Accountant

Job Description

Associate Accountant (Intern to FT Conversion) | Marathon Petroleum Corporation

The Tone:
This is a full-time regular Associate Accountant position at Marathon Petroleum Corporation, structured for conversion from an internship, located in Garyville, Louisiana. Marathon Petroleum is an energy industry leader committed to fostering a great place to work that embraces new ideas, diverse perspectives, and collaborative team environments. In this role, the Associate Accountant will be crucial in supporting the company’s financial operations through detailed analysis, accurate document processing, and precise financial reporting and reconciliation, directly contributing to management’s understanding of financial and operational performance.

The TL;DR
• Role: Associate Accountant (Intern to FT Conversion)
• Type: Full-time, Regular
• Location: In-person, Garyville, LA

• Team: Reports to an Operations or Corporate Accounting Supervisor.
• Mission: Analyze and process financial and operational data, prepare financial statements, reconcile accounts, and conduct variance analysis to support management decisions and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Tech Stack: Excel, SAP, Right Angle, Power Plan, Blackline

What You’ll Actually Do
• Transaction Processing: Identify, analyze, verify, interpret, and accurately process financial and operating transactions and related data in a timely manner.
• Financial Reporting: Maintain comprehensive records, accounts, and ledgers pertaining to various company activities, and prepare associated schedules, statements, and reports to analyze activity results.
• Process Improvement: Actively review existing job tasks and propose recommendations for process improvements and/or automation opportunities aimed at enhancing accounting controls and overall efficiency.
• Stakeholder Communication: Utilize effective communication skills to receive and distribute critical information to other accounting and operational department personnel, various levels of management, and external entities such as governmental agencies.
• Compliance and Analysis: May study contracts and agreements to determine conformance and settlement requirements, then analyze and interpret accounting and financial data to ensure such conformance and settlement.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
• Experience: 0-3 years of Accounting related experience.
• Skills: Motivated individual with strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills; proficient in Excel, including creating/modifying spreadsheets, data cleansing, pivot tables & formulas; ability to meet deadlines and work in a team setting.
• Bonus: Prior Accounting college internship preferred; experience with SAP is a plus.