Product Costing Sr. Accountant
Position ID:
70346920
Org Unit:
GFO, General Accounting & Treasury Operations, AMR Inventory Costing
Location:
Tampico, MEX
Hiring Manager:
Nicole Olson
Job Grade:
12A
Chemistry that Matters™
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Job Summary
The Inventory Accountant will work closely with Operations, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and the Petrochemicals Business Unit (BU) Finance functions to ensure timely and accurate creation of auditable financial statements related to the assigned manufacturing operations. Product Costing Accountant will achieve this via execution of the monthly period end closing process, periodic reconciliation of accounts, thorough analysis, and the application of internal controls to ensure accuracy and proper controllership. Additional responsibilities include support of internal and external audits, and planning, auditing and execution of the annual Physical Inventory.
How You Can Be the Impact
- Direct accounting and reporting responsibility for Inventory and cost accounting for our Latin America manufacturing plants (Mexico, Argentina & Brazil)
- Complete month end close activities including journal entries, variance analysis and financial reporting
- Responsible for the successful completion of Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations for all assigned accounts
- Responsible for the oversight of the monthly cycle counting program
- Responsible for assisting Operations with the planning, execution and reconciliation of the annual physical inventory for the site
- Understand, establish and maintain a set of internal controls to help verify the accuracy of the financial results reported for the site
- Internal and external Audit support
- Responsible for Intern Management
- Responsible for project participation and/or project leadership
- Responsible for ad hoc business analysis in support of Controllership team
- Responsible for unique process ownership including freight analysis
- Participation in annual standards setting
What Matters to SABIC
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- At least 3-5 years of accounting is required
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP, IFRS, SOCPA)
- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience in MS Office skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- SAP experience is a plus
- Self-starter with ability to work independently
- Competent with business communication skills
- Proficient in English and Spanish
Physical Requirements: N/A