Title:  Senior Manager, External Reporting and Technical Accounting

As the Senior Manager, External Reporting and Technical Accounting, you will be a key contributor and provide oversight to the monthly financial consolidation and reporting process.  In addition, you will assist in evaluating and concluding on complex technical accounting matters. With your expertise and experience you will be helping to ensure timely, complete, and accurate financial data.  This position is also a key contributor to the preparation and review of quarterly and annual external financial statements and related disclosures.  You will assist with providing accounting policy guidance to the broader finance organization and staying connected with key finance contacts to understand business initiatives and how those might impact financial reporting and disclosures.

Our culture is full of fun, flexibility, and teams that are playing to win. As part of the Kellogg’s growing organization, you will be joining a team where people are not just fed but fulfilled. Recently recognized by The RepTrak Company as a World’s Most reputable Company, Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces and Forbes Worlds Top Female Friendly Companies – When it comes to food and business, we do it best.

HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Collaborate: Contribute to the Company’s monthly consolidated financial reporting process as well as quarterly and annual SEC reporting required in support of 10Q/10K filings, quarterly earnings releases, and other filing requirements.
• Innovate: Research, analyze and drive the implementation of complex technical accounting guidance across the Company.
• Enhance: Drive ongoing compliance with Kellogg Accounting Policies through consultation and interaction with key stakeholders across the business.
• Nurture: Educate Kellogg employees about accounting policies and the application to their business situations. Provide guidance to selected areas associated with financial reporting.
• Sustain: Maintain active engagement with various finance groups and key contacts to identify initiatives that will impact technical accounting requirements and/or financial results of the Company and provide guidance to those teams as needed. 

YOUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

• Bachelors degree in Accounting required and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification desired but not required.
• 5+ years of progressive finance experience for a large public company or public accounting firm including experience in global financial reporting and SEC reporting requirements.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting.
• Strong research and implementation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to collaborate and influence others.
• Established history of partnering with functional leaders.
• Ability to lead and influence a finance partners.

WHAT’S NEXT
After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter – not a bot. This means it could take us a little while to get back with you so watch your inbox for updates. In the meantime, visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and how to best prepare for a Kellogg interview.

If we can help you with a reasonable accommodation throughout the application or hiring process, please contact USA.Recruitment@kellogg.com.

This role takes part in Locate for Your Day, Kellogg’s hybrid way of working that empowers office-based employees to, in partnership with their managers, find a balance between working from home and the office.

ABOUT KELLOGG COMPANY

Kellogg Company is a multibillion-dollar company with over 30 thousand employees all over the globe. We are proud to make delicious foods that people love – foods that you grew up with like Frosted Flakes, Cheez It, Eggo, Pop-Tarts, Crunchy Nut, Pringles, as well as innovative foods such as MorningStar Farms, RX bar, and Noodles. Our KValues and BetterDays commitments are at the core of who we are, what we believe and what brings us together. We’re proud to say we’ve been awarded with Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies”, DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”, Newsweek’s “Most Loved Workplaces”, and many more awards that you can check out here.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion has been part of our DNA since the beginning. Clearly stated in our Code of Ethics “we have respect for individuals of all backgrounds, capability and opinions.” We believe that equity is more than leveling the playing field. It is making sure barriers, both tangible and intangible, are removed. Interested in the numbers? We hold ourselves accountable with our yearly Features report.

Kellogg is proud to offer industry competitive Total Health benefits (Physical, Financial, Emotional, and Social) that vary depending on region and type of role. Be sure to ask your recruiter for more information!

THE FINER PRINT

Kellogg’s has launched a new global hybrid work approach called Locate for Your Day (LFYD).  In partnership with their manager, LFYD empowers our eligible US office-based employees to choose where to work each day.  Built on trust, you and your manager will decide how LFYD works best for you and your team.  This new flexibility is designed to drive culture and performance.  Our recruiting team can fill you in on the exact details for this position. 

The ability to work a full shift, come to work on time, work overtime as needed and the ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation is an essential function of this position.

Kellogg Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here.   

Where required by state law and/or city ordinance; this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For additional information, please follow this link.

Let’s create the future of food,

Kellogg Recruitment