Senior Accounting Transformation & Automation Analyst

HF Sinclair•Dallas, TX

About The Position

HF Sinclair's Senior Accounting Transformation & Automation Analyst leads accounting transformation, automation, and ERP initiatives, acting as the liaison between Accounting and IT. The role translates accounting, reporting, and internal control requirements into system solutions, standardized processes, and automation opportunities. It leads cross-functional workstreams for ERP implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, driving project delivery, stakeholder alignment, and post-implementation success in support of the organization's record-to-report transformation strategy. The position leads assigned system and process changes, including change management, user adoption, training, documentation, and post-launch support. It also partners with Accounting, IT, and Internal Audit on system governance and SOX controls; maintains accounting data governance practices; measures initiative outcomes; and supports close activities as needed to validate system changes and reporting accuracy. The role has no direct people management responsibilities but coordinates workstream contributors and external consultants, provides functional guidance, and supports training and knowledge transfer. The position works in a professional office environment. Travel of up to 25 to 30 percent may be required to support project, site, and team activities. Extended hours may be required during close periods and critical project milestones such as testing and cutover.

Requirements

At least 8 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, business analysis, financial systems, process improvement, or a related field.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, month-end close, reconciliations, internal controls, SOX controls, segregation of duties, and financial system governance.
Hands-on SAP experience, including participation in SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, conversions, or major enhancement projects, with functional depth in record-to-report processes such as general ledger, fixed assets, intercompany, and financial close.
Experience with consolidation, planning, performance management, or financial reporting platforms, such as CCH Tagetik, OneStream, Hyperion, SAP Group Reporting, or similar tools.
Demonstrated experience delivering accounting or finance automation using Alteryx, Power BI, Power Query, or comparable workflow and analytics technologies.
Working knowledge of project delivery practices, including business requirements documentation, functional specifications, system and user acceptance testing, defect management, cutover planning, and change management.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, process mapping, and root cause analysis skills; proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ability to analyze large data sets and validate financial information.
Ability to independently lead cross-functional workstreams, manage competing priorities and deadlines, and influence outcomes without direct authority.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate accounting requirements into clear system, process, and reporting solutions for Accounting, Finance, IT, Internal Audit, and external implementation partners.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CMA, or a graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
Experience leading finance transformation, ERP modernization, shared services optimization, or financial close improvement initiatives in a complex, multi-entity environment.
Experience supporting entity structure changes such as acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, or reorganizations from a systems and reporting perspective.
Experience in refining, energy, or another capital-intensive manufacturing or distribution industry with complex inventory, intercompany, and multi-entity reporting requirements.
Exposure to robotic process automation, financial close management software, or artificial intelligence-enabled finance tools.
Experience documenting current-state and future-state process flows, control points, system dependencies, and data lineage.
Experience working alongside system integrators, consultants, or software vendors on large-scale finance system projects.

Responsibilities

Lead the accounting workstream for ERP and financial system initiatives, serving as the primary liaison among Accounting, IT, and external partners through design, testing, implementation, issue resolution, and post-go-live support.
Contribute to and execute the accounting automation roadmap by identifying, prioritizing, and delivering opportunities to reduce manual effort across the record-to-report cycle, including journal entry, reconciliation, and reporting automation and workflow redesign.
Evaluate current accounting processes and design future-state solutions that improve accuracy, cycle time, controls, and scalability while aligning with accounting policy, internal control requirements, and system capabilities.
Translate accounting, financial reporting, and internal control requirements into business requirements documents, functional specifications, process designs, and test plans.
Lead assigned transformation workstreams, including scope definition, milestone and timeline management, issue and risk tracking, decision escalation, and status reporting to accounting and finance leadership.
Design and implement solutions supporting entity structure changes, including new reporting entity setup, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and related configuration and reporting changes.
Partner with Accounting, IT, and Internal Audit to ensure systems, automated solutions, and redesigned processes include effective SOX controls, appropriate segregation of duties, and sustainable financial system governance.
Implement and maintain accounting data governance practices, including master data standards, data quality and validation routines, recurring exception reporting, and alignment of system data with accounting and reporting requirements.
Lead change management and user adoption for assigned system and process changes, including stakeholder readiness, communications, training, hypercare, and maintenance of process documentation, system configurations, data flows, control points, and user procedures.
Measure and report initiative results, including close cycle time, manual effort reduction, exception volumes, and other key performance indicators, and recommend further improvements.
Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for systemic issues affecting accounting transactions, integrations, reconciliations, or financial reporting; convert recurring issues into permanent process or system solutions.
Support month-end and quarter-end close activities as needed to validate system changes and confirm reporting accuracy.
Coordinate project team members and external consultants assigned to workstreams, provide functional guidance to Accounting and Finance personnel, review deliverables, and support training and knowledge transfer.
Complete special assignments or tasks assigned by the employee's supervisor.