Marketing Marine Accounting Supervisor

Occidental Petroleum Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in Houston, TX seeks a Marketing Marine Accounting Supervisor to lead a team in crude marine volumes actualizations and settlements, reporting to the Marketing Accounting Director.

You will oversee month-end close, cash forecasts, invoicing reconciliations, and collaborate with treasury, front office, mid office, and analytics, while driving improvements and system integrations (Allegro 8, SAP).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance with at least 21 hours of accounting.
• Energy Marketing industry experience of 10+ years.
• Marine/crude specific experience as Volume Actualizations or Settlements Supervisor of 5+ years.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• Motivated to manage, motivate, and develop a large team to meet deadlines.
• Effective delegation and workload management to ensure deadlines.
• Positive attitude through adversity and team-oriented mindset.
• Self-directed and results-driven with ownership of tasks.
• Strong communication skills and continuous improvement mindset.
• Excel data mining and manipulation proficiency.
• Experience using a trading system; Allegro 8 preferred.
• Overtime during critical periods; relocation not provided; visa sponsorship not offered.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, and develop a team of 3+ specialists in crude marine volumes actualizations and settlements.
• Cultivate a strong team culture to encourage collaboration and cross-training.
• Oversee volumes actualizations and settlements for all crude marine activities, ensuring on-time and accurate completion.
• Ensure payable invoices are reconciled to the trading system and paid on-time.
• Ensure sales invoices are sent in a timely manner to secure cash receipt.
• Assist the team in researching volume discrepancies.
• Review monthly/daily cash forecasts and recommend improvements for a 3-month forecast accuracy.
• Provide working-capital variance explanations to treasury weekly, or as needed.
• Assist the team in researching and settling aged receivables and payables.
• Perform month-end closing procedures and submit reports on-time in accordance with the department calendar and schedule.
• Analyze inventory and explain volumetric variances between the current month, prior month, and forecasts.
• Review, approve, and understand account reconciliations, ensuring reconciling items are addressed timely.
• Collaborate with the financial analysis team for balance sheet and income statement analysis and margin tie-outs.
• Prepare and post recurring, standard, and adjusting journal entries in accordance with GAAP.
• Create measurable metrics within the team to hold staff accountable for assigned tasks.
• Assist with ad-hoc reports and special assignments, including system implementation (Allegro 8, SAP).
• Provide assistance to the analysis team for audit and tax requests (internal and external).
• Manage relationships with front office, mid office, credit, and treasury, providing regular support.

Skills

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Excel data mining

Trading system experience

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Allegro 8

SAP

Job description

Marketing Marine Accounting Supervisor

Reporting to the Marketing Accounting Director and based in Houston, Texas, the Marketing Marine Accounting Supervisor will hold a highly visible position within the company and will assist the Accounting Director in executing the accurate and timely reporting of accounting tasks and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, and develop a team of 3+ specialists in crude marine volumes actualizations and settlements.
• Cultivate a strong team culture to encourage collaboration and cross‑training.
• Oversee the volumes actualizations and settlements process for all crude marine activities, ensuring on‑time and accurate completion.
• Ensure payable invoices are reconciled to the trading system and paid on‑time.
• Ensure sales invoices are sent in a timely manner to secure cash receipt.
• Assist the team in researching volume discrepancies.
• Review monthly/daily cash forecasts and recommend improvements for a 3‑month forecast accuracy.
• Provide working‑capital variance explanations to treasury weekly, or as needed.
• Assist the team in researching and settling aged receivables and payables.
• Perform month‑end closing procedures and submit reports on‑time in accordance with the department calendar and schedule.
• Analyze inventory and explain volumetric variances between the current month, prior month, and forecasts.
• Review, approve, and understand account reconciliations, ensuring reconciling items are addressed timely.
• Collaborate with the financial analysis team for balance sheet and income statement analysis and margin tie‑outs.
• Prepare and post recurring, standard, and adjusting journal entries in accordance with GAAP.
• Create measurable metrics within the team to hold staff accountable for assigned tasks.
• Assist with ad‑hoc reports and special assignments, including system implementation (Allegro 8, SAP).
• Provide assistance to the analysis team for audit and tax requests (internal and external).
• Manage relationships with front office, mid office, credit, and treasury, providing regular support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance with at least 21 hours of accounting.
• Energy Marketing industry experience of 10+ years.
• Relevant marine and/or crude specific experience as a Volume Actualizations or Settlements Supervisor of 5+ years.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• Highly motivated, with the ability to manage, motivate, and develop a large team to meet deadlines.
• Efficiently delegates tasks and manages work allocation among team members to ensure deadlines are met.
• Capacity to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude through adversity.
• Team‑oriented spirit, willing to help others within the organization as a whole.
• Self‑directed and results‑driven approach to work, taking ownership of assigned tasks.
• Strong communication skills.
• Creative thinker who can identify processes for continuous improvement.
• Strong decision‑making skills, able to solve problems independently for the team.
• Ability to anticipate issues and their impact on the team or stakeholders, acting proactively.
• Fundamental accounting skills in general ledger, inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and account reconciliations.
• Demonstrated ability to streamline and improve processes.
• Working proficiency with Excel, including data mining and manipulation.
• Quick learner, enthusiastic about technology, and tech‑savvy.
• Experience using a trading system, with Allegro 8 experience preferred.
• Overtime will be required during critical periods.
• Relocation will not be provided.
• Occidental does not sponsor employment‑based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.