Sr. Accounting Analyst

Job Title:

Sr. Accounting Analyst – Operations & Sub-Ledger Control

Location(s):
Lisle, IL & Allen, TX

Company Overview:
Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable.

Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.

The Senior Accounting Analyst (Operations & Sub-Ledgers) is responsible for the technical accuracy, integrity, and control of the high-volume operational accounting engines within the finance organization. This role requires a strong operational accounting foundation, a proactive and analytical mindset, and the ability to understand how operational workflows—including Treasury, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C)—impact the General Ledger and Balance Sheet.

The ideal candidate brings a “detective” mindset to identifying and resolving accounting discrepancies, reconciliation breaks, and operational process gaps before they become financial reporting issues. The role requires strong collaboration across Shared Services, HR, Treasury, Tax, Procurement, Business Controllers, FP&A, and Operations teams to ensure operational accounting activities are executed accurately, controlled effectively, and supported by strong reconciliations and documentation.

This is an ideal role for a professional seeking to deepen expertise in Finance Operations and Operational Accounting within a complex multinational environment, while building toward future Operational Controllership responsibilities.

• Sub-Ledger Ecosystem Ownership Independently manage and oversee operational accounting activities across Treasury, Payroll, Fixed Assets, and other assigned subledger areas. Ensure operational subledgers reconcile accurately and completely to the General Ledger. Maintain strong ownership of reconciliation quality, aging management, and operational accounting accuracy across assigned processes.
• Treasury, Payroll & Fixed Asset Accounting Support and oversee accounting activities related to:
  Treasury and cash operations;
  Payroll and compensation accounting;
  Fixed assets and capital accounting. Ensure journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules are completed accurately and timely. Partner with operational stakeholders to investigate discrepancies and improve accounting execution and process reliability.
• P2P & O2C Operational Oversight Provide operational accounting oversight across Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash workflows. Monitor GR/IR accounts, unapplied cash, aging AP/AR balances, and clearing accounts to identify operational accounting risks and reconciliation issues. Partner with Shared Services and operational teams to investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies and process breakdowns.
• Intercompany Governance Support and coordinate intercompany accounting, reconciliations, settlements, and reporting activities. Lead resolution of intercompany imbalances by coordinating with domestic and international counterparts. Ensure operational intercompany processes support timely and accurate reporting and eliminations.
• Tax & Compliance Support Review and manage tax-related balance sheet accounts. Support Tax teams with reconciliations, reporting support, account analysis, and audit inquiries. Ensure operational accounting activities comply with company accounting policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting standards.
• Operational Controls & Continuous Improvement Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of controls across operational accounting processes and subledgers. Identify operational risks, reconciliation weaknesses, process inefficiencies, and control gaps. Drive process improvements,…