Senior Financial Reporting Analyst (Consolidations Team)

What We Are Looking For

Senior Financial Reporting Analyst supports the monthly close cycle within the Consolidations group, including the consolidation of financial results, ensuring the accuracy of intercompany eliminations, and other ad hoc projects and process improvement initiatives.

 

What You Will Do

• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes within the Consolidations group, ensuring timely and accurate reporting results.
• Monitor and reconcile intercompany balances during close to ensure proper intercompany eliminations among Lawson entities and all out-of-balance amounts are cleared.
• Analyze and validate proper expense classification and coding across Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s (KMI) reportable segments to ensure accurate segment reporting.
• Prepare and maintain consolidated equity method investment and debt rollforward schedules monthly. Coordinate with segment accounting teams to ensure accurate classification of equity investment activity and proper reflection in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
• Coordinate with Risk Management Group to obtain non-cash fair value Lawson adjustment entries and prepare related cash flow adjustment entries in Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).
• Prepare and manage HFM journal entry workflows and sign-off sheet coordination.
• Provide ad hoc support for Lawson and HFM journal entries, data retrieval, and financial analysis.
• Run daily refresh of financials during month-end close and on an ad hoc basis.
• Maintain and sync-up HFM test environment monthly.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of supporting documentation.
• Perform other daily, weekly, monthly or special projects and process improvement initiatives, as needed.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the financial reporting and consolidation processes.

What You Need

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field is required. 
• General understanding of the energy industry and familiarity with industry terminology.

Experience/Specific Knowledge:

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in an accounting-related position.
• Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Certifications, Licenses & Registrations:

• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record satisfactory to the company and its insurers (for travel).

Competencies, Skills & Abilities:

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft software, including but not limited to: Excel, Access and Word.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
  Highly analytical and detail oriented.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous deadlines.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain relationships with cross functional teams.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Maintain a regular, dependable attendance and a consistently high level of performance, including adhering to required work schedules and working non-traditional hours as needed. 
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of company assets and employees, and the general public. 

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

Above the minimum requirements; not required but advantageous in this position:

• CPA or Masters in Business a plus.
• Experience with Lawson financial software, particularly the general ledger module.
• Experience with HFM.
• Experience with Oracle’s Essbase online analytical processing (OLAP) platform that stores data in multidimensional structures called cubes.
• Experience with Oracle’s Microsoft Excel SmartView add-in.
• Experience with KM’s internally-developed Microsoft Excel Lawson Query Toolbar add-in.

*Position may be filled at various levels depending on experience and job skills of the successful candidate

 

Why Join Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan is a large energy infrastructure company operating in North America. Access to reliable, affordable energy is a critical component for improving lives around the world. We are committed to providing energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner for the benefit of the people, communities, and businesses we serve.

 

Kinder Morgan provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, family status, status as an individual authorized to work in the U.S., or any other status protected by law.

 

For more information about Kinder Morgan, our culture, opportunities available, and to join our Talent Community, please visit our careers site at www.kindermorgan.com.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field is required. 
• General understanding of the energy industry and familiarity with industry terminology.

Experience/Specific Knowledge:

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in an accounting-related position.
• Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Certifications, Licenses & Registrations:

• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record satisfactory to the company and its insurers (for travel).

Competencies, Skills & Abilities:

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft software, including but not limited to: Excel, Access and Word.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
  Highly analytical and detail oriented.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous deadlines.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain relationships with cross functional teams.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Maintain a regular, dependable attendance and a consistently high level of performance, including adhering to required work schedules and working non-traditional hours as needed. 
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of company assets and employees, and the general public. 

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

Above the minimum requirements; not required but advantageous in this position:

• CPA or Masters in Business a plus.
• Experience with Lawson financial software, particularly the general ledger module.
• Experience with HFM.
• Experience with Oracle’s Essbase online analytical processing (OLAP) platform that stores data in multidimensional structures called cubes.
• Experience with Oracle’s Microsoft Excel SmartView add-in.
• Experience with KM’s internally-developed Microsoft Excel Lawson Query Toolbar add-in.

*Position may be filled at various levels depending on experience and job skills of the successful candidate

 

• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes within the Consolidations group, ensuring timely and accurate reporting results.
• Monitor and reconcile intercompany balances during close to ensure proper intercompany eliminations among Lawson entities and all out-of-balance amounts are cleared.
• Analyze and validate proper expense classification and coding across Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s (KMI) reportable segments to ensure accurate segment reporting.
• Prepare and maintain consolidated equity method investment and debt rollforward schedules monthly. Coordinate with segment accounting teams to ensure accurate classification of equity investment activity and proper reflection in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
• Coordinate with Risk Management Group to obtain non-cash fair value Lawson adjustment entries and prepare related cash flow adjustment entries in Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).
• Prepare and manage HFM journal entry workflows and sign-off sheet coordination.
• Provide ad hoc support for Lawson and HFM journal entries, data retrieval, and financial analysis.
• Run daily refresh of financials during month-end close and on an ad hoc basis.
• Maintain and sync-up HFM test environment monthly.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of supporting documentation.
• Perform other daily, weekly, monthly or special projects and process improvement initiatives, as needed.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the financial reporting and consolidation processes.