Accountant; Hybrid - Colorado Springs

Accountant (Hybrid Schedule) – Colorado Springs, CO

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. For more than 25 years, we have continued to grow and now operate coast-to-coast with more than 11,000 employees. Join our team and help shape the present and future of North America’s energy infrastructure with a career at Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan provides all employees with a safe, honest, trustworthy, ethical, respectful and professional work environment.

We believe in building friendly and personal long‑term relationships by supporting our employees with ongoing training, continued growth and internal advancement while cultivating teamwork and diversity with a culture of inclusion from various experiences and backgrounds. Dedicated to providing security to our employees, we offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k), a retirement contribution (pension plan) and more.

Provide accounting and analytical support to the Manager of Property Accounting including property accounting functions within the department related to reimbursable projects and other property activities which may include retirement of assets, running reports, project reviews, processing data requests, and closing projects to plant. In addition, support will be provided to record and paying royalty activities for various entities within the organization.

• Responsible for analysis and closing of reimbursable projects for the natural gas companies.
• Responsible for various property responsibilities including retirements, reporting and other property activities.
• Prepare and create payments for royalty payments related to storage facilities for three KM entities.
• Develop and maintain a positive working relationships between and with customers, project managers and departments supported.
• Deal with a wide variety of people with tact, courtesy and professionalism.
• Learn and apply various processes and systems within the Property Accounting department, including but not limited to CARS, PSA, Microsoft Access and Lawson, including Lawson Query Tool.
• Be a power user of KM’s financial software (Lawson) in the areas of activities, assets, and journal entries.
• Respond in a timely manner to data requests (asset classifications and valuations) from business development, regulatory/rates department, internal and external auditors, and others.
• Speak clearly, both in person and by telephone, using a high level of verbal skills, and listen carefully.
• Write effectively, and understand written communications, including but not limited to email.
• Maintain a regular, dependable attendance, and high level of performance.
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, the safety of company assets and employees, and the general public.
• Other daily, weekly and monthly duties as assigned.
• May be required to work non-traditional hours.
• This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule (M-W in office, Th & F at home).

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field is required OR a minimum of five years commensurate work experience with at least two years of core accounting/business courses.

• GAAP knowledge is imperative.
• Basic accounting knowledge of capital additions and retirements is desirable.

• Ability to retrieve and analyze large amounts of data in a short period of time from financial software (Lawson) and other customized databases (experience with Access desirable).
• Strong analytical skills and logical thought processes, with the ability to identify and resolve simple to complex property accounting issues.
• Ability to undertake large amounts of work in a prioritized and organized fashion, and to timely and successfully complete multiple tasks, often under strict deadlines.
• Must be able to analyze events at the transaction level, and apply sound and consistent policies to those events.
• Must be able to perform the required and expected duties with minimal supervision.
• Ability to accomplish specific, measurable goals, and to "see the big…