Student, Accountant Costing

Student, Accountant Costing

Located in the Calgary office, the Accounting Student will work as part of the inventory and costing team.

Heartland Polymers is leveraging Western Canada’s abundant supply of local propane to produce polypropylene (PP), a high value plastic that can be recycled which global manufacturers transform into everyday products out of the Heartland Petrochemical Complex (HPC), our one-of-a-kind operation.

Located in Central Alberta, the world-scale integrated complex is comprised of North America’s only single site propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant and PP plant and a co-generation central utilities block. Heartland is producing high quality products while continuing to partner on innovations to reduce waste and increase recycling. Heartland Polymers has a nameplate capacity of 525,000 tonnes of polypropylene per year with rail shipments leaving the facility daily. Heartland’s state-of-the-art rail loading complex was designed for distributing quality polypropylene products delivered via extensive rail network and storage facilities, ensuring reliable delivery of product to customers across North America and the globe.

Inter Pipeline commissioned the Complex in 2022, and it entered into commercial production early in 2023. Heartland is Canada’s only PP production operation and one of the newest in the industry to produce versatile, durable, recyclable PP.

Key Activities and Responsibilities:

• Working with the costing team to account for cost of sales, inventory, and variances
• Work with the costing team to ensure cost of sales and inventory financial information is accurate & complete and all month end processes are completed under established financial reporting deadlines
• Create and enter journal entries and provide accurate accounting of cost of sales and accruals 
• Perform G/L account reconciliations including recommendations to address reconciling items
• Assist and in the development of standard costs in SAP ERP system
• Assist in the analysis of product costs and variances associated with purchased and manufactured goods
• Assist in developing more efficient and accurate manufacturing reporting
• Assist in the accurate accounting of feedstock intercompany transactions and work closely with other business units to ensure elimination of entries 
• Promote and implement business process improvements 

Education, Skills and Experience:

• Post-secondary student who has completed their 2nd or 3rd year in university or college from a Business, Finance or Accounting program
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, communication and organizational skills
• Well-developed interpersonal, team, and customer service communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Intermediate to advanced MS Office Suite computer skills
• Ability to set and meet deadlines and work independently
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, deadline oriented, growth environment

Schedule and location: 

Schedule - Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. Terms: 6-8 months. Start - January 2025. 

Location – Calgary office. 

As this position is identified as security sensitive, employment of a final candidate will be conditional upon completion of pre-employment criminal background check assessments with satisfactory results.