Accounting Controller Jobs

Plant Accounting Controller
Norco, LA
Overview
As the senior financial position at the plant, the Controller serves as the primary point of contact for all financial inquiries from internal and headquarters personnel at all levels. In addition, the Plant Controller has direct contact with external vendors, community representatives, and government representatives. The Plant Controller provides oversight, consulting and stewardship of all business activities that can affect the financial results of the plant and ensures that appropriate controls are in place to safeguard the company's assets and mitigate risks.
Responsibilities

• Monitors SOX periodic testing and follows through with process owners to ensure that identified control gaps are remediated in a timely manner.
• Supports turnaround and capital planning through review for appropriate accounting treatment or classification.
• Represents clients' interests in all interactions, business arrangements and financial dealings between client, subsidiaries, and the Operator.
• Oversees responsibilities of Warehouse group.
• Forecasts full P&L (revenue, cost of goods sold, operating expenses) and capital spending on a monthly basis.
• Promotes financial integrity in operating financial stewardship, strategic planning, and monthly financial close.
• Supports Headquarters, Corporate, and Refinery Accounting during monthly financial close including developing accruals and other required manual entries.
• Monitors changes in organization, systems, business processes to identify control risks and works with process owners to eliminate or mitigate the risk.
• Ensures appropriate internal controls processes are in place to ensure compliance with SOX requirements.
• Participates in quarterly subsidiary Board meetings by presenting financial performance, plans, and forecasts to the Board of Managers
• Coordinates all financial related audits.
• Leads and supports plant operation expense stewardship effort.
• Acts as an independent consultant reviewing overall turnaround cost on a frequent basis to ensure that actual and forecast information communicated to management reflect reality and that costs are properly categorized.
• Reviews and analyzes month-end data to ensure accuracy and timeliness of expenses.
• Provides Plant Manager and subsidiaries with timely, comprehensive analysis of financial results and analysis of variations from financial plans.
• Questions abnormalities, researches cause of significant variances from budget/forecast, and provide operation expense reconciliations.
• Coordinates Strategic Plan Process as required and establishes timeline for completion and review with leadership team.
• Coordinates and prepares GAP analysis, expense budget, and leads review with management.

Qualifications

• Master's or higher level degree preferred
• Ability to be geographically mobile preferred.
• CPA preferred.
• Bachelor's or higher level degree - Accounting required
• 10+ years of experience in the following area(s): refinery accounting or related industry, including 3 years of experience in a lead, supervisor or managerial role required.
• SAP system experience preferred.
• Must be willing to obtain TWIC

For immediate consideration, please send resumes to [email protected].
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