Analyst – Cost @ Energy Transfer Equity
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Job Description:
This position will coordinate with vendors, law firms and Legal department staff to understand business
requirements and develop application solutions aligned with those requirements. Responsibilities will
include, but are not limited to:
- Willingness to learn and assist with implementation of Legal Tracker (formerly known as Serengeti)
- matter management system, with emphasis on e-billing
- Liaison between the legal, accounting and project cost controls department
- Manage the e-billing portion of the Legal Tracker (formerly known as Serengeti), ensuring proper
- process flows, general ledger expense coding accuracy, and system-wide data integrity
- Manage the process flow of all legal invoices including Legal Tracker (formerly known as Serengeti)
- documentation, approval, and vendor payment
- Research and resolve all legal department billing issues, including monitoring Legal Tracker (formerly
- known as Serengeti) for billing errors
- Perform periodic budget analysis for the legal department including expenditure trends, patterns,
- discrepancies, and forecasts
- Present findings, reports, and recommendations to management with regards to costs and budget
- metrics
- Custom creation of reports in Legal Tracker (formerly known as Serengeti)
- Auditing and oversight of coding and matter integrity Legal Tracker (formerly known as Serengeti)
- system entries
- Exceptional time management skills with ability to organize, prioritize key tasks and deliverables
- Assist with annual audit and quarterly reviews.
- Responsible for forecasting monthly expenses and projects
- Responsible for budgeting for cost centers, expense and projects
- Responsible for managing monthly and quarterly accruals
- Ability to handle a large volume of invoices being audited and keeping up with volume
- – Handles vendor calls and properly route invoices
- – Reviews and verify invoices and check requests
- – Sorts, codes and matches invoices
- – Sets invoices up for payment
- – Enters and uploads invoices into system
- – Prepares and processes electronic transfers and payments
- – Posts transactions to journals, ledgers and other records
- – Reconciles accounts payable transactions
- – Monitors accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- – Researches and resolves invoice discrepancies and issues
- – Corresponds with vendors and responds to inquiries
- – Assists with month-end closing
- – Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements:
Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. Bachelor’s degree accounting or equivalent degree, or 5+ years in accounts payable or general accounting or auditing experience preferred
- Knowledge of existing SAP and Legal Tracker (formerly known as Serengeti)
- 5+ years in an accounting environment, including accounts payable and billing preferred
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP
- Solid time management skills; ability to handle multiple projects, meet deadlines and
- function independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Analytical ability
- Problem solving with ability to recognize issues and deal with them directly
- Personable, positive and enthusiastic attitude with capability to deal effectively with people
- Ability to communicate clearly, verbally and written
- Excellent organization skills and work ethic
- Sense of initiative with desire to become truly involved in the business
- Flexibility with ability to work in a team setting supporting several people
Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level:
- The Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree and 2-5 years of relevant job related experience
- The Senior Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5-8 years of relevant job related experience
- The Lead Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant job related experience
Benefits:
Experience Level: Senior
Work From: Onsite
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