Controller's - Senior Accounting Policy Advisor

Senior Accounting Policy Advisor

This is an excellent opportunity to apply your accounting acumen to various transactions and high impact accounting topics that come up working closely with the business, while also getting a big-picture view of the enterprise through preparing external disclosures in Chevron's annual 10-K and quarterly 10-Q reports.

Chevron is accepting online applications for the role of Senior Accounting Policy Advisor through July 12th m.

The Accounting Policy group is responsible for setting, documenting, and overseeing US GAAP accounting policies across the company, assist with complex transactions like corporate acquisitions and monitoring the company's financial exposures through the quarterly Significant and Unique Items (SUI) reporting process.

The Accounting Policy Advisor position serves as the primary contact for assigned Business Units and/or Corporate Functions, and is responsible for:
1) providing guidance to ensure financial statements are accurate and compliant with US GAAP; and
2) ensuring a consistent approach across the enterprise.

Key job responsibilities also include:

• Working closely with Business Units, others in Corporate Controllers and external auditors on a broad range of accounting policy matters and business transactions.
• Serving as primary contact and subject matter expert on various accounting policy topics, e.g., income tax accounting, impairments, acquisitions/divestments, inventory.
• Preparing assigned sections of quarterly 10-Qs, annual 10-K, and various other reporting activities.
• Monitoring evolving standard setting, assessing potential impact of changes to FASB/GAAP accounting standards and government regulations, and on occasion, preparing comment letters to standard setters on proposed changes to standards; implementing new accounting standards as needed.
• Building organizational capability and relationships through regular engagements with the business and conducting training sessions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience with meaningful technical accounting research exposure
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and ability to research, document, and defend accounting conclusions
• Experience preparing or reviewing technical accounting memos and audit-ready documentation
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Operations, Commercial, external advisors, and auditors
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with complex agreements, financial models, valuations, and supporting data
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple high-priority technical matters under tight reporting timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA strongly preferred
• Big Four technical accounting, audit, advisory, national office, or transaction accounting experience
• Experience with consolidations, impairment analyses, tax accounting, etc.
• Experience in energy
• SEC reporting

Relocation will be considered.

Expatriates will not be considered.

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