Associate Accountant/Accountant

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for the accurate, timely, and professional reconciliation of assigned vendor accounts to resolve open invoices. The successful candidate will identify the root cause of issues and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve. The successful candidate will also support General Ledger account reconciliations, including the GRIR account, and the resolution of open items. Additionally, this role participates in special projects as deemed necessary by department management team. This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related field required.
Zero (0) to one (1) year of Accounting/Finance experience.
Accountability - Take ownership of actions and behaviors. Demonstrate care and awareness to protect employees, the environment, and assets from injury and harmful incidents. Display appropriate emotions and remain levelheaded under pressure. Be open and receptive to feedback.
Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.
Building Partnerships - Developing and leveraging relationships within and across work groups to achieve results.
Business Process Improvement - The process of analyzing business processes and workflows within the organization and identifying new approaches to redesign business activities or optimize performance, quality and speed of processes - including identifying and evaluating process automation opportunities.
Communication - The ability to speak and write effectively, demonstrates fundamental command of language, communicates well using all mediums.
Critical Thinking - Identifying and understanding issues, problems and opportunities; using data analysis to draw conclusions; using judgment in choosing a course of action; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences. Intellectually curious.
Problem Solving – Problem Solving is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. It involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
Taking Initiative – Initiative is the energy, aptitude and motivation to begin an activity relating to personal and work objectives.
Technical Knowledge - Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical, functional, and/or professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise; leveraging expert knowledge to accomplish results.
Work Standards - Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Responsibilities

Collects, compiles, analyzes, and verifies financial and other data to ensure the integrity of accounting records. Investigates and resolves discrepancies.
Assists with analysis and schedules in support of financial statements.
Creates and records journal entries and other transactions, maintains general ledger, and reconciles accounts.
Identifies efficiencies and recommends ways to improve processes and standards.
Ensures the integrity of financial transactions with both internal and external stakeholders.
Support accounting processes by addressing and assisting with fulfilling business requirements.
Support and follow standard business processes within specific accounting function.
Supports and fulfills internal and external audit requests.
Ensures proper execution of controls and performance, documentation, and retention in accordance with accounting policy.
Displays ability to utilize systems/tools, which may include, but not limited to, Excel, SAP, Right Angle, BW, Quorum, etc.
May document, update, and maintain internal procedures or work on simple special projects.
May assist in preparation of analysis and schedules in support of financial statements and related disclosures.