Project Accounting Analyst
Houston, TX - USA
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Job Summary
The Project Accounting team is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of Vitols asset-based projects including booking project-related transactions monitoring project budgets and providing real-time reporting and analysis to project teams and management.
The Project Accounting Analyst will work closely with project managers developers vendors stakeholders and other members of the Finance organization to support accurate financial reporting effective project controls and informed decision-making. This is a highly collaborative role suited to someone who is detail-oriented proactive and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities may include:
Reporting and Analysis:
- Track and report on project capex and opex budget to actuals providing real-time and lookback views for development teams
- Support the preparation of project board reporting including capex and development spend and operating EBITDA
- Maintain documentation of board approvals project budgets and forecasts
- Support audit and financial statement preparation for project entities as needed
Project Controls and Vendor/Developer Relationships:
- Own relationships with project developers and vendors ensuring timely communication and resolution of financial issues
- Review unpaid invoices and open cash identifying and reporting outstanding items to project teams and developers
Project Expense Processing:
- Review and reconcile project costs ensuring completeness and accuracy against project budgets
- Monitor and report on project cash flow including remittances deposits and prepaids
- Process and book all project-related invoices (including capital expenditures development deposits prepayments and operating expenses)
- Prepare and review journal entries for project transactions including accruals and reclassifications as assets are received or projects progress
- Maintain documentation of board approvals and project status summarizing and communicating key impacts to other accounting teams
Other
- Support transaction activities for purchases and sales of assets
- Read and summarize contracts and agreements related to transactions leases construction and energy offtake
- Build new processes and identify automation opportunities for existing processes using tools such as Alteryx AI and Python
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in accounting preferred
- 2 years of experience in a General Accounting function
- CPA strongly preferred; must be CPA eligible at a minimum
- Fundamental accounting skills required
- Strong Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft applications including but not limited to Outlook and Word
Additional Information :
Successful Candidates will:
- Be self-motivated detail-oriented and highly organized
- Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with a wide variety of people with courtesy and professionalism
- Ability to successfully perform multiple tasks often with strict or changing deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Be curious creative and up for a challenge
- Have a genuine desire to build relationships across a global business
- Have strong quantitative analytical and critical thinking skills
- Have a strong sense of accountability and ownership of key deliverables
- Earn the trust of others by continuously demonstrating the ability to follow-through
- Maintain a regular dependable attendance and high level of performance
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. Because of the collaborative fast-paced and high energy nature of our business Vitol requires team members to work from our fully equipped office
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
We are a leader in the energy sector with a presence across the spectrum; from oil through to power, renewables and carbon credits. Every day we use our expertise to distribute energy around the world. We source from producers, refiners and intermediaries and deliver to refineries, ut ... View more