Associate Accountant (Intern to FT Conversion)

Marathon Petroleum • Findlay, OH

108d

About The Position

An exciting career awaits you at MPC, where we're committed to being a great place to work - one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment. The Accountant is responsible for the analysis and processing of business documents, preparation of financial statement journal entries, reconciliation of financial statement accounts, and the preparation of financial and operational variance analysis for management. The successful candidate should be proficient with Excel and have a general knowledge of accounting software. A motivated individual with strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills is essential. This position will report to an Operations or Corporate Accounting Supervisor depending on position openings at the time of hire.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• 0-3 years of Accounting related experience
• Prior Accounting college internship preferred
• Motivated individual with strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Must be able to meet deadlines
• Proficient in Excel - creating/modifying spreadsheets, data cleansing, pivot tables & formulas
• Experience with SAP is a plus
• Ability to work in a team setting

Responsibilities

• Participates in monthly closeout activities
• Identifies, analyzes, verifies, interprets, and processes financial and operating transactions and data accurately and in a timely manner
• Maintains records, accounts, and ledgers pertaining to various phases of company activity and prepares related schedules, statements, and reports to analyze the results of activity
• May study contracts and agreements to determine conformance and settlement requirements
• Analyzes and interprets accounting and financial data to ensure such conformance and settlement
• Utilizes effective communication skills to effectively receive and distribute information to other accounting and operational department personnel, various levels of management, governmental agencies, and other MPC locations
• Actively reviews job tasks and makes recommendations for process improvements and/or automation opportunities to improve accounting controls and efficiency
• Completes all applicable system training (SAP, Right Angle, Power Plan, Blackline, etc.) in a timely manner
• Completes other duties including special projects as required

Benefits

• Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k matching program
• Paid parental leave
• Educational reimbursement
• Discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree