Senior Accountant

Join Our Team!! At World Oil we strive to be an employer of choice by recruiting, developing, and retaining a high performing and diverse workforce. As a family-owned company, our focus in work life balance fosters a healthy, safe, and productive work environment for all employees. World Oil values its amazing workforce that has contributed to the company’s success for over 80 years! Learn more about us at: https://worldoilcorp.com/about-us/. As part of the Company’s employment screening process, any applicant to whom an offer of employment is made must pass a test for controlled substances, under the procedures of World Oil Drug & Alcohol policy. Employment offers are conditioned on a negative test result. Position Summary: The Senior Accountant is responsible for the day-to-day accounting, preparing supporting reconciliation schedules such as prepaids, accruals, bank reconciliations, and fixed asset schedules. The Senior Accountant will liaise closely with other departments. The Senior Accountant reports to the Accounting Manager and performs essential duties in the Finance department. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: - Support the month-end and year-end close process to ensure accurate and timely reporting. - Prepare monthly balance sheets and income statements in compliance with GAAP. - Reconcile general ledger accounts, analyzing data to ensure entries are complete and accurate. - Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and regulations, including tax and regulatory filings. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing and human resources, to support business objectives. - Prepare financial analysis to support business decision-making. - Provide ad-hoc analysis as required. - Perform bank reconciliations by examining bank statements and reconciling with general ledger entries in a timely and accurate manner. - Review capital projects to ensure accurate accounting and reporting. - Maintain accurate lease accounting records. - Complete various accounting tasks at the end of the month, such as posting journal entries, running depreciation, reconciling fixed asset schedules, recording intercompany journal entries, reconciling prepaid schedules, preparing accrual schedules, running financial reports, and preparing other account reconciliations as required. - Provide support to external auditors and tax consultants as requested. Other Functions: - Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of accounting operations as needed. - Perform other related duties as assigned. Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related business field. Years of Experience: 5 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Knowledge of principles and facts related to business administration and accounting, human and material resource management in organizations, sales and marketing, economics, and office information and organizing systems. - Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). - Knowledge of using mathematics to solve problems. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. - Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. - Ability to remain attentive to detail and accuracy. - Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. - Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. Preferred Qualifications: - Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred. - Previous work experience in a manufacturing or related environment preferred. - Public Accounting experience preferred. - Experience with an ERP system, preferably NetSuite California Pay Transparency Notice: Posted pay ranges are provided in accordance with California pay transparency requirements and reflect the Company's current anticipated compensation for the position at the time of posting. Compensation ranges are periodically reviewed and may be revised based on business needs, market conditions, internal equity, budgetary considerations, and other legitimate business factors. EEO Statement: It is the policy of World Oil and its subsidiaries to provide equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, military/veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, or any other status protected by state or federal law.