Senior Accountant, Pipelines and BDL Accounting

Buckeye is the premier infrastructure and logistics provider for the world’s energy needs, both today and tomorrow. Since 1886, we have successfully navigated transitions in the way energy has been distributed to continually meet the needs of an evolving market and industry environment. Our people are a critical element to the success and longevity of our operational history and our future as we seek to thrive through the energy transition.

We own and operate a diversified global network of integrated assets providing midstream logistic solutions, primarily consisting of the transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of liquid petroleum products. We are committed to safely and responsibly providing world-class service to meet the continually evolving energy needs of our customers and the communities we serve. As part of this commitment to our customers, we are continually diversifying our platform and service offerings to enable less carbon intensive energy solutions and undertaking decarbonization efforts on our operations.

Role Summary:

The Senior Accountant role is responsible for supporting the accounting department, and accounting leadership in their particular function, by providing advanced accounting support, preparing and reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, detailed variance analysis as well as performing inter-company accounting, supporting the monthly close process, supporting the budgeting process, coordinating special projects, leading and/or supporting new initiatives to improve analytics and reporting results to upper management and participating in other general accounting projects as assigned.

Responsibilities include:

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  Account Reconciliations and Journal Entries. Prepare and record various monthly account reconciliations and review reconciliations prepared by others. Analyze various general ledger accounts on a regular basis, prepare recurring and other journal entries to support the monthly close process and coordinate the team’s efforts to clear such items, and ensure that documentation meets the standards of sound internal controls, as needed.

  
  


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  Reporting. Lead and coordinate monthly reporting and accounting close duties for function. Support and review the preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for accounting managers, senior leaders and other departments as necessary. Communicate monthly results to management and other business units. May be responsible for creating Board of Directors information packages for insertion into periodic Boards of Directors’ meetings presentations.

  
  


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  Month Close. Leads the close process to insure all involved personnel are meeting deadlines, that the functional close process is completed in a timely manner and supports the monthly close process by preparing various journal entries, performing analytics and assisting with review of journals.

  
  


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  Compliance. Establishing and maintaining appropriate accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, GAAP, IFRS, FERC and other applicable regulatory policies and standards. Proactively identifying potential issues and developing remedial action to prevent the occurrence of deficiencies.

  
  


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  Processes and Procedures. Identifying new processes and reviewing existing ones to create more efficient workflows and insuring controls for processes are sufficient and compliant. Leveraging technology to automate processes and procedures surrounding financial reporting and analysis and assuming ownership of special projects to develop and implement improvements in current processes and systems.

  
  


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  Leadership. Overseeing people management aspects of the function including performance, recruitment and employee development while serving as a key resource for the function for training and mentoring less senior accountants. May have some supervisory responsibilities.

  
  


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  Monthly Analyses. Prepare and review monthly analyses, including budget-to-actual, prior-year variances and other key performance indicators for senior management and Board financial-review packages.

  
  


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  Cross-functional support. Participate in special projects and support other accounting functions as needed.

  
  


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  Audit Support. Acting as primary contact for audit requests to insure a timely response and prepare supporting schedules for audit activities as assigned. Interfacing with internal and external auditors at various times during the year.

  
  


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  Budgeting. Assist in the preparation of budgets as needed.

  
  


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  Acquisitions. Providing assistance with assimilating purchase acquisitions into company records.

  
  


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  And other duties as assigned.

  
  

 Position Requirements:

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  Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

  
  


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  6-8 years of experience in an Accounting or Finance role

  
  


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  Travel requirements are limited in this role

  
  

Certificates & Licenses:

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  CPA eligible preferred

  
  

 Other Skills, Attributes and Abilities:

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  Works with a substantial level of autonomy with the ability to work independently on all accounting tasks. Performs work under very limited supervision. Self-starter, creates and leads their own work to better their function and the department as a whole.

  
  


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  Advanced understanding of accounting principles, systems and processes with advanced functional knowledge.

  
  


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  High understanding of technical accounting concepts and procedures.

  
  


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  High ability to train and develop other accounting professionals on basic and advanced accounting principles applicable to their function and potentially some other functions as well.

  
  


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  Ability to work independently on highly complex accounting issues. Delivers proposed resolutions when raising issues. Consistently works on a broader range of tasks including routine and non-routine tasks. Facilitates training, leads meetings and projects within the group. Delivers reports and presentations for the function and department leaders. Identifies opportunities to leverage technology to automate or improve reporting, processes, efficiency, etc. Leads significant projects.

  
  


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  Typically supervises and leads a team of other accounting professionals and is expected to provide coaching and guidance to other accounting professionals within their function. May have oversight responsibility (directly or indirectly) of one or more employees with the expectation of providing strong leadership, direction and development of team.

  
  


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  Has an in-depth business understanding across segments with a strong understanding of how their role impacts the success of Buckeye's business operations. High-level understanding of business units, their function and the other functions within the department. Has built a network of peers throughout the business. Can effectively discuss and teach others how Buckeye operates and how functions / business units work.

  
  


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  Demonstrates the ability to influence peers on solutions to issues. Ability to articulate various resolution options to others outside of the group or across teams, collaborates with other departments. Listens to feedback, provides clear vision for the team, shares their views and articulates solutions in group meetings and when discussing issues. Ability to communicate with emotional intelligence, share opposing ideas and identify ways to address issues while respecting other views and compromising when necessary.

  
  


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  Proficient moderate to high-level problem solver. Can identify general and business specific issues, determine resolution options and can provide oral and written solutions to management and other departments.

  
  


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  Exercises significant discretion in approach to solutions but errors have moderate to high impact

  
  


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  Teamwork inclination and ability to work effectively and efficiently among team. Has a high teamwork expectation that is communicated to the team.

  
  

 Essential Functions:

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  This position requires the ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and or/quantitative productivity standards.

  
  


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  This role requires the ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

  
  


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  This position requires compliance with all personnel policies.

  
  

Physical & Safety Requirements:

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  The person in this position needs to occasionally move inside the office to access file cabinets, office equipment, etc.

  
  


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  The employee is frequently required to effectively communicate with others. 

  
  

About You:

To be successful in the Buckeye culture, our employees must possess a demonstrated commitment to environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance. Excellent communication, both written and verbal, as well as strong organizational skills are paramount. You must work independently and be able to exercise tact, discretion, and professionalism when dealing with internal and external customers, and when handling sensitive and confidential information.
 

Buckeye wants to create and reward an organizational focus that stimulates the creative and entrepreneurial actions of its employees that result in innovative ways of reducing costs, generating revenues, improving productivity, or improving processes.
 

People First Culture: 

From managing over 5,000 miles of pipeline to commercializing clean energy projects, our people collaborate to provide world-class service and meet the changing energy needs of our customers. Our employee-first culture means that we invest in our employees and equip them to be fully contributing members of high performing teams. We are focused on collaboration, inclusion, empowerment, accountability, and professional development. We want the best in you to bring out the best in us. 
 

Join us as we work together to build a business that is responsive to the needs of the future while continuing to serve the energy needs of communities today.