Job Description

Kenworth Division of PACCAR is seeking General Accounting Manager to join our Division General Accounting team in Kirkland, WA.

Company Information

PACCAR is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905. PACCAR Inc is recognized as a global leader in the commercial vehicle, financial, and customer service fields with internationally recognized brands such as Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks. PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced powertrains, provides financial services and information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.

Whether you want to design the transportation technology of tomorrow, support the staff functions of a dynamic, international leader, or build our excellent products and services -- you can develop the career you desire with PACCAR. Get started!

Kenworth Truck Company is the manufacturer of The World's Best heavy and medium duty trucks. With an excellent heritage of quality, innovation and technology, Kenworth has played an essential role in the development of trucks that are more fuel efficient, productive and economical to operate. Today, Kenworth is pushing the technology envelope with the introduction of battery electric vehicles, and exploration of fuel cell electric vehicles, and autonomous driving systems. Kenworth's Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth is a PACCAR company.

Requisition Summary

In this role General Accounting Manager will oversee Kenworth Division general accounting activities including Production and MRO Accounts Payable and personnel to provide accurate financial information and related analysis to ensure financial reporting integrity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Manage the day-to-day and month-end activities of the Division General Accounting team and Production and MRO Accounts Payable teams to ensure the preparation of timely and accurate financial statements.
* Train, develop and retain a well-qualified staff of 9 (3 direct reports and 6 indirect) through recruitment, coaching and development activities.
* Coordinate monthly close process for all Kenworth entities including monitoring monthly deliverables such as management reports, uploads of local GL data into the consolidation system, Capital Budget Status Summaries, Balance Sheets, Fixed Asset roll forward and other preclose reconciliations.
* Review various general accounting and AP journal entries, general ledger reconciliations and perform account analysis.
* Direct the preparation of timely, accurate and meaningful retro/surcharge and tooling factor forecasts and subsequent reviews against actuals.
* Drive the use of data analytic tools to monitor key metrics and identify cost reduction opportunities.
* Analyze retro/surcharge reserves and other account balances to ensure they are regularly reviewed and properly stated.
* Responsible for the review and/or preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reporting statements/schedules related to Kenworth Division accounting activities including supporting internal and external auditors.
* Support cross-functional business needs working as a business partner with Corporate, Other Truck Divisions to improve processes such as Accounts Payable.
* Assist and/or direct assigned Division internal control reviews including Sarbanes-Oxley documentation/testing and Internal Control Assessment Program reviews including identifying potential risks and opportunities.
* Special projects as assigned, including periodic truck division comparisons, technical accounting research related to new accounting standards, system related projects and ad hoc reporting requests.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

* Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required
* 7+ years of relevant accounting experience, including supervisory and increasing responsibility
* CPA / MBA strongly preferred
* Solid understanding of US GAAP
* Strong computer skills in Excel (i.e. pivot tables, macros, charts and graphs), Access (i.e. query building, report writing, etc.) and data analytic tools (i.e. Tableau etc.)
* Ability to communicate complex accounting issues at an executive level
* Strong organizational skills, including ability to manage multiple projects from beginning to end
* Deadline-driven, self-motivated and customer service oriented
* Strong leadership and supervisory skills, emphasizing continuous improvement
* Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills

PACCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability.