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Gunvor USA – Treasury Accounting Analyst

Job Summary:

The Treasury Accountant will support the US business by ensuring accurate and timely execution of Treasury Accounting activities related to Trading and Corporate operations. This role is responsible for the daily cash application, bank reconciliations and confirmations with external counterparties, operating within a high-volume, time-sensitive commodities trading environment.  This position requires strong technical accounting knowledge, attention to detail, good technical skills, communication skills, and sound financial and business knowledge.  This position reports to the Treasury Accounting Manager and is based in Houston, Texas.

Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or related field

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience Treasury Accounting operations or Cash management

• Expertise in energy or commodity trading business is strongly preferred

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office – especially Excel, and related analytical tools

• Team player and excellent communication skills, including written and spoken (English)

• Experience working with trading and accounting systems (e.g. Trading: Blackstar, OATI | ERP systems: iScala (current accounting system) and Oracle or similar).

• Proactive, ability to work independently, deal with all levels of management and external contacts

• Great judgment/wisdom, resiliency, strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process and validate daily trading-related payable invoices and apply cash for trading receivables

• Perform daily bank reconciliation across multiple account, currencies and banking platforms.  

• Apply and reconcile cash transactions in the trading and ERP systems (Trading: Blackstar, OATI | ERP systems: iScala (current accounting system) and Oracle).

• Investigate, resolve and clearly document reconciling differences in a timely manner

• Confirm receivables with external counterparties

• Confirm payables to the external counterparties

• Prepare and maintain detailed written procedures to ensure adequate coverage and adherence to internal controls.

• Support process improvements, standardization initiatives, and alignment with Global standards.

• Additional duties as assigned by Treasury Accounting Manager or Controller

Company Profile:

Founded in 2000, Gunvor Group is one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently move physical energy from where it is sourced and stored to where it is demanded most. With strategic investments in energy infrastructure—refineries, pipelines, storage, terminals, mining and upstream—Gunvor further generates sustainable value across the global supply chain for its customers.

Gunvor has more than 1,700 employees and it maintains offices in Geneva, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai, Nassau, Amsterdam, and numerous other locations, with new offices planned in strategically relevant markets. The Houston office opened in August of 2016 under the name Gunvor USA.

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