National Grid Hiring for Senior Accountant at Brooklyn Full Time

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About us

National Grid is hiring a Senior Accountant for our Controllership in Brooklyn, NY.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

Finance Operations, Senior Accountant Controllership, National Grid (KEDNY and KEDLI) is responsible for accounting functions by reviewing accounting discrepancies to produce accurate and credible financial information for the NY jurisdiction.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for processing accounting transactions and providing accurate and credible financial data for KEDNY and KEDLI.

• Supports the month end process through processing accruals and allocating transactions for NY.

• Books accruals to ensure proper account reconciliations and accurate reporting.

• Supports implementation of policies, internal controls, accounting standards and procedures to drive performance.

• Supports the review of accounting and reconciliation to identify discrepancies and produce accurate and credible data.

• Reviews accounting transactions and identifies manual accruals to ensure allocation to appropriate accounts for accurate and credible data.

• Performs balance sheet/income statement quarterly analytics.

• Supports month end accounting close process by reviewing accounting transactions for accuracy.

• Responsible for completing month end accounting review activities to ensure timely filing and account for any variances in SAP.

• Reviews accounts and calculates financial adjustments and ensure proper account reconciliation.

• Assembles and reviews supporting documentation to ensure compliance with audits.

• Compiles and reviews financial information to ensure accurate financial statements.

• Ensures maintenance of financial records for compliance with accepted policies and procedures.

• Responsible for supporting financial filings and reporting deadlines.

• Responsible for supporting the implementation of Rate Case Filings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years’ of experience in Accounting roles with increasing responsibility.

• Knowledge of gas accounting or related specialized accounting discipline.

• Ability to review accounting transactions for accuracy.

• Knowledge of general ledger platforms, SAP and accounting systems experience.

• Experience working across department and geographic boundaries to lead risk mitigation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework.

• Background preferred in Utility service business activities and projects.

• Experience reviewing and resolving data discrepancies.

• Able to assess accounting issues and recommend solutions.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.

• Excellent written/oral communication skills, follow up and negotiation skills

• Effective collaboration and partnership capabilities.

• Working as part of a team but able to work on own initiative when required.

More Information

Salary

$90k to $127k a year

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.