Vistra Corp.

Accounting Director-SOX Compliance and Accounting Policy

Vistra Corp.$125K — $150K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, MBA preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in Accounting or related field
  • Experience in the Energy industry preferred
  • 2+ years in a supervisory role
  • CPA preferred
  • Strong leadership, problem solving, and communication skills
  • Familiarity with accounting and/or reporting systems

Responsibilities

  • Drive execution of complex tasks and review team deliverables
  • Motivate and coach a skilled technical staff for high productivity
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and support other departments
  • Provide technical expertise for internal systems maintenance and improvement
  • Advise on internal control design and implementation
  • Facilitate and monitor SOX certification process
  • Maintain and update accounting policies and procedures

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunities for leadership development
  • Engagement with external auditors and stakeholders
  • Continuous improvement in processes and compliance initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Director of SOX Compliance and Accounting Policy is responsible for maintenance of Vistra's SOX business process control environment through support of the design, implementation, and evaluation of associated controls. This role partners closely with internal stakeholders, external auditors, and cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with SOX requirements, maintain strong governance frameworks, and promote a culture of controls awareness across the organization. This Director is also responsible for maintenance of the Company's accounting policies and procedures.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
• Drive execution of complex tasks and responsible for reviewing team deliverables
• Selects, develops, motivates and coaches a highly skilled and technical staff to ensure high productivity and quality of work
• Provides support to other departments as a subject matter expert
• Provides technical expertise to support maintenance and improvements of internal systems
• Supports compliance with policies, procedures, and internal controls and finance transformation initiatives and process improvement efforts.

Role Specific Accountabilities:
• Advise on internal control design, integration, implementation, execution, and rationalization
• Responsible for evaluation, maintenance, and optimization of process design documentation including preparing/reviewing workpapers and documenting results
• Facilitate and monitor SOX certification process
• Support operating effectiveness testing of controls and assess impact of control deficiencies along with remediation
• Maintain accounting policies and procedures including ensuring changes are appropriately updated in accordance with department standards

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, MBA preferred

Experience:
• 5+ years of experience in Accounting or related field
• Experience preferred in the Energy industry
• 2+ years experience in supervisory role

Skills:
• CPA preferred
• Experience with accounting and/or reporting systems
• Strong leadership, problem solving and communication skills
• Broad understanding of accounting the accounting close process

Core Competencies / Key Metrics
Business Acumen and Industry Insights: navigate and assess Vistra operations and the broader electricity and power generation environment.
Technology and Process Acumen: holistic comprehension of end-to-end processes and associated enabling technologies.
Data Analytics and Strategic Decision Support: harness the power of data and influence strategic decision making.
Effective Communication and Continuous Improvement: support organizational transformation and foster a collaborative, transparent environment.
Accounting Acumen: leverage accounting expertise for business activities with accuracy, precision, and timeliness.

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Job Family
Accounting

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
Learn more about Vistra Corp.
Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
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