Senior Accountant

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.

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