Senior Accountant

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking to hire a Senior Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team. This role creates value through excellence in financial reporting, business partnering, and process improvement. This role will be responsible for components of preparation of financial information (both on a consolidated basis for GP LLC and for the Corporate segment), management reporting, and the monthly close process. The role will also be involved in other specialized accounting areas, such as intercompany accounting, legal entity restructuring transactions, and global statutory reporting.

Our Team:

We are comprised of a diverse group of individuals that have an interest in accounting, reporting, analysis, business partnering, and lifelong learning. Each team member has a strong contribution and transformation mindset and is a confident communicator adept at business partnering.

How you Succeed:

You will be successful by having a passion for learning and being motivated by the value you can bring. Complex accounting topics are inherent to the work this team does so a strong background in financial accounting is key. Success in this role also requires a strong inclination towards business collaboration and a mindset geared towards process improvement.

Location:

This is an onsite role at our GP HQ in downtown Atlanta, GA. While GP offers some remote work flexibility, there is a need for hybrid/weekly in-office presence for this role given the importance of fostering relationships and collaborating across several capabilities. We are seeking local applicants, or candidates that are willing to relocate to the area.

What You Will Do

• Own various monthly closing activities related to Corporate Accounting areas
• Work with internal and external auditors and support the annual audit process
• Lead and drive cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Perform ad-hoc reporting and information gathering, as requested
• Seek and share knowledge, identify opportunities for improvements, challenge the status quo, propose solutions
• Advance our Principle-Based Management® culture by applying and reinforcing the company’s Core Values and Principles

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Strong experience in financial accounting focused role(s); demonstrating a working knowledge of financial accounting principles, the general ledger, and internal financial controls
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating and building effective partnerships with variety of stakeholders
• Passion for technical accounting topics and strong knowledge in US GAAP accounting and reporting
• Collaboration/Contribution mindset: You seek to build working relationships and partner with others to bridge gaps and solve problems
• Process and Transformation focused: You are flexible and able to prioritize your work in a dynamic environment, embrace change, and improve processes
• Systems and Tools savvy: You have experience with Microsoft Office Suite or Office 365; (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint, Copilot) and a desire to learn multiple accounting systems and tools and AI-enhanced processes
• Experience owning month end close processes and financial reporting processes
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Corporate Accounting or Financial Reporting experience, especially as it relates to managing intercompany transactions, consolidations, and other complex accounting topics
• Experience providing variance analysis, developing business insights, and bridging between operational and financial reporting
• Experience driving process improvement or transformation, especially with AI tools
• Proficiency with extract-transform-load (ETL) tools such as Alteryx to transform/automate processes

Who We Are:

Georgia-Pacific is a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day –to make everyday products even better.

Our Benefits:

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 wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Equal Opportunities:

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.