Sr Accountant

Primary Duties

• Prepares complex monthly accounting journal entries.
• Prepares monthly account reconciliations.
• Oversees and/or processes the monthly close cycle.
• Creates, updates, reviews, investigates and distributes schedules and financial reports pertaining to various phases of accounting functions.
• Covers the preparation, analysis and verification of complex accounting reports to support responses to data requests in connection with regulatory filings and audits.
• Ensures that all transactions are properly supported and are in accordance with GAAP, FERC, SOX, and other regulatory requirements.
• May provide guidance, direction and training to other employees engaged in similar activities as well as other internal customers.
• Documents accounting procedures, processes and internal controls.
• Reviews for effectiveness and recommends revisions as necessary.
• Aids in the development and implementation of various computerized accounting related systems, both in-house and packaged, to enhance the value of financial information provided to management.
• May develop and deliver training for various computerized accounting related systems.
• Provides user support to accounting systems.
• Provides internal and external customer support when needed.

  Minimum Requirements

  • Educational/Experience Level: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field and four years of related experience in Accounting, or equivalent.
  • Minimum of four years of related experience in Accounting.
  • General educational knowledge normally acquired through a high school diploma or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and seven years of related experience in Accounting.
  • Communication Skills: Ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers to obtain and/or provide explanations and/or modifications on technical or other complex concepts, verbally and in writing.
  • Numeric Skills: Ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.
  • Computer Skills: Knowledge of various software applications to create documents, reports and/or graphics.
  • Physical Demands: Occasional bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting.
  • Work Conditions: Office environment.

    Company Information

    • Atmos Energy enjoys an employee-focused culture with rewarding work, competitive pay, work-life balance, inclusion and diversity, and excellent benefits.
    • Company-Provided Benefits: Holidays and Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Retirement Savings Plan (Matching and Fixed Annual Company Contribution), Annual Bonus Opportunity, Employee Assistance Program, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Plans, Basic Life Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA) Company Contribution with HDHP, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Programs, LifeLock Identity Theft Protection, Paid Training, Linked-In Learning, Voluntary Benefits, Retirement Savings Plan, Medical Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Employee/Dependent Life Insurance, Employee/Dependent Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Healthcare, Dependent Care and Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts.
    • Top Employer Recognitions: America’s Best Employers – Forbes Magazine, The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America - Forbes Magazine, Top Places to Work - Dallas Morning News, Best Places to Work - Mississippi Business Journal, Best Place to Learn - Dallas Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
    • Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required, 5+ years of Corporate Accounting experience strongly preferred, and Oracle experience preferred.