Title:  Supervisor Accounting

Date:  Nov 30, 2024
Location: 

Mississauga, ON, CA, L5J 2Y3

Basic Function

Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. (PCLI), an HF Sinclair company is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Plant Accounting Supervisor to oversee the financial operations and reporting for the Petro-Canada Lubricants Plant. The successful candidate will manage a team of three accountants and analysts, ensuring accurate financial data, compliance with industry regulations, and efficient financial processes. This role requires strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of refinery operations, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments.

Job Duties

Financial Reporting and Analysis:

  • Oversee the preparation of and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for the refinery
  • Ensure compliance with US GAAP and SOX
  • Assist VP Operations Mississauga and Sr. Advisor Finance in developing the Rack Back budget

Compliance and Internal Controls:

  • Maintain and enforce internal control policies and procedures to safeguard company assets
  • Ensure compliance with government environmental regulations
  • Assist with internal and external audits, providing necessary documentation and explanations

Operational Support:

  • Collaborate with operations, procurement, and other departments to provide financial insights and support decision-making
  • Monitor tank inventory levels and valuation, and plant unit balancing ensuring accurate recording and reporting of feedstock and base oils
  • Review and approve capital expenditure requests, ensuring alignment with budgetary constraints and strategic goals

Process Improvement:

  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the accounting function
  • Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and technological advancements in accounting and refinery operations

 

Special assignments or tasks may be assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.

Experience

  • Minimum of 8 years of accounting experience. 
  • Strong understanding of Accounting Principles, financial reporting, and audit
  • Experience in a supervisory capacity would be preferred
  • Experience with SAP and BW/BI would be an asset
  • Experience in the oil and gas industry, specifically in refinery accounting, is highly desirable

Education Level

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • CPA or equivalent certification preferred

Required Skills

  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

  • Manage and mentor a team of accountants and analysts, providing guidance and support in their daily tasks
  • Oversee the daily operations of the Plant Accounting department, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting, and tank inventory and plant unit balancing
  • Conduct performance evaluations and provide professional development opportunities for team members

Work Conditions

  • Hybrid role – onsite in office minimum 3 days a week
  • Office environment within a refinery setting
  • Occasional travel to Lakeshore office
  • Occasional travel to Dallas head office and/or other US plant locations as require

Physical Requirements

Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, lifting or carrying up to 25 lbs., pushing or pulling up to 25 lbs., perceiving color differences.  Job conditions may require twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted.

Our One HF Sinclair Culture:

At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization.

We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.