Job description

This position, which focuses on financial management and accounting for capital expenditures, will review, monitor, and ensure procedural compliance of the cost and asset components of the projects included in the capital investment program in each region from initiation to close. This role will assist with all project and program related accounting activities and analyze project financials. This role will act as the regional liaison between Engineering and all Utility-wide cost and asset accounting groups, devising methods for identifying expenditure trends in available information sources, identifying areas of process improvement and potential cost reductions, and be the local representative for accounting system and policy improvements. Lastly this position will provide reports on financial performance measures on both a recurring and ad-hoc basis.

PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Support regional Project Managers and Director of Engineering with regular CapEx activities associated with the implementation of and compliance with financial, governance and accounting policy and best practices as it relates to capital cost and asset accounting. These activities include:

o Prepare and edit as requested project metadata, dates, and budget plans in the financial source of truth platform.

o Prepare, administer, analyze, and correct as required project cost and asset data, status, transfers, unitizations and other metrics and partner collaboratively with stakeholders to improve accuracy and efficiency of asset management and to ensure costs accurately reflect project progress.

o Reconcile inventory using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

o Review and reconcile sales and use tax charges if required.

o Independently monitor and analyze project expenditures every month. Use ERP systems to perform cost queries and complex financial analyses on a monthly basis, drilling into and addressing errors in the data with Accounting.

o Identify projects that require authorization overruns and perform evaluations on the root cause.

o Provide a report of monthly financial analysis to Engineering staff each month. o Prepare expenditure reports for regulatory filings. This includes retrieving data from various systems and preparing customized reports

o Perform cost queries to assist the Director of Engineering with any additional cost analyses and breakdowns.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business Administration, or Accounting
• 3+ years of financial, cost accounting, project controller, or cost engineering experience
• Experience with Oracle based financial/accounting/budgeting software is a plus

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Work Location: In person

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