Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
As Manager of our Asset Accounting group, you will play a critical role in supporting PGE’s strategic investment plans. You’ll be responsible for the accounting and controls related to the lifecycle of capital projects, such as construction, allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC), depreciation, cost of removal, asset retirement obligations, and retirement. You’ll be responsible for accounting transactions and ensuring the integrity of internal controls and accounting records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), regulatory accounting, and the company’s capital policy. In this role you’ll perform accounting activities that include review and approval of journal entries and reconciliations of ledger accounts and financial statements, such as balance sheets and profit and loss statements that support our SEC and FERC filings. In addition, you will plan, align, review, and supervise accounting research, application and interpretation of the capital policy, ratemaking activities (e.g. general rate cases, stand-alone ratemaking, and other filings). You’ll also be a subject matter expert that provides analysis and consulting support to the business to help understand forecasting and budgeting variances that will assist in decision-making. In this role, you will collaborate frequently with multiple departments, such as corporate planning, rates and regulatory affairs, and various utility operations departments.
Our ideal candidate is someone that is proactive about improving processes, has a collaborative mindset, and is ready to jump into leading a team to achieve strategic outcomes.
As an Asset Accounting Manager, you will:
Key Responsibilities
Accounting/ Finance ManagementManagesteam of accounting and/or finance professionals responsible for general accounting activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements, such as balance sheets and profit-and-loss statements; provides technical management of an accounting/finance team, ensuring that agreed objectives are met and all relevant standards/procedures are followed; ensures that operational problems are identified and resolved; overseesaccounting transactions and ensures the integrity of internal controls and accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, company policies and regulatory accounting.
FinancialManagement
Monitors and manages expenditures, ensuring that all financialtargets are met, and examinesany areas where budgets/expenditures vary from plan; assists with the definition and operation of effectivefinancial controls and decisionmaking.
Resourcing
Oversees resourcing decisions and planning for team; partners with HR in the definition of jobs, recruitment, evaluation and selection processes.
Professional Development
Reviews organizational development needs and training strategies to determine required learning and development outcomes for the team; provides guidance in the creation of development plans; monitors ongoing progressandprovides coaching and mentoring and provides feedback; completes annual performance management reviews.
Education/Experience/Certifications
Education Requires a bachelors degree in engineering, business or other related field or equivalent experience.
ExperiencePrefer eight or moreyears in related field.
Certifications, Licenses andTrainingFor certain roles, CPA is preferred.
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
Functional Competencies
General Competencies
Leader Practices
Physical and Cognitive Demands
Cognitive Level
Substantial:Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
Cognitive
Schedule/Attendance
Physical Capabilities
Environment - Indoor/Outdoor
Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.
PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click .
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