Supervisor, Accounting

Requisition ID # 159591 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Corporate Accounting provides accurate and timely delivery of company’s consolidated financial statements, variance analyses, account reconciliations, and other analyses that support the filing of Forms 10Q and 10K. The high-profile department provides a great place for energized and talented employees to ignite their career and make a contribution and be recognized. The work of our department is key to the Company and provides challenge and variety including application of appropriate accounting treatment and analyses under GAAP, FERC, Tax and SEC reporting. 

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated people leader comfortable working in a fast-paced and challenging work environment. In this role you will execute on Finance initiatives to support the companies True North Star and lead your team to perform in line with a world-class accounting department. You will develop and maintain key relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. You will coach, counsel, and mentor a team of accounting analysts. This position provides an excellent overview of both the company and the utility industry and opens the door to many other opportunities within PG&E. 

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland General Office 1-2x a week or as business needs require.

PG&E is providing 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:             $105,000

Bay Area Maximum:            $169,000

Job Responsibilities

Supervises the monitoring and development of monthly reports and recording of assets, liabilities, and/or other transactions:

• Reviews month-end closing process (journal entries and reconciliations).
• Reviews monthly variance analysis.
• Reviews supporting documentation for SEC and regulatory filings. Reviews and interprets policies, reporting requirements, rules, and regulations:
• Provides guidance to direct reports in the process of researching and resolving issues. May also lead the resolution of more complex accounting / disclosure issues.
• Identifies, researches, and coordinates the resolution of accounting issues.
• Provides guidance on appropriate techniques and methodologies for analyzing regulatory decisions.
• Assists in development of research objectives, approach design and analysis on impacting accounting issues. Assists in setup of processes, procedures, and other improvement efficiencies.
• Assists analysts and senior analysts in identifying areas for process improvement at the desk level.
• Identifies process improvements to reduce risk during account review, improves effectiveness of communications with business partners, and gains efficiencies during monthly close review procedures.
• Maintains and improves relationships with key business partners to gather information to ensure timelines of capturing transactions in the financial statements and resolving potential issues.
• Supervises and contributes to department and company projects initiatives to improve processes and understands / translates financial impacts. Leadership.
• Actively communicates issues and key activities to management.
• Coordinates activities across multiple functional groups; manages and works collaboratively in taskforce teams. 

Qualifications

Minimum:

• 5 years of relevant accounting experience to include supervisory experience with an ability to coach and manage staff
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field or equivalent work experience

Desired Skill & Abilities:

• Experience with Alteryx or Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, etc.) is highly desired
• Knowledge of GAAP and SEC
• Public accounting experience
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Ability to coordinate research and provide perspective on potential implications for line of business and/or company
• Solid understanding of FERC uniform chart of accounts
• Problem solving with a proven ability in creative thinking and issue resolution
• Ability to present the rules and regulations behind assigned accounts to department management
• Ability to use proper analytical techniques to breakdown and solve complex problems
• Able to communicate complex ideas and findings to diverse audiences

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