The Senior Accountant supports month-end and year-end close, financial analysis and reporting, and the ongoing transformation of these processes. The role helps drive process improvement and shared service enhancements within the KARL STORZ internal controls framework-supporting business operations by streamlining end-to-end workflows, removing inefficiencies, and ensuring compliance.
The Senior Accountant will also serve as Accounting Lead for a KARL STORZ North America legal entity, including serving as the primary point of contact, reviewing financial results, preparing executive-facing analysis and commentary, and presenting key drivers to management.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and post journal entries.
- Prepare account reconciliations; investigate variances and resolve reconciling items.
- Produce high-quality financial analysis and commentary for management.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.
- Prepare materials to support external auditors.
- Prepare and distribute recurring deliverables.
- Document SOPs for key accounting processes, including journal entries and reconciliations.
- Lead assigned projects with strong follow-through.
- Provide leadership and guidance to Staff Accountants.
- Lead group training as needed.
- Perform GAAP research to support technical accounting memos.
- Use available tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
Minimum Requirements
Experience
- 5+ years of relevant accounting experience (2+ years of public accounting preferred)
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's in Accounting
Technical
- Strong understanding of financial accounting and G/L transactions
- Exposure to core accounting concepts
- Demonstrated ability to implement process improvements
- Strong understanding of GAAP
- Strong Excel skills
Skills / Competencies
- Strong analytical skills to analyze complex data and recommend/implement solutions
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving ability
- Ability to work independently
Preferred
- Tableau knowledge
- AI knowledge
- Audit experience
- SAP experience
Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days per week in office
If you're energized by turning financial complexity into strategic clarity-and want your work to matter-this role offers both impact and growth.
