Senior Accountant - Corporate

Panduit
  • Tinley Park, Illinois
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    At Panduit, we don't just offer a job - we offer a career where your contributions directly impact our customers, the environment and our company's success. You'll have the opportunity to grow, innovate, and be a part of an inclusive team that celebrates both individual and collective achievements. If you're ready to elevate your career and help us deliver exceptional experiences to our customers, apply today and make your mark with Panduit!

    The Senior Corporate Accountant drives accurate, insightful accounting across fixed assets, leases, accruals, and corporate cost areas. This role leads key close activities, cash flow and balance sheet analysis, controls, audit support, and process improvements while using automation and AI-enabled tools to make accounting smarter and more efficient.

    Ready to make an impact? Bring your accounting expertise, embrace innovation, and help shape the future of corporate accounting. Join us and make your mark-apply today!

    What You Will Do
    • Own assigned month-end close activities for fixed assets, leases, corporate accruals, and other corporate accounting areas, including preparing journal entries, completing account reconciliations, validating supporting schedules, and resolving reconciling items.
    • Manage accounting and analysis for assigned corporate cost areas, including fixed assets, leases, legal expenses, and related accruals.
    • Review and ensure completeness of lease records in Visual Lease using current agreements, payment expectations, and inputs from CBRE; validate accuracy of lease support and coordinate updates as needed.
    • Analyze actual results against forecast and prior periods for topical areas, investigate significant or unusual activity, and clearly explain key cost drivers and changes in accrual estimates.
    • Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready support for assigned accounts and accruals, including calculation methodologies, assumptions, approvals, agreements, and period-over-period changes.
    • Prepare the monthly cash flow statement, identify significant fluctuations, and validate alignment with the balance sheet and income statement. Prepare balance sheet variance analysis for management review.
    • Perform control reviews for assigned processes, identify accounting or documentation gaps, implement corrective actions, and help ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
    • Improve and document end-to-end accounting processes, including updating policies, standard operating procedures, control documentation, and ownership requirements.
    • Use Oracle Fusion, FCCS, ARCS, Smart View, Excel, automation, and AI-assisted analytical tools to reduce manual work, strengthen controls, and improve the quality and timeliness of accounting analysis.
    • Review accounting work prepared by other team members, as assigned; provide constructive feedback; assist with issue resolution; and share accounting and systems best practices.
    • Support internal and external audits by preparing requested schedules and documentation, responding to questions, and helping resolve audit observations related to assigned areas.
    What You Will Bring
    • Education: Bachelor's degree in business or accounting required.
    • Certification: CPA required.
    • Job Experience: 3-5 years in accounting role. Public accounting and/or manufacturing industry experience preferred.
    • Accounting Experience: Corporate accounting experience preferred; familiarity with Fixed asset accounting, cash flow, or general ledger experience a plus.
    • Systems: Strong Microsoft Excel and ERP experience required. Oracle Fusion experience preferred, including FCCS and ARCS exposure. Power BI, Tableau, Python, SQL, or ERP implementation experience a plus.
    • Skills: Strong analytical, time management, prioritization, and organization skills. Experience with AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making a plus.
    • Language: Spanish proficiency a plus.
    What We Can Offer You

    • Competitive Pay & Benefits: Enjoy a robust Total Rewards Program that includes health, financial benefits, and more.

    • Work-Life Balance: Flexible work options to help you achieve the perfect work-life balance. This role will require you to be in the office 50% of the time (schedule based on manager's discretion).

    • Generous Time Off: Take advantage of our generous vacation, si

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationTinley Park, Illinois

    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Accounting Closeunmatched
    • Accounting Policiesunmatched
    • Accounting Softwareunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Balance Sheetunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Cash Flowunmatched
    • Corporate Policiesunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Cost Analysisunmatched
    • Customer Experienceunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Document Managementunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • External Auditunmatched
    • Fixed Asset Managementunmatched
    • Fixed Assetsunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
    • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
    • Income Statementsunmatched
    • Internal Auditunmatched
    • Journal Entriesunmatched
    • Legalunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Oracle Fusion Middlewareunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Power BIunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Public Accountingunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Quality Managementunmatched
    • Reconciliationunmatched
    • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
    • Spanish Languageunmatched
    • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
    • Tableauunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Variance Analysisunmatched

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