SEC Reporting Accountant III

Position Description:

Job Summary:

You will need strong technical accounting, research, writing, and communication skills. You will serve as a subject matter expert in financial reporting standards, manage workload independently, communicate with employees including senior leadership, and field inquiries from external auditors. In addition to financial reporting responsibilities, you will be responsible for writing memos on technical accounting issues, including adoption memos for FASB Accounting Standard Updates.

The following qualifications are strongly preferred:

- 2-4 years of experience in public accounting or 3-5 years of experience in industry accounting;

- Certified Public Accountant; and/or

- Master’s degree in accounting.

You will work a hybrid schedule with Monday – Wednesday as required days in the office and Thursday – Friday allowed as remote days. This posting will close on February 16th.

What You Will Do

Prepares advanced level of various accounting and financial activities to ensure compliance with rules, regulations, and legislation; analyzes their effect on company finances and accounting procedures.

Analyze, prepare and/or review journal entries, records, account reconciliations, and reports.

Analyze, prepare and/or review studies and recommendations in areas related to accounting or finance methods and procedures.

Develop and and maintain of applicable programs used in finance, and other accounting activities.

Perform and/or review calculations and/or analyses including:

- Actual to forecast and historical period variance analysis

- Share based accounting

- EPS

- Depreciations (book)

- Financial ratios

- Rate/tariff schedules

- Derivative entries and disclosures

- Allocations

- Projections/forecasts

- Cash flow

Assist employees compiling, verifying, and preparing a variety of financial information including:

- Actual to forecast and historical period variance analysis

- Governmental/regulatory reports

- Invoices

- Financial reports

- Reconciliation reports

- Quarterly income statements

- Billing Revenues

- Gas supply tracking and reconciliations

- Cost of gas calculations

- Budget

Assist in the development, maintenance and usage of relevant applications for accounting and financial analysis activities.

Maintain proper documentation of activities to ensure business continuity and knowledge transfer among personnel.

Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations

Assist in the development, maintenance and usage of relevant applications for accounting and financial analysis activities.

Regular and reliable attendance is required in performance of job.

Employee may be required to perform additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Need

Preferred Bachelor's Degree Accounting or finance

Preferred Master's Degree

Experience with and/or thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting principals, company financial accounting, and/or billing methods and procedures.

Experience with the application of math, advanced algebra, and statistics.

Experience in use and function of office equipment including microcomputers and applicable software and accessing mainframe applications.

Experience and/or training related to:

Financial accounting and reporting standards and processes

Economic forecasting/modeling and corporate budget functions

Interpreting and explaining accounting standards and/or policies

Communication/interpersonal skills

Customer billing and related processes and systems

Supervisory skills

Experience analyzing, evaluating, and preparing studies and recommendations concerning impact of standards, regulations, and legislation on company finances and accounting processes.

Experience researching, composing, and preparing reports, studies, publications, and correspondence applicable to position.

Experience reading and interpreting company correspondence, reports, accounting-related publications, contracts, accounting software manuals, computer printouts, and legal documents.

Demonstrated ability to lead, train, coach, delegate, and review work activities. Knowledge of personnel policies and procedures.

Demonstrated ability to interact, advise, direct, and communicate effectively.

Experience developing and presenting information to individuals and groups.

Demonstrated ability to read and write fluently in English.

Preferred Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), or other relevant financial certification.

Mobility to travel in and around office facilities system wide.

Communicate and/or exchange information or verbal instructions and conduct oral presentations.

Visual ability sufficient to perform job duties.