Accountant

Responsibilities

• Support month-end closing activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant reporting.
• Ensure financial reports accurately reflect financial performance in accordance with GAAP and Tenneco’s policies.
• Analyze financial results to identify trends and opportunities for improvements.
• Active contributor to the business planning processes (strategic plan, annual operating plan, and monthly forecasts).
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Plant Leadership, Production, HR, Quality, and Engineering to drive improvements.
• Partner with our corporate and shared-services teams on items including Payroll, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, and Lease Accounting.
• Proactively identify, research, and resolve issues as they arise.
• Create ad hoc reports, analysis, and special projects as required by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required.
• 3+ years of experience in similar role preferred.
• Experience with ERP and Financial Systems (PLEX, OneStream, and/or Power BI is a plus).
• Advanced MS Office Excel skills, including pivot tables and large data set analysis.
• Proficiency in analytics and problem solving.
• Familiarity with internal controls environment (Sarbanes Oxley).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines at once, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary to interface with a wide variety of internal and external contacts.
• Automotive manufacturing environment experience highly preferred.