Accounting Manager

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Koch Inc., is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to join our CFO organization in Wichita, KS or Plano, TX. A successful candidate is highly motivated, self‑driven, and has a passion for driving continuous improvement and transformation. They should have a strong understanding of accounting concepts, good critical and economic thinking, strong communication skills, and solid leadership skills. This role will partner with cross‑functional teams to support and enable sound decision‑making by executive leadership.

At Koch, our mission is to help people improve their lives by making and innovating valuable products and services. We have a variety of companies that work in many industries and create thousands of essential products that you use every day. This opportunity will support one of our companies that is finding new ways to move the world forward.

• Own, Transform, and Lead:
  Ensure your team's excellent stewardship of the trial balance through analytics and quality close. Identify opportunities, bring your point of view, and implement waste elimination and transformation initiatives across processes to provide value for the organization.
• Business Team Partnership:
  Act as a trusted thought partner, proactively seeking and sharing knowledge, building relationships, working cross‑functionally, and communicating results at a leadership level across the global finance organization, IT, and other capabilities. Develop and foster partnerships with other finance functions, leveraged capabilities, business units, and external auditors to prioritize and support profitable decision making and value creation, with a focus on integrity and long‑term stability.
• Financial Analysis:
  Understand the data and use tools such as Excel and Power BI to identify trends and provide insights to support decision‑making. Tell the data story by adapting the presentation based on the audience, including executive leadership.
• Lead financial reviews and continuous improvement efforts to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency. Participate in stand‑alone and consolidated audits.
• Lifelong Learner:
  Create a knowledge network for yourself and your team by seeking and sharing knowledge, building partnerships across the organization. Learn and quickly adapt to change, including new systems and processes.
• Support team members through coaching and training to build financial acumen and economic thinking across your team and the organization.
• Advance Principle‑Based Management (PBM) culture by embedding company guiding principles in financial processes and decision‑making.

• Experience in an Accounting or Finance focused leadership role(s) with a working knowledge of financial accounting principles, the general ledger, month‑end close, account reconciliation and analysis, and internal financial controls.
• Leadership experience developing the capabilities of others, leading transformation, driving company initiatives, project leadership, or similar.
• Process and Transformation focus that embraces and leads change. Experience standardizing and optimizing processes and work products.
• Experience in Excel (spreadsheets, pivot tables, graphs, data manipulation/analysis, and formula creation).
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting and tailoring messages to a variety of audiences.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Public audit experience, FSM, SAP or One Stream experience.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI or Tableau).
• Relevant accounting certification (e.g., CPA).
• Experience supporting strategic planning and decision‑making.
• Experience in international accounting including FX.
• Strong analytical, economic thinking, and critical reasoning skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively.
• Ability to work effectively managing multiple priorities.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength, focusing on overall well‑being. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.

Eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline and may vary by geographic region.

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. Additional information is available elsewhere.