Job Title:  Senior Accountant
 
Department/Job Function:  Finance and Accounting
 
About Us:  SGS Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC) is a growing company with a proud tradition of excellence in providing product handling, operations, and logistics support at major oil refineries, chemical plants, and storage terminals in the United States and Canada. We are leaders in tankering barges, operating docks, switching railcars, operating warehouses, and loading and unloading tank cars and tank trucks with a variety of oil products and chemicals.  We offer competitive wages, advancement opportunities, and industry-leading training and safety programs.  Our excellent benefits package helps employees and their families maintain health, save money, and prepare for the future.  At SGS PSC, we are a family-oriented company that fuels integrity, teamwork, and ambition.  Our mission is to simply be the best at what we do and be recognized as the best.

Primary Responsibilities:  The Senior Accountant is a newly created position due to the growth of our company.  This position will be responsible for accounting, general ledger support, and financial statement preparation and analysis.
 
Specific Responsibilities:

• Prepare journal entries for monthly general ledger close.
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and research differences.
• Analyze general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy of records.
• Assists in the preparation and distribution of financial statements.
• Analyze financial statements for trends and variances against prior periods, budgets, and forecasts and report findings to management.
• Assist Accounting Manager with external audits.
• Perform banking tasks
• Reconcile 401k activity in general ledger to the administrator’s records monthly and assist with annual audit of the plan.
• Provide exceptional customer service to both external and internal customers.
• Remain current in accounting principles to ensure continuous improvement of procedures for optimal departmental performance and accuracy.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Skills/Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree with an emphasis in Accounting and at least four (4) years of progressive accounting experience specifically in month end close and financial statement preparation.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook); experience with Access is a plus.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Ability to establish goals, priorities, and expectations to obtain optimal performance.
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional demeanor.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
• Experience with Oracle preferred.
• Possess a broad understanding and knowledge of federal, state, and local financial reporting regulations and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Benefits:  Key benefits and services offered (depending on eligibility) include affordable options for medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; matching 401(k) plan; employee discounts; industry-leading training and leadership development programs; paid sick leave, vacations, and holidays; safety incentives and bonuses; and much more. 
 
Reporting to:  Accounting Manager, SGS PSC
 
Exempt or Non-Exempt:  Exempt
 
Hourly or Salary:  Salary
 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.