Accountant

Job Description

Accountant | Georgia-Pacific LLC

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Georgia-Pacific LLC, located in Atlanta, GA with a hybrid work model. Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. They also operate one of the largest recycling businesses, serving customers worldwide with quality products and empowered employees. This role creates value by providing essential accounting support for the Consumer Products segment and mills, ensuring financial accuracy, process improvement, and strong business partnerships within the organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – Atlanta, GA

• Team: Reports directly to the Regional Controller.
• Mission: This person ensures the accuracy of financial records, contributes to a strong control environment, and drives continuous process improvements within the accounting function.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office Suite or Office 365; Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint, Copilot; Alteryx; SAP; SAP S4Hana

What You’ll Actually Do
• Assist with month-end close: Support the segment’s month-end close process, ensuring general ledger accuracy through proper accounting treatment.
• Prepare reconciliations: Create monthly and quarterly balance sheet account reconciliations, investigating differences and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain controls: Contribute to the internal control environment by ensuring the ownership and application of the Internal Financial Controls (IFC) Framework.
• Improve processes: Seek and share knowledge, identify opportunities for improvements, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions.
• Provide ad hoc support: Offer ad hoc information support and analysis to various departments, including Operating Management, Tax, Audit, and Corporate.
• Travel when needed: Travel to mills as needed, which may include overnight stays, with frequency varying based on location and timing.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Education or experience in an Accounting or Finance focused role(s) that requires a working knowledge of financial accounting principles, the general ledger, month end close, account reconciliation and analysis, and the purpose/application of internal financial controls.
• Experience: One or more years of career experience in an Accounting or Analysis role (working in the General Ledger, Cash Management, Intercompany Transactions, Accruals, Account Reconciliations, Variance Analysis and supporting Month-End close).
• Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate and build working relationships; process and transformation focused mindset; flexible and able to prioritize work in a dynamic environment; experience with Microsoft Office Suite or Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint, Copilot); desire to learn multiple accounting systems and tools.
• Bonus: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or Business; experience driving process improvement or transformation, especially with AI tools; proficiency with extract-transform-load (ETL) tools such as Alteryx; SAP and/or SAP S4Hana experience; manufacturing industry experience.