Senior Accountant in Milan, Missouri at Zeeco

This role is suited for an experienced accounting professional with a strong operational profile, able to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of accounting data, while contributing to a continuously evolving finance environment. The Senior Accountant works in and with the Finance team, supporting core accounting activities with a particular focus on general ledger, payroll and T&E accounting, tax operational activities, and fixed assets, and providing stability and reliability to the overall close process.

The position reports directly to the Head of Finance Italy.

General Ledger & Closing Support

• Perform and manage general ledger accounting activities, including journal entries, accruals, provisions, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Actively support monthend, quarterend, and yearend closing activities, ensuring deadlines are met and accounting data is accurate and complete.
• Prepare supporting schedules and documentation for closing and reporting purposes.

Payroll, T&E & Tax Operational Accounting

• Perform postings and reconciliation activities related to payroll costs, social charges, and related balance sheet accounts, incl. coordination with external providers.
• Manage T&E accounting and reconciliations, ensuring correct posting and consistency between systems and the general ledger.
• Support taxrelated operational accounting activities, including postings, reconciliations, and monitoring of tax balances, incl. coordination with external providers, with flexibility to support a broader inhouse scope in the future.

Fixed Assets Accounting

• Manage fixed assets accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, and reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate and uptodate fixed asset records, ensuring consistency with accounting entries and supporting documentation.

Interfaces & Audit Support

• Act as backup and accounting interface for AP and AR activities, ensuring correct integration into the general ledger.
• Perform reconciliations between subledgers and the GL, including monitoring clearing and suspense accounts.
• Support internal and external audits, preparing documentation and providing explanations for assigned accounting areas.

Adaptability & Problem Solving

• Operate effectively in a changing environment, contributing to continuous improvement of accounting practices and processes.
• Identify issues, discrepancies, or inefficiencies and address them with a pragmatic and solutionoriented approach.
• Collaborate proactively within the Finance team to ensure consistency, continuity, and reliability of accounting operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
• 6-10 years of professional experience in operational accounting roles, audit, or similar environments.
• Strong handson experience in general ledger accounting and financial close activities.
• Solid operational experience with payroll accounting, T&E accounting, tax postings and reconciliations, and fixed assets.
• Practical experience working with ERP systems (e.g. SAGE, SAP, Oracle, or similar) and strong Excel skills.
• High attention to detail combined with a structured and reliable execution mindset.
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within a teambased and international environment.
• Fluent English (minimum B2 level), written and spoken.

• A handson and dependable accounting professional with strong operational discipline.
• Someone comfortable working in a continuousimprovement context, where processes and tools evolve over time.
• A profile that combines accuracy, ownership, and a constructive, problemsolving mindset.
• A teamoriented professional who contributes to stability, quality, and consistency of accounting operations.