Accounting and Finance Specialist - RTR General Accounting

Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services Company, LLC•Temple Terrace, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible for providing business process and financial accounting support and expertise for assigned areas of responsibility, specifically supporting the General Accounting Center of Excellence (COE) team primarily in the areas of Cash, Fixed Assets, Client Services and other additional accounting areas within the COE as needed to include, but not limited to: Payroll, 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, Income Tax accruals, and other miscellaneous general accounting activities. This position oversees financial activities affecting the bottler's financial statements, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of month-end close processes, journal entries, and account reconciliations. Furthermore, it provides financial reporting and analysis, technical accounting guidance, and audit support to client bottlers. This role involves developing sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders, establishing oneself as a valued and trusted financial business partner for bottlers. The position requires interaction with a variety of external and internal stakeholders, including daily collaboration with a BPO.

Requirements

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
Minimum 3 to 5 years of finance and/or accounting experience
Willingness and ability to travel as required based on business need. Less than 5% of travel.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree and/or CPA preferred

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
Cultivate relationships with the assigned bottler 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
Coordinate and lead client/stakeholder meetings
Collaborate with the department/cross-functionally to drive process, performance, and effectiveness
Provide oversight of the 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