General Accountant
Optimus - People. Solutions. Delivered. · Houston, TX · 2 wk ago
AccountingContract
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations
- Maintain schedules for prepaids, fixed assets, leases, and depreciation
- Perform bank reconciliations and support monthly/quarterly close
- Prepare financial statements and consolidated reporting packages
- Support internal/external audits and maintain documentation/procedures
- Analyze SG&A, budgets, and variances; assist with management reporting
- Identify and implement process improvements
- Provide guidance to junior staff and assist with team coverage
Operational Accounting
- Manage ETRM-related settlements (AP/AR) and invoice processing
- Reconcile system interfaces and maintain data integrity
- Support commodity accounting, including inventory and transaction tie-outs
- Auxiliary monthly close for operational entities
- Maintain procedures and internal controls for settlements and gross margin
- Partner with commercial teams to ensure accurate trade capture
- Monitor and process commodity settlements
- Maintain master data (contracts, counterparties) in trading systems
- Support financial disclosures and tax compliance (sales/use, property tax)
- Act as a key contact for operational audits