Sr Accountant

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Position overview:

The essential purpose of the function is to support daily accounting operations and month/quarter-end close activities across multiple accounting areas, including fixed assets, leases, intercompany accounting, professional fees and general accounting. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining compliance with corporate policies and supporting accounting analysis and issue resolution within the Shared Services environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing journal entries based on source documentation, including reviewing calculations, summarizing data and verifying account coding accuracy.
• Preparing monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations in line with corporate policies and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Supporting accounting activities related to fixed assets, leases, royalties, intercompany transactions, professional fees and accruals.
• Performing accounting and analysis for leased property and equipment, including deferred rent entries and lease versus purchase analysis.
• Supporting new project setup activities from approved Authorization for Expenditures and preparing related accounting calculations.
• Executing intercompany balancing activities and ensuring accurate recording of associated transactions.
• Investigating accounting issues and proposing appropriate resolutions for new or complex items.
• Acting as a subject matter expert within the accounting process area and supporting stakeholders across departments.
• Maintaining process documentation and ensuring procedures are updated in line with process changes.
• Responding to internal, external and audit-related inquiries as required.
• Working within ERP and other company systems to support daily accounting operations and reporting activities.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Finance, Accounting or a related role.
• Good understanding of accounting principles, procedures and financial reporting practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably JDE and/or Hyperion.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. 

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Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
 

No agencies please.