Senior Accountant

Overview:
Desert Fuels is looking for a Senior Accountant with superb GAAP Accounting skills to join and give direction to our current staff of 3 accountants. The fuel industry is complex. Thus the accounting for the massive amounts of money flowing through the bank accounts is a task that can only be completed by the most diligent, accurate, and efficient of accountants. Join a team of 10+ that really enjoys the work we do, take pride in it, feels like a family, and knows how to have fun too.

Job Functions

• Lead the accounting team – responsible for daily oversight of the accounting functions
• Cash Flows (daily) – prepare borrowing base certificate, reconcile to financial institution’s balances, post customer and supplier payments, project cash flows for the upcoming week.
• Maintain accounting records on a GAAP basis
• Post daily accounting activities and journal entries
• Reconcile general ledger activity on a monthly basis, including all intercompany transactions
• Prepare monthly financial statements for all entities within the consolidation, including cash flow statement, and necessary compliance reports
• Responsible for all audits (regulatory, compliance, and financial) including information gathering (including eliminating schedules for consolidation), inquiries, and reconciliation of findings and reports
• Analyze sales/gross margin reports daily
• All aspects of payroll – entering new EE in system, preparing and posting bi-weekly payroll, submit 401k deferrals to custodian, prepare 401k reports as necessary
• Develop, document, and enhance policies and procedures of the accounting department
• Responsible for all audits (regulatory, compliance, and financial) including information gathering, inquiries, and reconciliation of findings and reports
• Collaborate with other members of the Desert Fuels team to ensure the accuracy and completeness of accounting information
• Collaborate with Senior Management on various topics
• Accounting methodologies and new pronouncements
• Audit findings

What Does a Typical Day Look Like?

You’ll arrive at Desert Fuels early the morning. Your first task is to check in with your team to see how they are performing and if they need any help. After that you will begin on the in depth analysis of cash flows which includes reconciling bank accounts, posting customer and supplier payments, and projecting cash flows for the next week. After that you will reach out to our financial institutions requesting the funds for the day/week. After that you will begin working on tasks (assigned by other team members) and supporting them with doing analysis and research. A typical question would be, “Reseach why we have a loss on Invoice 123456. I thought we should have had a profit. Did we bill it incorrectly?” From there you would meet with the President about a new project to work on. Maybe analysis on sales, or maybe help tweaking a report to make it more accurate for actionable information. Then take a lunch at many of the restaurants nearby or munch your own lunch if you brought it.

In the afternoon you will enter some Journal Entries from transactions that have been made throughout the day and reconcile some transactions from our suppliers. Then continue working with a state or government audit request and compile information for the audit. Then in the last part of the day, you might work on some programming to streamline processes or come up with a new way of doing things to make your team more effective and efficient. At random times throughout the day you will be receiving calls for quick meetings with other team members and to help answer questions on projects they may be working on. Those come sporadically throughout the day.

This is a typical sample day, but there are hundreds of projects that the Senior Accountant will be working on any given day. One thing for sure is that there will never be a dull moment nor a lack of different and unique things to work on.

Requirements:

• BS degree with emphasis in accounting
• Consolidating company experience a MUST
• 4+ years experience in accounting
• 1+ years experience in management
• CPA a plus

Skills

• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Tenacious
• Excellent organization skills
• High standard of excellence
• Ability to learn quickly with minimal guidance
• Works well in a team environment
• SAP experience a plus

Benefits:

• $45,000 to $70,000 Annual Salary depending on experience.
• Generous 401k matching plan
• Health insurance is not provided, yet a health stipend can be allocated.
• A FANTASTIC team of people. We work well together, enjoy our jobs and take pride in our work. There is no weak link bringing others down. Every person on our team is a high-level performer!