Team Lead, Accounting Assistant

Georgia-Pacific; Dothan (AL); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's GP Recycling in Dothan, AL seeks an Accounting Assistant / Team Lead who will provide accounting support, customer service, and day-to-day team guidance across a range of situations. You will join a 30-person finance team, collaborating with internal partners to ensure accurate bookkeeping and timely issue resolution.

You will lead prioritization, help resolve issues, and drive process improvements while maintaining strong financial discipline in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience in accounts payable, invoice processing, or related accounting support.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Excel and Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 experience.

Responsibilities

• Process accounts payable and receivable exceptions
• Research and resolve customer inquiries with timely, accurate support
• Provide day-to-day team lead support by helping prioritize work, answer process questions, and elevate issues when appropriate
• Serve as a point of contact for team members, business partners, and supervisors to support timely issue resolution and consistent execution
• Coach and support team members by sharing knowledge, reinforcing expectations, and helping identify opportunities for growth
• Assist with reconciliations and account balancing
• Partner with internal teams to solve issues and improve processes
• Coordinate team workflows, monitor progress against priorities, and help ensure deadlines and service expectations are met
• Prioritize effectively and adapt to changing business needs
• Apply critical thinking to make sound decisions using prior experience and context
• Work independently to resolve issues with business partners and internal teams
• Seek and share knowledge, identify improvement opportunities, challenge the status quo, and recommend solutions
• Support our Principles-Based Management® culture by applying our Guiding Principles to create value and drive long-term operational excellence

Skills

Accounts payable

Invoice processing

Customer service

Excel

Microsoft Office 365

Education

Associate degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or Business

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

GP Recycling is seeking an Accounting Assistant / Team Lead to join our team in Dothan, AL. In this role, you will provide accounting support, customer service, and day-to-day team lead support across a variety of situations. The ideal candidate brings strong financial discipline, sound judgment, attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to help guide the team through priorities, issue resolution, and process improvements. You should also be an active learner who is adaptable, collaborative, and energized by a fast-paced environment.

Location:

GP offers some location flexibility, but this role requires multiple in-office days each week to support collaboration and relationship building. We are seeking candidates who live within commuting distance of our Dothan office.

The Team:

The broader GP Finance & Accounting organization supports more than 125 operating locations across the U.S., along with our corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA. We are a diverse team united by a passion for accounting excellence, customer service, business partnership, and continuous learning.

The GP Recycling team includes about 30 employees, including four supervisors. Team members are expected to take ownership of the processes they support and think like entrepreneurs. This role reports to a Manager of Accounting and will help provide day-to-day guidance, prioritization, and support for team members while continuing to own accounting responsibilities. In return, we offer a competitive hourly rate, benefits, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the business.

For more than 40 years, GP Recycling has helped reduce landfill waste by giving materials a new life in products people use every day. We are also one of the world’s largest pure traders of recycled fiber, handling more than 100,000 tons each week.

What You Will Do

• Process accounts payable and receivable exceptions
• Research and resolve customer inquiries with timely, accurate support
• Provide day-to-day team lead support by helping prioritize work, answer process questions, and elevate issues when appropriate
• Serve as a point of contact for team members, business partners, and supervisors to support timely issue resolution and consistent execution
• Coach and support team members by sharing knowledge, reinforcing expectations, and helping identify opportunities for growth
• Assist with reconciliations and account balancing
• Partner with internal teams to solve issues and improve processes
• Coordinate team workflows, monitor progress against priorities, and help ensure deadlines and service expectations are met
• Prioritize effectively and adapt to changing business needs
• Apply critical thinking to make sound decisions using prior experience and context
• Work independently to resolve issues with business partners and internal teams
• Seek and share knowledge, identify improvement opportunities, challenge the status quo, and recommend solutions
• Support our Principles-Based Management® culture by applying our Guiding Principles to create value and drive long-term operational excellence

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• High school diploma or GED
• Experience in accounts payable, invoice processing, or related accounting support
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Excel and Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 experience

What Will Put You Ahead

• Associate degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or Business
• Knowledge of core accounting processes, including the general ledger, intercompany transactions, account reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close
• Experience with international shipping terms such as DAP and EXW, including Incoterms responsibilities

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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy:

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are:

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better. 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:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insuranceADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. 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.