Senior Accountant - Blue Point

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Function:
Finance & Accounting

Job Summary:

The Senior Accountant prepares and focuses on preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, management reporting and performs financial analyses while ensuring internal controls are adhered to.

Job Description:

Plant

• Prepares monthly journal entries into the SAP system ensuring timely, accurate and efficient recording and analysis of month-end and year-end transactions;
• Prepare capital expenditure accruals
• Prepare intercompany journal entries
• Reconcile various balance sheet account reconciliations including construction in progress;
• Coordinate with project managers to identify unbilled work and prepare accruals;
• Prepare capitalization forms;
• Assist with preparation of project reporting;
• Review and approve purchase requisitions, purchase orders and vendor invoices;
• Participate in audits as required.

Internal Controls

Understands and complies with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal controls efforts. Identifies and brings to the attention of department management internal controls deficiencies.

Incumbent Attributes:

• Education: BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience typically required to complete all essential job functions.
  • CPA candidate preferred
• Years of experience: Typically, 4 or more years of related professional work experience is required to complete all essential job functions
• Other unique job relevant attributes:
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
  • Ability to function effectively while meeting deadlines
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Prior experience with construction or large-scale capital projects preferred
  • Strong SAP experience and Microsoft experience
  • Ability to interpret contracts and supplier agreements

Position Scope/Contribution

• Breadth of Scope: Scope is typically within a single functional area or work team. Typically performs increased coordination and interaction with multiple functions. Impact is generally limited to the functional area(s) supported.
• Communications and Interpersonal Skills: Regularly communicates both in writing and verbally. Communicates with internal and external customers and others related to work function such as a vendor. Information exchanged generally requires intermediate knowledge. Some influence and persuasion may take place with teammates
• Complexity: May work with increasingly complex challenges or problems. Work entails detailed planning of own activities and immediate work team. Requires using some logic, judgment, option identification and critical thinking skills to assess situations
• Decision Making Authority: Decisions are governed by established policies and procedures within normal job duties based on prior similar situations and precedents. Seeks guidance and decision-making from supervisor or lead for exceptions to standard operating procedures and policies.
• Financial Accountability: Decisions made may impact profit or loss however decisions are governed by organizational policies and not personal independent actions
• Strategic Influence: May impact the execution or achievement of short-term strategic initiatives but is not involved in the planning process

Estimated base pay for the position is typically between: $75,400 - $99,600

The actual base pay for the position may be influenced by factors such as education, training, skills, qualifications, competencies, years of experience, job-related knowledge, and scope of the role, and could be outside of the posted pay range.

In addition to base pay, an incentive program is available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including two medical plan options, a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match, dental and vision benefits, a well-being incentive program, 401(k) Plan which provides a potential of receiving between 10% and 13% of employer's contribution, life and disability insurance, paid time off programs and much more! Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

For more detailed information on the CF programs, please visit our Total Rewards website at: https://cftotalrewards.com/ .

FMLA:

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf

• Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the "Canadian Human Rights Act".

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at talentacquisition@cfindustries.com.

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