Accountant II

Why Hershey: At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day. Job Overview As Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting e-invoicing compliance and financial reporting across multiple legal entities. Reporting to the Sr Assoc Mgr, Finance, you will coordinate e-invoicing operations, statutory compliance, legal entity governance, financial close, and audit support. You will partner closely with shared service teams, business process owners, external advisors, auditors, middleware vendors, and regulatory authorities to help ensure that compliance and reporting requirements are completed accurately and on time. Your attention to detail, ownership, and continuous improvement mindset will strengthen financial controls, improve process consistency, and support reliable reporting across the busi Accountabilities * Coordinate the end-to-end e-invoicing process across multiple legal entities and ensure compliance with applicable e-invoicing regulations. * Extract, compile, and validate e-invoice transaction data from SAP, and work with shared service teams and business process owners to resolve missing, incomplete, or invalid information. * Submit e-invoices through the middleware platform, monitor submission status, and troubleshoot submission failures or technical issues with middleware vendors. * Reconcile e-invoice information across SAP, the middleware platform, and tax authority records to ensure submissions are complete, accurate, and timely. * Maintain e-invoice documentation, reconciliations, audit trails, and supporting records in accordance with compliance and audit requirements. * Monitor regulatory developments and legislative changes related to e-invoicing across multiple jurisdictions, and assess potential impacts on business processes. * Support new e-invoicing implementations, including testing, issue resolution, and go-live activities. * Serve as the primary finance contact for e-invoicing matters, providing guidance and ongoing support to business users. * Identify process improvement opportunities and drive standardization to improve efficiency, data quality, and control effectiveness. * Support legal entity governance and statutory compliance activities, including statutory audits, corporate tax returns, tax payments, government authority requests, treasury activities, and corporate secretarial matters. * Coordinate with external auditors, tax consultants, company secretaries, and regulatory authorities, while monitoring deadlines and supporting timely regulatory filings. * Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including the preparation of financial reports, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules. * Help ensure timely and accurate reporting for assigned legal entities and provide support for management reporting requirements. * Maintain compliance with internal control requirements and accounting policies. * Perform other ad hoc finance tasks and projects, and provide cross-functional support as assigned. * Minimum Education & Requirements* * Hands-on knowledge of e-invoicing regulations, compliance requirements, and related operational processes. * Knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting processes, statutory audits, tax and regulatory reporting, and internal controls. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze and reconcile large volumes of financial data. * Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel. Experience with SAP/S4 is an advantage. * Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and a compliance-focused approach to regulatory requirements and deadlines. * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and with external parties. * Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision. * Proactive, organized, responsible, and committed to meeting deadlines. * Flexibility to support periodic peak workloads during audits, statutory reporting, and financial close. * Strong ownership, accountability, teamwork, adaptability, and a continuous improvement mindset. * Experience: Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience in accounting, financial reporting, audit, tax compliance, or finance operations. Hands-on experience in e-invoicing compliance is required. Experience in a multinational corporation, manufacturing company, or shared services environment is an advantage. * Education: Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, or a related field. A professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or an equivalent qualification is preferred. The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans. 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