Accounting Specialist - RTR General Accounting

Job Summary

This position supports the General Accounting Center of Excellence (COE) team, focusing on areas such as Payroll accruals, Payroll deductions, Equity investments, Long-Term and Short-Term notes, Workers' Compensation and General Liability Insurance, Manual Accruals, GRIR accounting, AP and AR trade activity accounts, Miscellaneous A/R, Bad Debt Reserve accounting, and Income Tax accruals. It oversees financial activities affecting the bottler's financial statements, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of month-end close processes, journal entries, and account reconciliations. Additionally, it provides financial reporting and analysis, technical accounting guidance, and audit support to client bottlers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute the month end close process for assigned areas of responsibility, including monthly reporting, analysis, and reconciliations while ensuring the timeliness, accuracy, integrity, and quality of the financial statements.
• Review complex and material reconciliations and journal entries completed by the offshore team (BPO).
• Cultivate relationships with assigned bottlers for all general accounting activities for all areas above (bottler finance and operations team).
• Leverage key business indicators to identify opportunities for process improvement initiatives.
• Provide financial and project management leadership throughout process improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with department/cross-functionally to drive process, performance, and effectiveness.
• Oversee assigned process and team including partnership, support, and continual training of an offshore team.
• Understand industry, bottler & customer end-to-end processes and key contacts to deliver expected results.
• Provide technical accounting guidance to support operational decision making based on the role.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for multiple business systems including CONA, third party software, and implemented automation technology.

Key Skills And Abilities

• Strong understanding of finance business processes and accounting policies/GAAP.
• Knowledge of SAP, Advanced-level Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Access Databases & Accg Support Tools (e.g., Blackline).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently and meet deadlines.
• Process improvement focus.
• Building strong, trusted internal and external customer relationships.
• Prior exposure to Financial or Cost Accounting, and related activities, in a professional environment.

Education Requirements

• Minimum: 4 Year / Bachelor’s Degree — Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Preferred: Graduate Degree — Master’s degree and/or CPA preferred.
• Years of Experience: 3 to 5 years of finance and/or accounting experience.

Required Travel

Willingness and ability to travel as required based on business need. Less than 5% of travel.

Total Rewards, Totally Rewarding

We are one family supporting the Coca-Cola bottling system in North America. Our work is indispensable to our partners and makes an impact in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and to rewarding exceptional performance. We expect a lot from our team — after all, it’s their exceptional work that helps CCBSS support the Coca-Cola bottling system in North America. To keep everyone motivated and energized, we offer a comprehensive benefit and rewards package.

Work-Life Integration

Competitive Base Salary - A base salary or hourly wage rate in line with market rates for the job duties and skills required.

Rewards & Recognition

Awards and recognition for outstanding performance.

Retirement Plans & Guidance

Programs to assist associates in saving for retirement.

Health & Welfare Plans

• Medical, life, and disability insurance plans.

Company Message

Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales and Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.