OxyChem General Ledger Senior Accountant

About the role

This position is a key player in the General Ledger group and requires a business-curious mindset. It allows the candidate to drive financial reporting, support continuous process improvement, and serve as a technical and leadership resource within the accounting team in Dallas, TX.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex Balance Sheet reconciliations and prepare monthly accounting journal entries, including intercompany.
• Perform in-depth financial statements and variance analysis.
• Aid in performing research to ensure compliance with GAAP and other reporting requirements.
• Provide support for internal audits, external audits, government and tax reporting.
• Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of accounting data, effectiveness of existing accounting procedures and controls, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Develop, recommend, and implement accounting practices to promote consistency, application of best practices, task automation, and efficiencies.
• Ensure transactions are properly supported, and are in accordance with GAAP, SOX, internal controls and other regulatory requirements.
• Train or mentor junior team members.
• Ad-hoc reporting, and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (with a minimum 18 hours of Accounting)
• 3+ years of professional accounting experience
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, GAAS and financial reporting requirements
• Experience with large ERP systems (SAP S/4 Hana preferred) and advanced proficiency in Excel
• Experience using OneStream or similar corporate consolidation reporting system
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines with the ability to work extended hours during close and key reporting deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to nonfinance stakeholders and accounting management
• Experience in a Sox-compliant environment
• Independent self-starter, with a growth mindset that seeks learnings opportunities to drive change by embracing digital transformation and innovatively enhance accounting processes

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Public accounting experience preferred
• Manufacturing experience preferred
• MBA, CPA or CPA eligibility preferred
• Ability to adapt quickly and maintain flexibility with regards to ad-hoc project, and areas of responsibility
• Experience with intercompany transactions and reconciliations
• Experience with IBM Planning Analytics (preferred), SQL, Tableau, Power BI or similar BI/data tool
• Experience with continuous improvement by reducing recurring errors, rework and redundancies
• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills with experience partnering with FP&A, Internal Audit, and other business groups
• Exposure to emerging technologies used to enhance accounting processes, close efficiency, or financial analysis i.e., AI-enabled tools or analytics

Pay

Competitive pay and benefits package offered.

Schedule

Full-time position.