Accounting Specialist

Description

• Enhances internal controls over financial reporting
• Interprets internal/external business issues and recommends best practices. This may include the review of complex contracts and agreements to identify and address accounting implications.
• Responsible for the preparation of complex analyses, various analytics or financial statements
• Assesses the impacts of new systems on internal controls over financial reporting
• Provides functional advice or training to less-experienced accountant positions
• Evaluates accounting policies & procedures to reflect changes in business conditions, processes, and accounting guidance
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May direct the work of other staff members.
• Ensures compliance with legal and regulatory controls
• Evaluates accounting policies and procedures to reflect changes in business conditions, processes, and accounting guidance
• Prepares and analyzes financial statements and other internal/external financial reports
• May lead functional teams or projects to achieve milestones and objectives and will occasionally present topical matters to senior leadership in the Financial Department. Trains and develops subordinate staff.
• Prepares more complex accounting analyses and journal entries

Requirements

• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal/external business issues to improve products or solves more complex problems taking a new perspective on existing solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to research and apply technical accounting guidance
• CPA or CMA certification
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications; use of excel/word is required
• Bachelor's Degree in business discipline with at least 3 accounting courses and 5 years accounting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with 3-5 years of accounting-related experience
• Experience in public utility accounting, SEC reporting and a working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Effective written and oral communication skills, interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to research technical accounting guidance
• Works independently with guidance on only the most complex tasks
• Bachelor's Degree in business discipline with at least three accounting courses and 7 or more years accounting-related experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with a minimum of 4 years accounting-related experience and CPA or CMA certification. (Required to actively pursue certification within two years of the job effective date.)
• Increases and applies knowledge of legal and regulatory issues and changes in accounting guidance
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions and makes use of knowledge of company operations, technical accounting matters and industry regulation
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, MBA, or other advanced degree in business discipline
• Experience in utility accounting, public accounting and SEC reporting, and a working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance