Accountant - Matson Terminals

About Us

Matson has been the leading ocean shipping and logistics provider throughout the Pacific since 1882. We are the supply chain lifeline for Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and islands of the South Pacific. We also offer the top two ocean shipping services in the world’s largest trade lane - Asia to the U.S. West Coast. With our subsidiaries Matson Terminals and Matson Logistics, our business focus is exceeding customer expectations with quality, reliability, and integrity.

We strive to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner and promote land-based environmental programs in Hawaii, Guam, and Alaska. We help improve the communities in which we work and live through our community giving program that annually supports hundreds of local organizations. And we work to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in our company, communities and industry through an active social equity program.

Matson is a great place to work, and everyone who works with us becomes part of the Matson ohana or family. Join our team and help us move freight better than anyone.

Learn more at matson.com.

About the Role

The Accountant - Matson Terminals position assists the Controller and Accounting Manager with accounting and financial matters for the Pacific Division by ensuring compliance with corporate financial policies and procedures, providing timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and safeguarding Company assets and accounts. The Accountant ensures that financial data is produced accurately and transmitted to the Phoenix Accounting Center and the Controller's reporting group in Oakland to meet deadlines for ultimate release for both internal and external (public-SEC) purposes. The Accountant is responsible for recording, analyzing, reconciling, and reporting on various expense and balance sheet accounts for MTI. The Accountant prepares journal entries, reconciliation reports, account analyses, customer billings, and collects on MTI customer bills. The Accountant supervises the accurate and timely processing of all MTI payrolls and related job cost reporting, which encompasses 14 bargaining agreements amongst 5 port locations. The Accountant works closely with accountants in Honolulu, Controller's reporting group in Oakland and the Phoenix Accounting Center to ensure that financial and statistical data are transmitted for inclusion in management reports.

What you’ll do:

• Prepares timely, accurate information to support Senior Management's decision-making processes.
• Enforces financial and accounting procedures and controls to enable accurate financial reporting requirements to safeguard Company assets and to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements.
• Assists with the compilation of client prepared material for both the internal audit group and the external auditors with regards to the Stevedoring and Terminals Multiemployer Pension Plan audits, SOX compliance audits and quarterly and annual financial audits.
• Performs general ledger accounting for terminal cargo handling expenses and operations overhead expenses for Honolulu and the Big Island Stevedores (Hilo, Kawaihae, Nawiliwili, Kahului).
• Ensures that all entries are accurate, researches and corrects account coding errors, and determines the source of coding errors so that future errors are reduced or eliminated.
• Assists with the preparation of month-end and year-end financial statements and journal entries.
• Prepares analyses and account reconciliations of assigned accounts to maintain the integrity of the MTI accounting system.
• Prepares and analyzes weekly and monthly cost variance reports and provides cost variance explanations.
• Performs statistical and cost input for the Terminal Payroll & Reporting (TPR) system and publishes corresponding reports.
• Assists with the development of the annual operating and overhead budgets for MTI, including customer operations and development of operating standards.
• Trains Accounting Clerks on industry specific work rules and employment laws.
• Oversees Accounting Clerks by reviewing and approving their payroll before final submission to Corporate on a weekly basis.
• Oversees employees’ time entries in Matson’s current timekeeping system by reviewing and approving their payroll before final submission to Corporate on a bi-weekly basis.
• Organizes and performs the preparation work for each payroll including data entry items for employee maintenance, review/resolution of email submissions, logs, checklists, and items reconciled and carried forward from the previously processed payroll.
• Develops a high-level view of the full payroll life cycle from onboarding, timecard and payment processing, termination, reporting, and accounting.
• Uses various logs, checklists, and work aids and tools to ensure accurate and consistent processes including follow up with outstanding items.
• Reviews all checklists to ensure proper signoffs are included.
• Accurately performs employee maintenance items such as validation for new hires, terminations, wage adjustments, etc.
• Acts as a liaison between stevedores and human resources.
• Issues all customer bills for MTI, including lines handling work performed by the Big Island Stevedores and labor loaning performed in the neighbor islands.
• Follows up on the collection of old accounts receivable for MTI in Hawaii.

In addition to those essential job functions identified above, individuals in this position are also responsible for performing other duties or tasks that may be assigned. The Company retains the discretion to add to or change the essential job functions of this position at any time.

You have these skills:

• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions.
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.
• Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on solving conflict; maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; presents numerical data effectively.
• Teamwork - Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values.
• Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity - Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Demonstrates strong accounting and computer (PC) skills primarily using Microsoft's business suite of products including Excel, Outlook and Word, and ability to learn mainframe and other database applications.
• May be required to work extended hours including, but not limited to, after normally business hours, weekends and Company observed holidays to meet departmental and/or Company deadlines.

And these qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university is preferred, plus 1-2 years related experience and/or training.
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a TWIC card.

Extra credit if you have:

• Familiarity with the stevedoring, shipping, or transportation industry, preferred.
• An understanding of Matson Terminals, Inc. (MTI) and its related companies, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting 50 minutes per hour
• Walking 50 minutes per hour
• Standing 50 minutes per hour
• Lifting 25 lbs.
• Extended hours including, but not limited to, after normal business hours, weekends and Company observed holidays to meet departmental and/or Company deadlines.

At Matson, we're looking for people to build a unified team to maintain our values of trust, integrity, and reliability. We welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and thoughtfully challenge assumptions.

The annual salary range is posted for this position in Hawaii. The salary offered will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.

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