategic Planning experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• A plainspoken bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Resilience measured across 8 years of finance cycles
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery

KFC is where curious, heads-down-and-happy people come to build the future of finance. At KFC you can challenge your skip-level's plan and still get a thank-you for it.

• Salaries here begin at $111,000 - $153,000, complemented by stock options, learning budgets, and weekly one-on-one coaching.

We are reviewing Change Management and Creativity backgrounds on a daily basis for this seat.