DS Smith is a global leading packaging company of customer-specific packaging with emphasis on state-of-the art packaging design and local service close to customer facilities. With a product portfolio that includes transit packaging, consumer packaging, displays and promotional packaging, customized protective packaging and industrial packaging, DS Smith answers to each market requirement.

We are currently seeking a Sr. Field Accounting Analyst. The position is located in Atlanta, GA and reports to the Sr Manager of Enterprise Accounting.

Sr. Field Accounting Analyst

Role Overview:

The successful candidate will act as the central point of contact for assigned field locations including all month-end accounting activities. They will lead the month-end close and sup-port operations personnel for financial close, operational and financial reporting for assigned field locations. Located in Atlanta, Ga., he or she will partner with stakeholders across the company including field finance leaders, DSS Corporate Accounting and DSS Finance Sys-tems teams. They will establish business procedures and standards around the Company's monthly accounting cycle and the financial close. This role will drive opportunities to streamline our monthly accounting processes and standards by assisting with the imple-mentation of a shared services approach for processes utilizing the leading practice and SAP S/4 HANA Cloud based application.

The ideal candidate should have strong people and customer service skills, a track record of process improvement, exceptional accounting experience, and excellent teamwork skills along with an ability to work in an ever-changing environment.

Areas of Responsibility: Execute and support the workflow for all assigned accounting processes that streamlines and improves the financial close:

· Oversee the accounting for local field operations

· Process journal entries within SAP including classification of GL expense accounts

· Prepare assigned monthly entries for all business units

· Perform assigned general ledger account reconciliations

· Prepare all operational, corporate and ad-hoc reporting including analysis requests, schedules and quarterly, annual workpapers.

· Maintain all inter-company and intra-company accounts and ensure all accounts are recon-ciled

· Ensure all cash journal entries are prepared and bank statements are reconciled to G/L ac-count balances

· Prepare year-end reporting packages, year-end schedules for NAPP Corporate Finance and Group, and local operations reporting needs.

· Complete monthly roll-forward reporting for NAPP /Group

· Other projects and assignments as necessary

Education & Certifications

A four-year bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field is required

CPA Preferred

3 years public accounting experience or 5+ years industry experience

Qualification & Experience

5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY

AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FIELD SUPPORT ROLE

SAP SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE STRONGLY PREFERRED

MANUFACTURING BACKGROUND PREFERRED

MOTIVATED INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS AND THINKS CLEARLY UNDER PRESSURE

EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY TO PROBLEM-SOLVE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A GROUP SETTING

ABILITY TO SHIFT PRIORITIES QUICKLY, WHILE MAINTAINING ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL

PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

PACKAGING & PAPER EXPERIENCE A PLUS

MICROSOFT EXCEL AND POWERPOINT SKILLS

EXCELLENT VERBAL, WRITTEN, AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

A PROVEN TEAM PLAYER

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

· ABILITY TO IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS WHILE MAINTAIN-ING A STRONG CUSTOMER FOCUS.

· CONDUCTS REGULAR SERVICE REVIEWS, MONITOR METRICS/PERFORMANCE REPORT-ING; MANAGE AND AUDIT PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SERVICE GROUP

· PRIMARY LIAISON BETWEEN ASSIGNED FIELD LOCATIONS AND SHARED SERVICES AND CORPORATE FINANCE. EXECUTE ALL PROCESS, POLICY, AND TRANSACTIONAL VOLUME CHANGES THAT AFFECT OPERATIONS

· SAP, ORACLE, HFM / HYPERION, AND BLACKLINE EXPERIENCE A PLUS

· ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND COMMUNICATE WITH FIELD APPROPRIATELY AROUND SERVICE DELIVERABLES

Additional Information:

· Position is in Midtown Atlanta

· Position requires 50% travel in first year and will settle in at 20% travel annually