Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Manager

Allegiance Refining, LLC is located in San Antonio, Texas. We operate by three tenets:

Safety:
We aim for everyone to go home safely every day and strive for an accident and incident-free workplace.

Stewardship:
We are stewards of the assets we operate and are committed to being safe and environmentally responsible.

Service:
We strive to provide first-class service to our customers.

We are a family-owned, private company of approximately 100 employees operating a 21kbpd conventional oil refinery with integrated terminal and pipeline assets in San Antonio, Texas. Our culture is hands-on, entrepreneurial, and collaborative; leaders are expected to wear multiple hats, improve processes, and help the business scale responsibly.

The Controller owns day-to-day accounting operations and monthly, quarterly, and annual close; produces accurate and timely financial statements under US GAAP; builds scalable processes, controls, and systems; and partners with operations to drive performance across refinery and terminal activities. The Controller will manage a small, versatile team, coordinate audits, and be a key steward of cash, working capital, budgeting, annual financial audits, and capital projects (including turnarounds/CAPEX).

The ideal leader is a practical builder- equally comfortable rolling up sleeves and advising senior leadership.

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across refinery and terminal entities; ensure accurate US GAAP financial statements, reconciliations, and variance analyses.
• Own consolidation, intercompany, and eliminations; prepare insightful budget vs. actual reporting packages for leaders and budget owners.
• Maintain and continuously improve the close calendar, materiality thresholds, and review controls to shorten close cycle time without sacrificing accuracy.
• Oversee AP/AR, cash applications, expense management (including corporate cards), fixed assets, inventory, and project accounting (CAPEX/turnarounds).
• Strengthen an effective internal control environment (policy design, documentation, testing) appropriate for a private, mid-sized, multi-site operator; remediate gaps quickly.
• Manage annual 1099 process and support tax providers with clean, timely work papers.
• Coordinate the annual budget process; build rolling forecasts (income, cash, CAPEX) and operational dashboards that help leaders act early.
• Partner with refinery, terminal, and pipeline leaders on unit costs, yield/loss, inventory valuation, and turnaround performance to improve margins and cash conversion.
• Serve as primary contact for the annual financial audit; deliver a smooth audit through strong pre-close discipline and well-prepared PBCs.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual obligations, and lender reporting; help evaluate and mitigate financial risks.
• Own the accounting systems stack (ERP, subledgers, connected apps); drive automation, standardization, and documentation to reduce manual work and error risk.
• Collaborate effectively with Operations, Commercial, HR, IT, and HSE; communicate proactively and transparently.
• Lead, coach, and develop a small, high-impact accounting and procurement team; set clear expectations, cross-train to build resilience, and model a strong work ethic aligned with a family-owned culture.

• 10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including senior accounting leadership in a multi-site manufacturing, refining, chemical or energy business with continuous operations.
• Deep experience with inventory accounting in a physical, loss-sensitive environment.
• CPA strongly preferred; bachelor’s in accounting or finance required (master’s a plus).
• Demonstrated mastery of US GAAP, financial close, consolidations, intercompany, and technical accounting.
• Hands-on experience with AP/AR, fixed assets/CAPEX, and turnaround/project accounting.
• Proven record improving process, policy, and internal controls in a resource-lean environment.
• Excellent communication, prioritization, and relationship skills

• Industry exposure to refining and terminals assets
• Experience supporting treasury, credit and lender reporting.
• Background in private, owner-operated, or family-owned businesses.

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing
• Periodic presence in operational areas (refinery/terminals) with appropriate PPE