Job Description
As a part of our continued growth, LKQ is seeking a talented and passionate Accounting Coordinator to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for general clerical support of the monthly accounting close process, along with assistance with managing journal entries and other source documentation. If you are looking to grow your career with a great company with great people, you will enjoy a career with us!
Essential Job Duties:
* Assist with various recurring and month-end accounting functions directed toward processing of all transactions.
* Maintain accounting records for select financial statement areas.
* Lend support with journal entry processing and maintenance of source documents.
* Post journal entries as needed and keep related files well organized.
* Provide ongoing support to Accounting staff as needed for development of annual operating budgets.
* Provide required documentation support for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
* Assumes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Basic Qualifications (Minimum Required Experience, Education, Knowledge/Skills/Abilities, Essential Physical Demands):
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: High-school equivalency. Interest in and understanding of basic bookkeeping is a strong plus.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES: Must have good written and verbal communication skills.
MACHINES, EQUIPMENT, AND SOFTWARE: Computer, 10-key calculator, multi-user telephone system, copier, fax machine.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: Must be attentive to detail.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong interest in bookkeeping and experience in a business office setting is highly desired.
Skill Examples: Ability to seek out relevant information. Ability to apply math computation skills including basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Maintain strong focus on details. Ability to stay well organized.
LKQ offers competitive pay and a very generous Benefits package that includes:
401k Plan with generous employer match, Insurance Plans for (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability), Paid Time-Off, Paid Holiday and Tuition Reimbursement Program and MORE!
Position Type
Full-time
Chicago, IL
LKQ Corporation is an American provider of alternative and specialty parts to repair and accessorize automobiles and other vehicles. LKQ has operations in North America, Europe and Taiwan. LKQ offers its customers a broad range of replacement systems, components, equipment and parts to repair and accessorize automobiles, trucks, and recreational and performance vehicles. As of 2018, it was #300 on the Fortune 500 list. In March of 2017, Dominick P. Zarcone was selected to become the new President and Chief Executive Office.
LKQ was initially formed in 1998 through the combination of a number of wholesale recycled products businesses located in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. We subsequently expanded through internal development and over 220 acquisitions of aftermarket, recycled, refurbished, and remanufactured product suppliers and manufacturers; self service retail businesses; and specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories suppliers. Our most significant acquisitions include:
• 2007 acquisition of Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc., which, at the time of acquisition, was the leading domestic distributor of aftermarket products, including collision replacement products, paint products, refurbished steel bumpers, bumper covers and alloy wheels.
• 2011 acquisition of Euro Car Parts Holdings Limited ("ECP"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company operating in the United Kingdom. This acquisition allowed us to expand our operations into the European automotive aftermarket business.
• 2013 acquisition of Sator Beheer B.V. ("Sator"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company based in the Netherlands, with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. This acquisition allowed us to further expand our geographic presence into continental Europe.
• 2014 acquisition of Keystone Specialty, which expanded our product offering and increased our addressable market to include specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories.
• On December 22, 2015, LKQ announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the holding company of Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia
• S.p.A (“Rhiag”), a leading pan-European business-to-business distributor of aftermarket spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Rhiag has operations in Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Poland and Spain. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016 and is subject to customary closing conditions and necessary regulatory approvals.