Senior Accountant General Ledger

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following represents the majority of the duties performed by the position but is not meant to be all inclusive nor prevent other duties from being assigned when necessary.

1. Complies with DOT and OSHA health, safety, and environmental requirements and exemplifies the safety philosophy and procedures developed by the Company; integrates safe work practices into routine departmental operations and ensures employees are adequately trained to perform their work safely; monitors the workplace and with employees identifies conditions or behaviors that should be corrected to ensure unsafe or unhealthful conditions are avoided; investigates workplace incidents and takes prompt corrective action(s) necessary to ensure the safety and health of employees and prevent recurrence of incidents.
2. Enters all journal entries in the accounting system, ensuring accurate coding and appropriate supporting documentation.
3. Prepares and processes annual Forms 1099, including verification of vendor information and timely filing and distribution.
4. Completes the closeout of Expense, Warehouse Inventory, and Tracking AFE's in the accounting system, ensuring related transactions are accurately recorded.
5. Manages utility and power accounting, including invoice review, expense coding, accruals, and resolution of billing discrepancies.
6. Records cash transactions daily, prepares and enters all appropriate cash-related journal entries and reconciles all cash accounts, researching and resolving discrepancies promptly.
7. Prepares and completes reconciliations for retirement, environmental, accounts payable, accounts receivable, retained earnings, and accumulated other comprehensive income accounts, ensuring general ledger balances agrees with supporting records, researching and resolving discrepancies, preparing appropriate adjusting journal entries, and maintaining documentation for review and audit support.
8. Leads the Management of Change (MOC) process for master file maintenance of Accounts Payable vendors and Accounts Receivable shippers.

Education and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in accounting and a minimum of five (5) years in general accounting is required. Additional experience requiring compliance with FERC regulations is preferred and certification as a Certified Public Accountant is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to actively engage in safe behavior and understand and follow the principles and methods related to pipeline and workplace safety as established by the Company.
• Knowledge of emergency and safety procedures, policies procedures, equipment operating parameters, and all applicable DOT, EPA, FERC, DHS and OSHA requirements.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and practices, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Knowledge of principles and practices involved in an objective, systematic examination of evidence, providing an independent assessment of an organization's accounts, processes, performance, and/or financial situation in order to provide information to improve public accountability and facilitate decision-making.
• Knowledge of quantitative and variance analysis techniques used for internal controls.
• Knowledge of accounting systems, relational databases, and reporting tools.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

Bachelors or better in Accounting.

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