Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant The Opportunity

• Staff Accountant a growth-oriented downstream energy company
• Expand your skills and knowledge working with the Retail Accounting team -- you'll work with multiple cost centers and multiple stakeholders.
• Enjoy further professional development as you cross-train with other members of the team.
• Reporting to the Accounting Manager, this role supports the Pacific Northwest Retail business by preparing financial reports, creating capital projects and assets and daily cash reconciliation.

• Prepare daily and month-end bank reconciliations
• Post cash and other GL transactions in PDI and SAP
• Oversight of daily retail paperwork data entry and discrepancies
• Create capital projects and assets in SAP and verify project costs
• Review contracts for lease consideration and maintain leases in Co Star
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly financial reports and provide variance explanations
• Prepare and maintain supporting schedules, general ledger account reconciliations and SAP/PDI journal entries for the month end close
• Complete complex, detailed high volume reconciliations by accounting deadlines
• Provide support for business related accounting questions, accruals and other business related matters
• Provide recommendations on opportunities to be more efficient and/or provide cost savings opportunities to the business
• Support internal and external audits and information requests
• Participate in response to inquiries from management and regulatory agencies
• Recommend improvements to systems, processes, policies and procedures including SOX compliance
• Complete special projects or ad hoc duties as assigned

Note:

This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position. Additional responsibilities and opportunities may be identified based on current business needs.

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

Additional qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field of study required
• Minimum 5 years of accounting experience in private industry and/or public accounting preferred; industry experience preferred
• Clear understanding of GAAP financial statements required
• Ability to apply finance and accounting knowledge in performing daily activities required
• Must have strong Microsoft Office skills including the ability to develop sophisticated spreadsheets that include advanced and interactive functions such as macros/pivot tables or other advanced formulas required
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the organization in verbal and written form required
• Ability to develop relationships with business partners to best support the business required
• SAP and PDI experience preferred
• Detail oriented with ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines required
• Ability to work in office Monday through Thursday required, remote work option on Friday

At Par Pacific, we own and operate market-leading energy and infrastructure businesses in logistically complex markets. We have built a team of downstream industry veterans and subject matter experts to lead our organization with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative, problem solving approach. We bring our diverse strengths and motivation to complex markets where we seek out diamonds in the rough.

As a nimble, growing organization, we actively pursue new opportunities with corporate financing know-how, respond to local market demands, and adapt to changing external environments.

There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- a niche player in the energy space. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific employees. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneurial-minded professionals who love to win. Our RICH values describe how we approach our work:
Respect for Others, Integrity, Collaborative Innovation, and Heart. If that describes you, you'll fit right in.

Because Par Pacific operates in some of the most…