Accountant

Job Description

Accountant – Accounts Payable | Bath & Body Works

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Bath & Body Works, located in Columbus, OH. You will join Gingham Nation, an iconic fragrance and personal care brand that believes in supporting and empowering its associates to create great consumer experiences. This role is crucial for maintaining financial integrity and compliance, ensuring accurate accounting practices that support the company’s operational stability and continued growth. You will contribute to a culture where people are at the center of everything the company does.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Columbus, OH

• Mission: This person ensures financial accounting practices and internal controls comply with regulations, maintaining accuracy in the general ledger, P&L, audits, and reporting.
• Tech Stack: SAP, Ariba (beneficial), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access helpful)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with accounting standards for accurate financial reporting across general ledger, P&L, audit, and reporting.
• Execution: Execute daily accounting tasks, including processing invoices and payments, while adhering to US and International tax and delegation of authority compliance.
• Data Management: Operate within SAP to input, extract, and maintain financial data integrity.
• Reconciliation: Reconcile invoices, receipts, and purchase orders to clear general ledger accounts and prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Problem Solving: Identify and proactively resolve discrepancies using financial analytics, and respond to internal and external audit requests.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Accounting or Finance with an understanding of financial and accounting principles and fundamentals.
• Experience: 0-3 years’ experience in accounting, accounts payable, finance or other related experience.
• Skills: High attention to detail coupled with analytical and auditing skills; strong knowledge and application of financial and accounting principles; professional and strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to implement tasks in a detailed, accurate, and timely fashion while managing multiple priorities; self-motivated, self-starting, and a creative problem solver.
• Bonus: May have or looking to obtain CPA; previous experience with Ariba or SAP; strong PC skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and helpful experience with Access.