Manager of Accounting

Georgia-Pacific LLC is currently seeking an experienced leader and Manager of Accounting to join our team! This role creates value for the organization by providing onsite accounting ownership for our Cellulose mill located in the charming coastal town of Brunswick, GA.

We are seeking candidates with strong leadership skills, a transformation mindset, and experience using technology, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to improve work, strengthen decision-making, and create value. This leader will thrive in our fast-paced environment with a focus on innovation, process discipline, and continuous improvement. You will leverage your advanced accounting and finance knowledge, demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, and curiosity for emerging capabilities by identifying and capturing value across the larger mill systems.

As the onsite Manager of Accounting, you are a valued member of the facility leadership team and will partner closely with the facility finance leader and operations leadership. If you are a confident communicator and strong individual contributor who is eager to partner with the operations team and "own" a large site financial statement, month-end close, control environment, and AI-enabled process improvement opportunities - we want to hear from you!

This is an onsite role. We are seeking local applicants, or candidates that are willing to relocate to the area. In this visible and collaborative role, a regular weekly onsite presence is required.

The GP Controllers Organization provides support to 125+ manufacturing locations across the US, as well as at our corporate HQ in Atlanta, GA. We are a diverse group of individuals that have a passion for accounting and analytical excellence. Each team member has a strong contribution and transformation mindset, paired with strong technical and critical thinking skills. Collectively we serve as the fiduciary and analytical business partner to our operations teams and leveraged capabilities, with support from Centers Of Excellence in Manufacturing Cost & Analysis, Internal Financial Controls, and Capital Accounting.

Everyone is expected to be a team player, principled entrepreneur, and lifelong learner. We leverage comparative advantage to maximize team results while also focusing on the development of each team member to help them achieve their career and personal goals.

Georgia-Pacific LLC is one of the world’s leading makers of tissue, pulp, packaging, and building products. You may recognize our household brands, such as Brawny® paper towels, Quilted Northern® bath tissue and Dixie® cups and tableware. If you are in the construction business, you are probably familiar with our gypsum panels and other quality building materials. If you have ordered from Amazon recently, you could have received your package in one of our recyclable padded Mailers.

• Ownership of the financial statements, month-end close process, and control environment
• Collaborate with mill and business teams to drive process adherence through disciplined operations and hold facility teams accountable to the activities that drive accurate financial results
• Apply a risk-based approach to the application of accounting policies and financial controls
• Implement transformative processes and eliminate processes not creating value
• Leverage AI-enabled tools, automation, and data analytics to improve month-end close activities, financial insights, reconciliations, controls monitoring, and routine accounting workflows
• Onsite partner with the Accounting Centers of Excellence (Internal Financial Controls, Capital, Inventory) as well as the offshore accounting team and external auditors
• Be a decision maker, seek and share knowledge, and respectfully challenge the status quo
• Drive change, with a focus on innovation, process improvement and solving problems
• Identify practical use cases for AI and digital tools that reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and support faster, better business decisions
• Advance the Principled Based Management® (PBM®) culture by applying and reinforcing the company’s Guiding Principles