Sr Business Analyst - Accounting (Reno or Las Vegas)

Responsibilities

• Prepares financial reports (may include financial statements) to support management decision making and performs analysis of financial results for inclusion in SEC reporting and for reporting to Corporate Headquarters.
• Sets up and supports internal business partners throughout the organization with financial knowledge and research documents and resolves assigned accounting and reporting issues in a manner consistent with Company policy.
• Investigates complicated and unusual fluctuations in financial results, monitors variances, identifies key drivers and recommends actions to management.
• Prepares schedules for general and deferred rate cases, utilizes knowledge to respond to data requests from interveners and contributes to the preparation of witness testimony.
• Increases productivity by automating accounting applications and coordinating information requirements.
• Compiles and analyzes financial data for other federal reporting as needed.
• Prepares and records journal entries to support accurate financial reporting including account reconciliations as needed for assigned general ledger accounts.
• Ensures compliance with internal controls, identifies internal control deficiencies and proposes internal control improvements.
• Supports activities relating to internal and external audits.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or in a related field from an accredited school and 4+ years of progressive experience related to accounting.
• If degree is in a related field, must have college level accounting coursework required for Nevada CPAs.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge, including research into new accounting guidance and SEC and FERC rules.
• Demonstrated technical accounting knowledge and understanding of financial reporting and the Company's business processes.
• Demonstrated project management, prioritization and multi-tasking skills.
• Demonstrated analytical, communication, organizational, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated skills in interpreting accounting, financial and economic information.