What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Accounting Analyst position at Vitol?
Company Description
Vitol is a leader in the energy sector with a presence across the spectrum: from oil through to power, renewables and carbon. From 40 offices worldwide, we seek to add value across the energy supply chain, including deploying our scale and market understanding to help facilitate the energy transition. To date, we have committed over $2 billion of capital to renewable projects, and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.
Job Description
The Corporate Accounting Analysts serve as vital members of our accounting and finance organization. The team is comprised of individuals who have a proven track record of expanding their value-added impact far more broadly than a traditional accounting role would allow. This role will play an integral part in managing the accounting process and internal controls for a various projects and entities. The position provides valuable general accounting experience with potential growth into areas such as Financial Reporting and Deal Accounting.
Responsibilities may include:
Prepare Journal Entries:
- Book accruals, reserves, reclasses, depreciation, and other necessary general accounting entries
- Book and pay company payroll and overhead costs
- Record intercompany transactions and fundings
- Interface with external service providers and local Vitol offices to ensure correct accounting treatment
Manage Remittances:
- Post and apply daily cash receipts and payments
- Reconcile daily and monthly bank statements
- Bank account maintenance, including linking accounts from Vista to Vega and maintaining the check process
- Assist in the transition to SWIFT
Monthly Closing Process and Related Analysis:
- Perform various monthly closing processes including coding review, intercompany reconciliation, and overhead analysis
- Prepare fixed asset rollforward schedules and perform corresponding analytical code checks
- Analyze financial information; recognize and report on significant variances, trends and irregularities
- Assist in consolidation process
- Perform overhead analysis and related reporting for management
- Assist with external financial statement audits
Develop and Maintain Internal Controls:
- Design and test internal controls for Vega processes
- Maintain Delegation of Authority (DOA) and expense approver flow
- Manage and maintain Concur reporting system and employee expense reporting process
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred
- 2 years of experience in a General Accounting function
- CPA strongly preferred; must be CPA eligible at a minimum
- Fundamental accounting skills required
- Strong Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft applications, including but not limited to Outlook and Word
Additional Information
Successful Candidates will:
- Be self-motivated, detail-oriented and highly organized
- Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with a wide variety of people with courtesy and professionalism
- Ability to successfully perform multiple tasks, often with strict or changing deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Be curious, creative and up for a challenge
- Have a genuine desire to build relationships across a global business
- Have strong quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Have a strong sense of accountability and ownership of key deliverables
- Earn the trust of others by continuously demonstrating the ability to follow-through
- Maintain a regular, dependable attendance and high level of performance
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
