Senior Accounting Transformation & Automation Analyst

HF Sinclair•Dallas, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

HF Sinclair's Senior Accounting Transformation & Automation Analyst leads accounting transformation, automation, and ERP initiatives by serving as the liaison between Accounting and IT. Responsible for translating accounting, reporting, and internal control requirements into system solutions, standardized processes, and automation opportunities. Leads cross-functional workstreams for ERP implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, driving project delivery, stakeholder alignment, and post-implementation success while supporting the organization's record-to-report transformation strategy.

Requirements

A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, business analysis, financial systems, process improvement, or a related field is required.
Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, month-end close, and reconciliations, including internal controls, SOX controls, segregation of duties, and financial system governance.
Hands-on experience with SAP, including participation in SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, conversions, or major enhancement projects, with functional depth in the record to report cycle such as general ledger, fixed assets, intercompany, and financial close processes.
Experience with consolidation, planning, performance management, or financial reporting platforms, including CCH Tagetik, OneStream, Hyperion, SAP Group Reporting, or similar tools.
Demonstrated experience delivering accounting or finance automation using tools such as 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, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel and the 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 the ability to translate accounting requirements into clear system, process, and reporting solutions for Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and external implementation partners.

Nice To Haves

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 between Accounting, IT, and external partners throughout design, testing, implementation, issue resolution, and post-go-live support.
Contributes to and executes the accounting automation roadmap by identifying, prioritizing, and delivering opportunities to reduce manual effort across the record to report cycle, including journal entry automation, reconciliation automation, reporting automation, and workflow redesign.
Evaluates current-state 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.
Translates accounting, financial reporting, and internal control requirements into business requirements documents, functional specifications, process designs, and test plans that Information Technology and implementation partners can execute against.
Workstream lead for assigned transformation initiatives, including scope definition, milestone and timeline management, issue and risk tracking, decision escalation, and status reporting to accounting and finance leadership.
Designs and implements solutions that support entity structure changes, including new reporting entity setup, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and the related configuration and reporting changes.
Partners with Accounting, Information Technology, and Internal Audit to ensure that new systems, automated solutions, and redesigned processes are designed with effective SOX controls, appropriate segregation of duties, and sustainable financial system governance.
Implements and maintains data governance practices for accounting data, including master data standards, data quality and validation routines, recurring exception reporting, and alignment of system data with accounting and reporting requirements.
Leads change management and user adoption for assigned system and process changes, including stakeholder readiness, communication planning, training development and delivery, hypercare support, and maintenance of process documentation, system configurations, data flows, control points, and user procedures.
Measures and reports the results of assigned transformation and automation initiatives, including close cycle time, manual effort reduction, exception volumes, and other key performance indicators, and recommend further improvements based on those results.
Leads 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, and support month-end and quarter-end close activities as needed to validate system changes and confirm reporting accuracy.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.