Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

Toledo, OH, US,

The Accountant I role supports the businesses in a broad range of Operations Accounting activities. The position works directly with the Accounting Leaders and Business Segments, supporting the effective execution of Operations Accounting's Goals and Objectives through:

• Ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close activities.
• Perform the ongoing accounting for Owens Corning's Doors segment.
• Ensurethatalltransactionsareproperlyrecordedandthatentriestoledgerareaccurate.
• Reconcile ledger accounts to the general ledger to ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
• Assisting with analyzing financial statements and explaining variances.
• Effectively maintaining the control environment.

In addition, the Accountant I role will assist with project work and process improvements. In all aspects of the position, the Accountant I will demonstrate clear and effective communication, teamwork, and commitment to the success of Owens Corning.

This position reports to the Doors Sr Accountant I.

Span of control:
Individual Contributor

Responsibilities

Metrics

• Report safety concerns when noted.
• Adhere to the Owens Corning safety policies.

• Assists with the review of financial information looking for inconsistencies
• Ensures that account reconciliations are supported by valid items in accordance with US GAAP and OC policy
• Works directly with accounting leaders to help resolve issues and concerns in a timely manner within the period the issue and/or concern is identified
• Assists with ad hoc requests as well as developing an understanding of the relationship between various financial items
• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of financial reporting and general ledger structure
• Actively pursues continued education inside and/or outside the company

Metrics

• Reduction in the number of recurring issues and/or concerns
• Quality of insight to actual results
• Quality of support in attaining consolidated financial results
• Responsible for ensuring the integrity of financial information
• Informal and formal feedback

• Facilitates and completes monthly, quarterly and year end close cycle
• Provides timely and accurate journal entries for assigned areas
• Proactively assists with comprehensive review and analyses of data
• Considered a valued partner
• Consistently looks for opportunities to improve

• Completes all account reconciliations timely and in accordance with OC policy

• Completes standard process analysis timely and demonstrates a clear understanding of the purpose behind the analysis and what events are driving changes in the balance
• Demonstrates clear thought process around decision-making criteria, always acting ethically and responsibly.
• Ensures integrity, quality, and confidentiality of financial and non-financial data
• Develop and document sound, consistent and sustainable processes, and controls for the various functional areas of responsibility where they don't exist and update others as necessary.
• Contributes to department and organization special projects as assigned

Metrics

• Consistently, accurately, and efficiently completes close and reconciliations in accordance with respective calendars.
• Frequency of recurring vs. non-recurring issues and control deficiencies
• Demonstration in presentations of clear understanding of items impacting financial analysis
• Formal and informal feedback

• Recognizes issues, problems, or opportunities and determines whether action is needed
• Assists with developing and improving analytical tools through consistent use of the application
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes
• Interprets information through integrating data from a variety of sources, detects trends, associations, and cause-effect…