Job Description
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Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a contribution focused Accounting Manager to join the Leveraged Capabilities team within the Controller's Organization. This role will be instrumental in advancing KES by focusing on our SG&A capability costs at a Global level, collaborating with our businesses and leaders to better understand, track (benchmark), and forecast our costs, and transform our SG&A management and reporting capabilities. The successful candidate will be a change agent, championing transformation by defining what good looks like, challenging our current positions, developing solid partnerships with all levels of leadership to constantly improve transparency and reporting, and more fully applying Principle Based Management to ultimately help improve our business results. This role will be located in our Wichita office.
What You Will Do
- Actively engage with and develop strong relationships with the KES capability leaders, the controller organization, business leaders, and other stakeholders to better understand, anticipate, and optimize SG&A costs.
- Evaluate and challenge the existing global capability cost structure, identify areas for improvement, and collaborate to implement solutions.
- Partner closely with KII capability leaders to understand and forecast all components of internal billings.
- Own the recording and allocation of SG&A across the KES businesses.
- Contribute to the monthly forecasting and annual planning processes at a business and KES-wide level.
- Develop informative and transparent reporting for leadership (business and capability) to support business decision making globally.
- Drive transformation by respectfully challenging historical practices and leveraging technology and automation.
- Partner with internal KES/KII capabilities to develop in-depth data analytics and provide ad hoc information or reporting as needed to other capabilities and business partners.
- Advance our Principle Based Management culture by applying and reinforcing Our Values and frameworks.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Progressive experience in Accounting or Finance focused roles that required a solid understanding of accounting processes, analysis, and financial reporting.
- Proven ability to effectively communicate and present financial results and concepts to various global audiences.
- Ability to form strategic partnerships, respectfully challenge the status quo and work strategically with various capabilities and levels of management to provide solutions and implement process improvements.
- Experience applying strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including originating ideas, collecting data, establishing facts, performing analysis, drawing conclusions, and presenting a point of view to key stakeholders and business leaders.
- Experience with data analytics tools (Power BI, dashboards, intermediate/advanced Excel, etc.) to gather data and build reporting.
What Will Put You Ahead
- 5 or more years of a combination of experience in Accounting and Analyst roles.
- Experience using Power BI, Alteryx, or other data analytic and visualization tools.
- Experience in OneStream, Infor, or any large ERP systems.
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.
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) specializes in process and pollution control equipment and digital technologies to help industries reduce emissions, save energy and get the most from their resources.
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