Senior Energy Accounting Analyst

Requisition ID # 174069 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E’s Controller’s Organization provides Budgeting, Forecasting, Accounting, Reporting, and Tax services. It is responsible for developing processes, systems, and controls over critical finance functions.  All of these services are critical to 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.

Position Summary

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.

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.

 Job Responsibilities 

• Monitors and develops monthly reports and provides record of assets, liabilities and/or other transactions.
• Participates 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.
• Prepares monthly variance analysis
• Assists in the preparation of supporting documentation for SEC
• Analyzes accounting transactions and records the resulting accounting entries.
• Identifies issues, proposes solutions, and documents conclusions with minimal supervision. Manages communication with external parties (e.g. Deloitte) and addresses inquiries. Demonstrates a complete understanding of assigned sections and the ability to respond
• Provides supporting documentation and explanations to internal and external auditors.
• Assists in setup of processes, procedures and other improvement efficiencies.
• Identifies process improvements to reduce risk and create efficiencies at the desk level. Assists in the implementation of process improvement initiatives undertaken by the department.
• 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.
• Analyzes regulatory directives for accounting implications and synthesizes recommendations
• May manage projects or initiatives.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Requires a minimum of four years of recent relevant accounting experience

Desired 

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Six or more years relevant experience
• Public Accounting experience
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Knowledge of GAAP and SEC
• 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

Compensation

PG&E provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation 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, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, 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. 

A reasonable salary range is:​

• Bay Area Minimum: $93,000
• Bay Area Midpoint: $116,000
• Bay Area Maximum: $139,000