Accountant Senior

Provides advanced professional accounting expertise to ensure that transactions are accurately recorded, analyzed, and reported in a timely, cost-effective manner in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and in compliance with regulatory, state and federal requirements.

Essential Duties:

- Performs revenue and cost accounting functions.

- Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts.

- Performs financial statement analysis to explain variances in business unit results.

- Communicates directly with business unit personnel on accounting and general business issues.

- Determines proper handling of financial transactions.

- Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.

- Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.

- Identifies and recommends ways to improve accounting processes.

- Balance sheet reconciliations.

- Ad hoc projects as needed.

Non-Essential Duties:  Performs other duties as assigned.

All employees shall be in compliance with the Archrock Health Safety and Environmental Policy and local, statutory and/or regulatory requirements at all times.

Skills and Abilities: 

Ability to:

- Perform all essential duties.

- Advanced technical knowledge and ability to apply accounting theory and principles.

- Excellent communication and documentation skills.

- Interact effectively with various levels of staff and management across departments.                                                                               

- Adapts effectively to new and changing environments.                 

- Strong attention to detail, as well as demonstrated problem-solving and independent decision-making capabilities.

- Strong analytical skills with experience performing detailed financial statement flux analysis with advanced documentation and investigative skills.                                                                                                                   

- Exceptional organization, time-management, and prioritization skills, as well as on-the-job flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines.                                                                                                                                 

- Works independently through the use of initiative and self-motivation while maintaining high collaboration with manager, lead and peers.

Knowledge:

- Advanced knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting.

- Advanced knowledge and understanding of business processes (procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, capital asset accounting, etc.).                                                                                                            

- Development of solid understanding of economic factors affecting the company’s business.

- Proficiency in current versions of Microsoft Excel and Word required and ERP/Financial Systems (Oracle and Essbase) a plus.

- Demonstrated understanding of policies and procedures that apply to assignments and insight into the “why” as well as the “how”.    

 

Minimum Education and Certification:

- Bachelor's or Masters degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent from an accredited college or university.

- CPA or CPA candidate preferred.

Minimum Experience:

- 5 years relevant experience in an accounting or finance role.

- Experience in public accounting a plus.

Leadership:

- Expected to serve as a resource to others for knowledge transfer, training and checking work.

- May occasionally lead a special project or team.

Physical Demands:  (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)

- Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.

- Occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop.

- Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

- Ability to carry objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

Problem Solving:

- Recommends solutions to a diverse scope and range of complex problems where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.

- Solutions frequently require evaluation of variable factors, new approaches, planning and resourcefulness.

- Expected to regularly identify opportunities and to provide ideas, methods and innovations to enhance teamwork, efficiency