Senior Energy Accounting Analyst

Requisition ID # 168754 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Summary 

PG&E’s Controller’s Organization provides Budgeting, Forecasting, Accounting, Reporting, and Tax services. The team is responsible for developing processes, systems, and controls over critical finance functions. All these services are critical for a company with over $130 billion in assets and over $20 billion in annual revenues. 

Corporate Accounting provides accurate and timely delivery of the company's consolidated financial statements, variance analyses, account reconciliations, and other analyses that support the filing of Forms 10Q and 10K. The Energy Account team, within Corporate Accounting, is responsible for regulatory accounting and cost recovery. It partners with Regulatory Relations and Functional Areas to address the accounting impacts of a regulated environment and ensures the application of appropriate accounting treatment and analyses under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), California and Federal Regulatory Commissions, and Tax and SEC reporting for transactions relating to regulatory accounts. 

Position Summary 

We are seeking a highly motivated, capable Senior Accounting Analyst to work in our Energy Accounting team. In this role, you demonstrate strong analytical skills, take initiative, and have a detail-oriented eye when working through large data sets. You should possess clear and concise communication skills in addition to strong writing skills.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and the Oakland General Office 1-2x a week or based on business needs and company requirements. 

Disclosure:

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

Pay Range display:

Bay Area: $44.71 - $61.35/hour

Job Responsibilities 

• Monitors and develops monthly reports and provides records of assets, liabilities, and other transactions.
• Participate in the month-end closing process, including journal entry preparation.
• Prepares monthly account reconciliations for complex/high-risk accounts, including communications with appropriate internal and external business partners to understand/resolve reconciling items.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, SOX, SEC, and other regulatory requirements in all data management and reporting activities.
• Ability to analyze regulatory decisions and determine financial impacts.
• Analyze and interpret large, complex financial datasets using advanced analytics tools (e.g., Snowflake, Power BI, Alteryx, Python, R).
• Translates complex data findings into actionable tasks and projects through strong communication and storytelling.
• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Provides supporting documentation and explanations to internal and external parties.
• May manage projects or initiatives.

Qualifications 

Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of recent relevant accounting experience
• Strong technical accounting skills

Desired: 

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Six or more years of relevant experience
• Public Accounting experience
• Excellent research and issue-resolution skills
• Ability to assess and recommend solutions for moderate to complex projects
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language for data analysis (Python, R)
• Ability to prioritize, plan, and communicate activities and findings in both written and verbal form
• Able to present analysis and findings in a cohesive, understandable, and actionable format to department management
• Understanding of programs, policy, and operations to advise businesses on the meaning of data, results
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of technical/professional concepts