Accounting Analyst
Kenworth Truck Co. · Chillicothe, OH · 6 days ago
AccountingFull-time
Job Summary
As a key member of our team, you’ll play a vital role in driving financial insight and operational excellence across the plant. This is a hands-on, high-impact position where your analysis directly influences performance, profitability, and decision-making.
Job Functions / Responsibilities
- Own critical close activities by supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes, ensuring timely reporting and delivering high-quality financial information.
- Play a key role in financial integrity by preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting documentation that drive accurate and reliable financial reporting.
- Help ensure employees of a large truck manufacturing facility are paid accurately and on time by supporting payroll processes, validating payroll data, reconciling payroll accounts, and assisting with audits and compliance activities.
- Transform data into business value by leveraging analytics tools and techniques to identify trends, uncover opportunities, and deliver actionable insights through dashboards, visualizations, and financial analysis that support strategic decision-making.
- Influence business outcomes by evaluating performance against budgets, forecasts, and prior results, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities for growth.
- Support successful audits by preparing key documentation, collaborating with auditors, and helping strengthen the organization's control environment.
- Apply GAAP principles, maintain strong internal controls, and identify opportunities to mitigate risk.
- Assist in continuous improvement by streamlining accounting processes, leveraging automation, and implementing solutions that increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Partner across the business with teams in operations, materials, human resources, and other functions to provide financial guidance that supports strategic decision-making and long-term success.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (BS or BA) in Accounting with 1–5 years of accounting experience required; manufacturing environment preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts) and working knowledge of PowerPoint, Access, and Word.
- Experience with Data Analytics (Power BI, Tableau) preferred.
- Strong interpersonal, technical, and communication skills.
- Proven ability to maintain confidentiality.