Commercial analyst - united states, houston
position description
primary purpose:
the commercial /account services analyst position, reporting to the director, account services – north pipelines marketing and business management is responsible for working as a team member with regard to monthly transportation invoicing, revenue plan, compliance program, and marketing support. duties include but are not limited to the following:
preparation and evaluation of monthly invoices in compliance with pipeline tariffs and sox controls. ensure customer invoices are processed accurately and timely.during the month, the analyst monitors preliminary current month invoice data to ensure that all charges are valid and calculating correctly. examples of these charges include:reservation chargescommodity chargescapacity release creditspenalties/overrunsdiscount-related chargescashouts, imbalance chargesstorage-related chargesinterest due to late paymentparticipate in revenue plan and weekly forecasting.participate in contracting:review contract set-up in dartreview/maintain charge set-upmonitor discount entryreview and reporting of account receivables including:work with accounts receivable dept. to update the obligor reportar aging analysisvalidation of invoices, monitoring delinquency reportingassist with following up on outstanding balancesparticipate in managing various aspects of group’s regulatory compliance programreview transactional posting set-up (ongoing/monthly)maintain procedures/controlsrespond to audit requests from internal and external auditorsprovide information for reporting (form 2, etc…)assist with index of customer posting reviewassist with tariff-related questionsperform various daily, weekly, monthly, annual reporting activities relating to complianceparticipate in monthly revenue reporting and plan tracking. review and compare monthly invoices with plan.analyze financial information; recognize and report on significant variances, trends and irregularitiesparticipate in development and testing of processes in dart relating to invoicing and other account services processes.developing thorough understanding of proprietary dart system and running required reports and summaries with regard to invoicing, contract information, rates and surcharges, penalties, cashout etcparticipate in various activates with regard to compliance with all internal sox controls, including documentation of process flows, identification of risks, implementations of controls mitigating such risk, and evidence of process compliance as it relates to invoicing.monitoring, analyzing and reporting as needed capacity releases, discounts, park and loan.managing various customer related activities, responding and resolving customer inquiries and issues.training customers about details on services offered, information and reports available, and use of pipeline proprietary transportation systems.lead efforts to continually evaluate and review related processes for efficiency gains and improvements.*position level will be based on the successful candidate’s skills and experience
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