Liberty Utilities Co.

Analyst IV, Regulatory Accounting

Liberty Utilities Co.$95K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
  • 8-10 years of experience in accounting roles, particularly in regulatory or utility accounting.
  • Advanced knowledge of US GAAP and regulatory accounting principles.
  • Proven experience with high-stakes regulatory filings and audits.
  • Strong analytical skills with expertise in Excel and financial systems like SAP or Power BI.
  • Ability to influence senior management and lead complex projects independently.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex regulatory filings and audits across various jurisdictions.
  • Serve as the primary advisor on significant regulatory accounting matters.
  • Establish standards for documentation and filing processes.
  • Conduct final reviews of work prepared by junior analysts for accuracy and compliance.
  • Interpret and provide guidance on regulatory accounting standards and practices.
  • Resolve complex accounting and reporting issues impacting regulatory filings.
  • Mentor junior analysts and support their professional growth.

Benefits

  • Flexible working policy with a collaborative environment.
  • 401k Plan with matching contributions.
  • Share purchase/match plan available.
  • Leadership development opportunities.
  • Paid volunteer days off.
  • Employee Assistance Program for personal support.
  • Achievement fund to reward contributions.
  • Free parking and health & wellness programs.
  • Discount and perks program for employees.
Full Job Description
Purpose

This is a growing Team and various new opportunities on the Regulatory Accounting Team available.

Principal-level individual contributor responsible for enterprise-level regulatory accounting leadership, technical judgement, and governance over the most complex regulatory reporting, rate-case support, commission data requests, audits, investigations, and compliance matters.

Operates with a high degree of independence and influence, leads significant or precedent-setting deliverables, advises senior leaders on accounting and reporting implications, and shapes the regulatory reporting operating model, controls, data integrity, automation, and documentation standards.

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Accountabilities

  • Lead the most complex and high-risk regulatory filings, rate-case support activities, audits, investigations, and commission data requests across assigned jurisdictions or business areas.
  • Serve as principal financial and regulatory accounting advisor for significant proceedings, complex data responses, regulatory accounting matters, and cross-functional regulatory initiatives.
  • Establish standards for source-to-file traceability, workpaper quality, reviewer evidence, documentation retention, control alignment, and regulator-ready support packages.
  • Provide final technical review and quality assurance over complex schedules, exhibits, reconciliations, testimony support, regulatory responses, and filing support prepared by Analysts I, II, and III.
  • Interpret and advise on FERC USOA, NARUC guidance, ASC 980 considerations, regulatory assets and liabilities, cost allocations, rate recovery mechanisms, affiliate transactions, and jurisdiction-specific reporting expectations.
  • Anticipate and resolve complex data, accounting, reporting, mapping, control, and documentation issues that could affect filings, audits, compliance readiness, or stakeholder confidence.
  • Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Legal, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Audit, business operations, consultants, expert witnesses, and senior finance leaders.
  • Advise leadership on regulatory reporting risks, emerging requirements, accounting implications of regulatory orders, organisational changes, system implementations, and transformation initiatives.
  • Design and lead improvements to governance, data management, controls, account mapping, filing calendars, request tracking, workflow automation, and recurring support processes.
  • Develop playbooks, templates, quality standards, training materials, and knowledge-transfer routines for the regulatory accounting analyst team.
  • Mentor Analysts I, II, and III through technical coaching, review feedback, issue-resolution guidance, and professional development support.


Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
  • Eight to ten or more years of progressive experience in accounting, regulatory accounting, utility accounting, financial reporting, audit, rate-case support, or related finance roles.
  • Advanced knowledge of US GAAP, utility accounting, regulatory accounting, regulatory assets and liabilities, cost allocation principles, and financial reporting controls.
  • Extensive experience supporting complex regulatory filings, rate cases, audits, commission data requests, FERC/NARUC reporting, or jurisdictional proceedings.
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret complex accounting and regulatory reporting requirements and translate them into defensible workpapers and filing support.
  • Advanced Excel, data reconciliation, analytical, and financial systems skills, including large data sets and multi-source reporting environments.
  • Experience with SAP, Hyperion/HFM, Workiva, Power BI, PowerPlan, BlackLine, Analysis for Office, or comparable platforms.
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage competing regulatory priorities, and lead complex deliverables with limited direction.


Compensation Data

Full base salary range $95,000.00- $130,000.00 per year*Liberty considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, training and skills, and geographic location.

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

As the successful candidate

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization-it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles
  • Customer Centric
  • Integrity
  • Entrepreneurial
  • Teamwork
  • Owner mindset
  • Outcome focused
  • Continuous learning


What we offer

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

401k Plan with matching

Share purchase/match plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Free parking

Variety of Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

About Liberty Utilities Co.

Liberty Utilities is a regulated utility company that provides electricity, natural gas, and water services to customers in the United States and Canada. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in various regions including Arizona, California, and Missouri. Liberty Utilities is committed to providing safe, reliable, and affordable services to its customers. The company was founded in 1987 and has since grown to become one of the leading utility providers in North America.
Learn more about Liberty Utilities Co.
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$50 million
Founded
1987
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$1 billion

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