The Senior Accountant II is a senior-level technical and strategic accounting leader responsible for the most complex manufacturing accounting, reporting, and control environments within Toyo Tire North America. This role provides enterprise-level expertise across inventory, cost accounting, fixed assets, capital projects, and financial reporting while serving as a key advisor to Accounting leadership, Operations, Supply Chain, FP&A, Corporate Finance, and Japan Headquarters.
The Senior Accountant II owns highly judgmental accounting areas, leads significant cross-functional initiatives, drives control maturity (including JSOX readiness and remediation), and plays a critical role in elevating accounting processes, data integrity, and team capability. This role sets standards, influences policy, and ensures scalable, audit-ready accounting practices aligned with business strategy.
Key Responsibility Overview
This role serves as a senior technical authority bridging plant-level operations with corporate and global reporting requirements. The Senior Accountant II leads end-to-end ownership of the most complex GL domains, establishes best practices for controls and documentation, drives root-cause resolution of material issues, and partners with senior stakeholders to improve margins, working capital, and financial transparency.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
General Accounting & Close
- Lead month-end close activities for the most complex and high-risk GL areas; review and approve complex journal entries and reconciliations.
- Establish close sequencing, cutoffs, and materiality thresholds; ensure consistent application and documentation of professional judgment.
- Serve as escalation point for complex accounting issues, unusual transactions, and non-routine entries.
Manufacturing / Inventory / Cost Accounting
- Provide senior-level ownership of inventory valuation and manufacturing variance analysis (PPV, absorption, yield, scrap); identify systemic issues and drive corrective action plans.
- Lead standard cost governance, cost roll strategy, and master data integrity across BOMs, routings, and overhead structures.
- Partner with Operations and Supply Chain leadership to improve cost accuracy, margin visibility, and operational decision-making.
Financial Reporting & Audit
- Prepare and review executive-ready reporting packages, variance analyses, and disclosures for Corporate and Japan Headquarters.
- Lead external and internal audit engagements for owned areas; resolve complex audit matters and ensure timely remediation.
- Design, enhance, and monitor internal controls; provide leadership for JSOX testing, remediation, and sustainability.
Fixed Asset Accounting & Capital Projects
- Provide governance over fixed assets and CIP across the full lifecycle, including capitalization timing, impairments, disposals, and policy interpretation.
- Partner with Engineering and Operations on large capital projects to ensure accurate financial treatment and reporting.
- Ensure fixed asset reporting supports strategic capital planning and audit requirements.
Process Improvement, Systems & Leadership
- Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that reduce close cycle time, strengthen controls, and improve data reliability.
- Champion SAP/ERP optimization, automation, and advanced reporting solutions.
- Act as a senior mentor and technical resource for Senior Accountant II and Staff Accountant.
- Influence accounting policies, standard work, and training to scale the function.
Reporting Structure
This role will report to the TNA Accounting Manager.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required, MBA preferred.
- 5 – 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant manufacturing accounting leadership.
- Expert knowledge of U.S. GAAP with deep specialization in inventory, cost accounting, fixed assets, and complex reconciliations.
- Advanced SAP/ERP expertise with demonstrated success in automation and data governance.
- Exceptional analytical, communication, and executive-level presentation skills.
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional leaders and operate with minimal supervision.
