Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Primary Purpose:

 

The Senior Accountant is primarily responsible for performing a full spectrum of revenue and general accounting activities, including month-end close, account reconciliations, internal controls, and operational accounting support. The Senior Accountant also serves as the gatekeeper for SAP modules ensuring that all SAP-related issues, enhancements, and upgrades are addressed in a timely manner and in accordance with best practices.

This position is located in Houston, Texas.  Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) will be required.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Prepare monthly customer invoices based on multi-year liquefaction and regasification tolling agreements, ensuring billing support is complete and invoices are prepared in accordance with contract terms and process requirements. Serve as the primary contact for customer billing inquiries, provide invoice support, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to resolve billing-related issues in a timely manner.
• Perform revenue accounting activities, including revenue recognition, deferred revenue accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, and analyses in accordance with applicable accounting guidance and Company policies.
• Perform month-end close activities, including but not limited to prepaids, operational and system accruals, journal entries and account reconciliations for assigned accounts, ensuring balances are accurate, properly supported, and appropriately presented in the financial statements.
• Prepare monthly analyses by comparing actual results vs. forecast and budget, researching accounting transactions, and working with budget owners to analyze and explain significant variances.
• Identify areas for process improvement and serve as a finance liaison for SAP and other financial systems, supporting system enhancements, integrations, issue resolution, and process optimization initiatives.
• Support SAP governance activities, including workflow and access administration, and coordination with IT on system controls and change management.
• Execute key controls for assigned areas, maintain control documentation, perform periodic control self-assessments, and support audit and compliance requirements.

• Prepare documentation in support of external and internal audits.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis and investigate issues requiring explanations and interpretation
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Education :

• Requires a bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting, finance, economics, related business administration field.
• CPA, CMA, MBA and/or other professional certificates/advanced degrees are preferred.

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of related public or private accounting experience. Requires public and/or professional accounting experience.

Skills/ Knowledge/ Abilities:

• Excellent accounting and financial skills.
• Strong proficiency in SAP and Microsoft products, particularly Excel, Power BI and other reporting tools is a plus.
• Highly proficient in analyzing data.
• Ability of estimation and form conclusions and depict future course based on the available financial details.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively partner with stakeholders across departments and communicate professionally with customers.
• Able to work with high accuracy and has the ability to work with high precision.
• Able to meet deadlines and may have to work under stress.

Physical Requirements :

• This position requires minimal physical effort.
• Must be able to endure prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day
• May occasionally lift up to 25 pounds at a time

Reasonable Accommodations:

Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions as defined per Company policy.