OxyChem General Ledger Senior Accountant

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. OxyChem’s products play an essential role in everyday life, supporting critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, personal hygiene, and residential and commercial construction. OxyChem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OxyChem is a top three U.S. manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali and chlorinated organic chemicals, and calcium chloride. Visit oxychem.com for more information.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

This position is a key player in the General Ledger group and requires a business‑curious mindset. It allows the candidate to drive financial reporting, support continuous process improvement, and serve as a technical and leadership resource within the accounting team in Dallas, TX. 

Essential Job Duties:

• Prepare complex Balance Sheet reconciliations and prepare monthly accounting journal entries, including intercompany.

• Perform in-depth financial statements and variance analysis.

• Assist in performing research to ensure compliance with GAAP and other reporting requirements.

• Provide support for internal audits, external audits, government and tax reporting

• Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of accounting data, effectiveness of existing accounting procedures and controls, and make recommendations for improvement.

• Develop, recommend, and implement accounting practices to promote consistency, application of best practices, task automation, and efficiencies.

• Ensure transactions are properly supported, and are in accordance with GAAP, SOX, internal controls and other regulatory requirements.

• Train or mentor junior team members.

• Ad-hoc reporting, and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (with a minimum 18 hours of Accounting)

• 3+ years of professional accounting experience.

• Strong knowledge of GAAP, GAAS and financial reporting requirements.

• Experience with large ERP systems (SAP S/4 Hana preferred) and advanced proficiency in Excel.

• Experience using OneStream or similar corporate consolidation reporting system.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines with the ability to work extended hours during close and key reporting deadlines. 

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills to identify issues and deal with them directly.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to nonfinance stakeholders and accounting management.

• Experience in a Sox-compliant environment.

• Independent self-starter, with a growth mindset that seeks learnings opportunities to drive change by embracing digital transformation and innovatively enhance accounting processes.

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• Public accounting experience preferred.

• Manufacturing experience preferred.

• MBA, CPA or CPA eligibility preferred.

• Ability to adapt quickly and maintain flexibility with regards to ad-hoc project, and areas of responsibility. 

• Experience with intercompany transactions and reconciliations.

• Experience with IBM Planning Analytics (preferred), SQL, Tableau, Power BI or similar BI/data tool.

• Experience with continuous improvement by reducing recurring errors, rework and redundancies.

• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills with experience partnering with FP&A, Internal Audit, and other business groups.

• Exposure to emerging technologies used to enhance accounting processes, close efficiency, or financial analysis i.e., AI-enabled tools or analytics.

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