GL Accountant
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The GL Accountant performs and coordinates general ledger activities within the U.S. Center of Excellence, supporting month-end close, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, and financial reporting. The role works with accounting and finance teams to support timely, accurate, GAAP-compliant reporting, internal controls, process standardization, and continuous improvement across U.S. operations.
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Join the Family - Come work for an exciting company offering great benefits, challenging opportunities, and colleagues who feel more like family. Job Summary The GL Accountant is responsible for performing and coordinating key general ledger accounting activities within the U.S. Center of Excellence organization. The role supports the month-end close process, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entry preparation, and financial reporting activities. This position serves as a key contributor to the accounting close process and works closely with the U.S. GL Operations Manager, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and operational finance teams to ensure timely, accurate, and GAAP-compliant financial reporting. The GL Accountant also supports process standardization, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives across U.S. operations. Key Responsibilities Month-End Close - Prepare and post journal entries. - Complete assigned close activities in accordance with close deadlines. - Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes. - Investigate and resolve accounting issues identified during close. Account Reconciliations - Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations. - Investigate reconciling items and drive timely resolution. - Maintain supporting documentation for all reconciled accounts. - Ensure compliance with reconciliation standards and policies. - Support reconciliations for cash, accruals, payroll liabilities, inventory-related accounts, fixed assets, intercompany accounts, prepaids, and other assets. Intercompany Accounting - Prepare and reconcile intercompany transactions. - Support management fee and royalty accounting processes. - Coordinate monthly intercompany confirmations. - Resolve intercompany differences with domestic and international affiliates. - Assist with foreign entity accounting support where applicable. Financial Reporting Support - Assist in preparing monthly financial statements and reporting schedules. - Support consolidation reporting activities. - Analyze account fluctuations and explain significant variances. - Prepare audit schedules and supporting documentation. Internal Controls & Compliance - Execute key accounting controls. - Maintain compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies. - Ensure proper documentation of journal entries and reconciliations. - Support internal and external audits. Process Improvement & Systems - Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation. - Assist with ERP enhancements and testing. - Support standardization of accounting procedures across business units. - Participate in finance transformation and shared-services initiatives. Key Relationships ategory Key Relationships Internal - US&C GL Operations Manager; Corporate Accounting; Financial Reporting; FP&A; Treasury; Tax; Cost Accounting Team; Center of Excellence Teams External - Auditors; banking partners; external consultants; software vendors Qualifications: Education * Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required. * CPA or CPA candidate preferred. Experience * 3-5 years of accounting experience. * General ledger and month-end close experience required. * Manufacturing accounting experience preferred. * Experience with account reconciliations and financial reporting. * Shared Services or Center of Excellence experience preferred. * ERP experience strongly pref
How this job compares
Set against the 3,481 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$75–98K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$42–50/hr893 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 116 open Accountant jobs in Ohio and 3,481 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,295 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,847 of the 3,481 open Accountant jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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