Senior Accountant
About The Position
This position is expected to perform financial accounting and reporting functions for the Anacortes, WA refinery. In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position will be expected to assist business partners in resolving day-to-day issues. This position interacts with refinery personnel, including refinery management as well as other refineries, Findlay Refining BP&A and Findlay/SAT accounting. A motivated individual with strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills is essential. Although the preference is for this position to be at the Anacortes Refinery, other MPC Refining locations would be considered.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years accounting/finance experience
Nice To Haves
- Accounting degree preferred.
- Previous MPC Refinery Accounting experience desired
- Previous experience working a large ERP is preferred.
- Intermediate experience in Microsoft Excel is preferred.
- Experience with Business Intelligence tools (Power BI) a plus.
Responsibilities
- Participate in monthly financial closeout activities.
- Prepare monthly financial entries to properly account for refinery expenses and other financial activity.
- Prepare monthly account reconciliations
- Participate in the development of refinery’s annual expense budget and monthly updates, and the analysis of actual versus budgeted expenditures.
- Assist in the development and implementation of new procedures and accounting systems, or financial applications as they arise.
- Assist in special projects as assigned and provide back-up for other accounting functions as required.
- Participate in the completion of the biennial Solomon Benchmarking Survey.
- Strong communication skills are required to effectively receive and distribute information to other accounting department personnel, operational department personnel, various levels of management, and other MPC locations.
- Displays advanced ability to utilize systems/tools, which may include, but not limited to Excel, SAP, BW, etc.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
