Accounting Specialist

Basic Function

Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. (PCLI), an HF Sinclair company, is looking for a full-time Lubricants Accounting Specialist. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Accounting, the Lubricants Accounting Specialist is a key member of the Accounting Team and ensures that inventory within scope of our business is valued/costed appropriately, monitors reviews of physical existence of inventory at all locations, and reviews inventory movements for valid transactions. It champions processes and management systems within Accounting and the Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc businesses ensuring stringent adherence to accounting policy, standard operating procedures, SOX processes and controls and other internal processes so that Lubricants can maintain accurate, timely and useful financial statements.

Job Duties

• Supporting Lubricants Accounting in:
  • Month end accounting
  • Inventory valuation and controls
  • Account reconciliations preparation/review
  • Performing various assigned financial calculations, maintenance and creation of schedules, reports, review of contracts, invoices and other financial data
  • Recording/amortizing swaps, hedging and various debt instruments
  • Cash & banking support
• Oversee master data changes in SAP red box
• Assist in audit requests for all statutory and US GAAP accounting and tax requirements
• Participate in the accounting review of the accuracy and completeness of the monthly financial statements, ensuring their integrity through proper reconciliation and analysis, including month end support and variance analysis
• Project execution leadership (authoritative and non-authoritative), including possibly M&A requirements and SAP upgrades and/or implementations
• Compliance with IFRS, US GAAP, and HFC accounting and corporate policies and procedures, internal controls and SoX, including identification of non-compliances, their investigation and resolution
• Support the Finance team from time to time, including assistance with budget, forecasting, and financial statement analysis

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion

Experience

• Minimum ten years of relevant accounting experience
• Leadership experience (non-authoritative or other)

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in an accounting/finance field
• CPA (or equivalent such as ACCA) accounting designation required

Required Skills

• Strong understanding and working knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP
• Ability to integrate accounting standards, company policies and procedures, internal and SoX controls, operational issues
• Solid knowledge of SAP (FI, CO, PM, MM), Outlook, WORD, BW or BI
• Expert knowledge of EXCEL – tools and formulas including. Ability to understand complex models, and investigate and troubleshoot issues
• Understanding of SoX and financial controls.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, interpersonal and communication skills to manage and resolve issues and maintain business partner relationships
• Have a continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to multi task and work independently

Work Conditions

• In Office (Monday to Thursday), Work from Home - Friday option
• Role may require extended hours during critical period such as month-end, quarter and year-end close
• Inventory related duties will require occasional travel to the plant and warehouse near by
• Our hiring process incorporates AI tools to assist with the recruitment process
• This job posting is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization
• The salary range for this position is $86,000 - $115,000 annually, based on experience and qualifiations

Physical Requirements

• Job conditions require sitting, talking or hearing and high degree of computer work
• May require climbing tall steps to observe inventory counts and tank dips (twice per year)

Our One HF Sinclair Culture:

At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization. We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.