Accountant Iii Jobs

Position Title:

Accountant III

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday 8 am to 4 pm EST

Job Overview:

Reporting to the Director M&S Finance, this individual should have the potential to assume a leadership role with increased responsibility over the short term. The position is responsible for controlling, accounting and business partnering for all projects at the site. The incumbent is also expected to contribute to the improvement of M&S financial processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Controlling:

1. Review incurrence of expenditure (Purchase requests, contracts) to ensure compliance with company policies and internal controls. Review cost classification (Capex/Opex) for all transactions.

2. Lead the development of annual budget, quarterly forecasts and Strat Plan with the support of Site PMF.

3. Validate financial information included in monthly cost sheets of major projects and information for the steering committees. Reconcile for consistency with SAP. Challenge assumptions.

4. Spend & variance analysis for project spend as required and act as main contact for global requests for area of focus.

5. Coordinate to improve the financial processes under his/her responsibility within the finance team and Project team (robustness, simplification, harmonization of project control).

6. Create Internal Orders and assign budgets to monitor/report costs for individual phases of the projects.

Business Partnering:

1. Provide business partnering to the relevant areas in a manner to develop teamwork and to successfully achieve business targets. Be the key finance contact of the project team.

2. Ensure Project team is trained on compliance with financial policies & procedures.

Financial Accounting:

1. Review and enter month end entries in SAP including accruals/reclasses provided by Project teams along with testing of supporting documentation.

2. Calculate interest and staff costs to be charged to projects. Calculate FTE rates at the time of budget.

3. Enter/Upload actual expenditure in Shine as well as CRT and ensure all tools are aligned.

4. Process Closing Notices to ensure accurate capitalization of assets when the capital projects are finished.

5. Monthly reporting for key cost drivers; headcount, overtime & expenses.

Financial Analysis:

1. Perform financial analysis of all Strat projects (NPV, Payback) and update those calculations based on latest assumptions as and when required.

Experience:

Must have 2 to 4 years in project controller experience.

Skills:

Must have Excel proficiency

Must have strong communication skills

Must be able to work in teams as they will be a business partner