Senior Staff Accountant in Lake Forest, IL at Reynolds Consumer Products

Job Title: Senior Accountant 

City: Lake Forest / State: Illinois                                                   

Job Description

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…a world of opportunities! We are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team! We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace environment in which individual differences are recognized, respected and appreciated.

At Reynolds, we provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Accountant to join our team at our headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.

Your Role:

As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for month end close activities, inclusive of presenting analytic reports to management.  This role will have direct interaction with the corporate departments and the business segment finance teams, with exposure to the finance leadership team. The individual will be placed in a collaborative environment to drive continuous improvements in our financial close process, with a focus on harmonization efforts around both system and people driven processes.

  You will have the opportunity to:

• Create monthly financial reports, both within our SAP and Hyperion systems, enhancing the underlying analytical review process
• Collaborate on financial and strategic projects to drive continuous improvements and growth opportunities to our internal and external stakeholders.
• Engage the accounting teams across the organization in standardization efforts around the creation of journal entry and account reconciliation support.
• Build upon the culture at RCP, focused on the evolution of our people resources and fostering a culture that values teamwork, ethics, and respect for others in our actions and decisions.

In this rewarding role, you will have the potential to significantly influence the profitability of our business and will also be able to make substantial improvements to our processes.

You will love it here if…

• You are a creative and dynamic problem‐solver
• You are highly analytic and have a natural curiosity
• You thrive in a fast paced and high‐energy environment
• You pay great attention to detail and are well organized

We need you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting 
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP
• Proven analytical skills and ability to recognize unusual trends
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written
• Detail oriented and organized, able to multi-task and work within strict deadline oriented environment

Icing on the cake:

• CPA Certification or advanced degree such as Masters or MBA 
• “Big 4” public accounting experience or large public company experience
• Experience with SAP or other large ERP systems
• Hyperion Reporting and Planning system experience

Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn!

Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!

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 Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

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For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

No recruiter calls or emails please.

Reynolds Consumer Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer EEO AA M/F/Vet/Disability.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status or disability.

Reynolds Consumer Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO is The Law Poster: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

The Pay Transparency Regulations Frequently Asked Questions can be found on this link: 

Pay Transparency Regulations Frequently Asked Questions | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)

The poster and the supplement can be found on this link.

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm