Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

Job Title

Accountant I

Toledo, OH, US,

Finance and Accounting

Experienced Professional

On Site

67584

The Accountant I role supports the businesses in a broad range of Operations Accounting activities. The position works directly with the Accounting Leaders and Business Segments, supporting the effective execution of Operations Accounting's Goals and Objectives through:

• Ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close activities.
• Performing the ongoing accounting for Owens Corning's Doors segment.
• Ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded and that entries to ledger are accurate.
• Reconciling ledger accounts to the general ledger to ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
• Assisting with analyzing financial statements and explaining variances.
• Effectively maintaining the control environment.

In addition, the Accountant I role will assist with project work and process improvements. In all aspects of the position, the Accountant I will demonstrate clear and effective communication, teamwork, and commitment to the success of Owens Corning.

This position reports to the Doors Sr Accountant I.

Span of control:
Individual Contributor

• Live the Safety standard, adhere to the safety responsibilities.

• Report safety concerns when noted.
• Adhere to the Owens Corning safety policies.

• Demonstrates an understanding of basic accounting and looks to grow knowledge.
• Assists with the review of financial information looking for inconsistencies.
• Ensures that account reconciliations are supported by valid items in accordance with US GAAP and OC policy.
• Works directly with accounting leaders to help resolve issues and concerns in a timely manner within the period the issue and/or concern is identified.
• Assists with ad hoc requests as well as developing an understanding of the relationship between various financial items.
• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of financial reporting and general ledger structure.
• Actively pursues continued education inside and/or outside the company.

• Reduction in the number of recurring issues and/or concerns.
• Quality of insight to actual results.
• Quality of support in attaining consolidated financial results.
• Responsible for ensuring the integrity of financial information.
• Informal and formal feedback.

• Demonstrates a clear understanding of processes and drives to improve them.
• Facilitates and completes monthly, quarterly and year end close cycle.
• Provides timely and accurate journal entries for assigned areas.
• Proactively assists with comprehensive review and analyses of data.
• Considered a valued partner.
• Consistently looks for opportunities to improve.
• Completes all account reconciliations timely and in accordance with OC policy.
• Completes standard process analysis timely and demonstrates a clear understanding of the purpose behind the analysis and what events are driving changes in the balance.
• Demonstrates clear thought process around decision-making criteria, always acting ethically and responsibly.
• Ensures integrity, quality, and confidentiality of financial and non-financial data.
• Develop and document sound, consistent and sustainable processes, and controls for the various functional areas of responsibility where they don't exist and update others as necessary.
• Contributes to department and organization special projects as assigned.

• Consistently, accurately, and efficiently completes close and reconciliations in accordance with respective calendars.
• Frequency of recurring vs. non-recurring issues and control deficiencies.
• Demonstration in presentations of clear understanding of items impacting financial analysis.
• Formal and informal feedback.

• Develops strong working relationships with various stakeholders in Operations Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Segments, Sourcing, etc.
• Demonstrates keen listening skills and consults on simple business issues.
• Works closely with all constituents and peers in implementing best practices and delivering the best solution to the Business.
• Demonstrates the traits of a team player, operating…