Lead Corporate Accountant - Hawaii Island

About the role

The P AC CORPORATE ACCOUNTING Department of the P GENERAL ACCOUNTING Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. The role requires extensive knowledge of accounting standards, financial statements, and regulatory accounting practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the timely financial closing process for Hawaiian Electric and its subsidiaries.
• Gathers, interprets, and summarizes various transactions and information, and prepares and enters journal entries which reflect that information in accordance with GAAP in the general ledger.
• Treats information received in the course of performing these responsibilities as confidential.
• Prepares and maintains process documentation on internal controls for the department in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
• Collaborate directly with internal/external customer requests for financial/statistical information to ensure timely delivery; provides advice on proper recordation of transactions; may serve as a lead on project teams to provide accounting guidance and input.
• Provides technical financial accounting guidance to Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii Electric Light and Maui Electric employees, for significant agreements, and special projects as appropriate.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response.

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge/understanding of accounting standards (GAAP).
• Thorough understanding of financial statements (balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, consolidations).
• Thorough knowledge/understanding of personal computers and ERP systems and related software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of regulatory accounting and ratemaking concepts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate and work with all levels of the organization, both verbally and in written communication.
• Excellent analytical skills to determine reasonableness of transactions.
• In-depth analytical, organizational, and conceptual skills to manage various projects and programs.
• Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to rapidly changing priorities.
• Previous supervisory or training staff experience.
• Experience in regulatory matters before the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission or equivalent agency with ratemaking jurisdiction for electric utilities.

Qualifications

• Several years (8+) of experience in such areas as the financial closing process, analysis and application of GAAP, regulatory accounting and ratemaking practices and procedures, evaluation and application of accounting internal controls, cash flow statement preparation, variance analysis, CPA designation public accounting experience and/or accounting experience in consolidations.
• Accounting experience in the electric utility industry.
• Previous supervisory or training staff experience.
• Experience in regulatory matters before the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission or equivalent agency with ratemaking jurisdiction for electric utilities.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate and work with all levels of the organization, both verbally and in written communication.
• Excellent analytical skills to determine reasonableness of transactions.
• In-depth analytical, organizational, and conceptual skills to manage various projects and programs.
• Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to lead (analyze, propose, and execute) process improvement recommendations within Corporate Accounting and the areas of responsibilities.
• Provides technical financial accounting guidance to Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii Electric Light and Maui Electric employees, for significant agreements, and special projects as appropriate.
• Drafts testimony on behalf of the manager and others for such things as rate case dockets, IRs and other regulatory proceedings.

Benefits

The hiring range for the Lead Corporate Accountant [Req ID 10416] position is $89,100.00 to $113,700.00. The person selected will be placed according to his/her skills and qualifications.

Pay

The hiring range for the Lead Corporate Accountant [Req ID 10416] position is $89,100.00 to $113,700.00.

Schedule

Not specified.