Plant Accounting Manager

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Plant Accounting Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll be leading a team responsible for application of technical skills and expertise in Fixed Asset Accounting to perform and analyze capital related accounting transactions and analysis.  Also, you will be managing capital work orders to ensure proper and timely capital cost recovery.

As a Plant Accounting Manager, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Manages monthly close entries and account reconciliations and investigate significant variances for specific areas of responsibility. Ensures all account reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and meets the internal control requirements
• Delivers the preparation of internal Financial Statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and coordinate all variance research related to actuals vs the prior year
• Upholds the timely update to all internal control documentation on an on-going basis and coordinates with all Accounting departments on any identified weaknesses and appropriate action plan to remediate
• Maintains compliance of all internal control requirements within the Accounting area
• Directs numerous processes related to the Fixed Asset System, including the appropriate creation of fixed assets by ensuring all new items meet the Capital Policy requirements, retirement of fixed assets by enforcing a diligent review of existing assets and proper approvals on dispositions, depreciation posting and tracking, and on-going maintenance of the fixed asset system
• Undertakes various process improvement initiatives across the Accounting area, including helping to identify efficiencies and potential opportunities for improvement that positively impact the workload throughout all of the Accounting operations
• Coordinates budget preparation including establishing budgetary controls and procedures and ongoing financial forecasting
• Prepares monthly procurement reports while managing purchases and encouraging a long-term cost-savings culture
• Supports proposals for potential projects to improve and streamline processes, cost to collect and cash yield
• Engages with external auditors on accounting and reporting, assists in the preparation and review of materials for the finance and audit committee meetings
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five or more years combined experience performing or leading an accounting function.
• Interpreting and applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Business, Economics or other related discipline.
• Familiar with PowerPlan software or similar Fixed Asset Accounting software.
• Knowledge of utilities or regulated companies.

You should know

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days.  Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California.  Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Relocation does not apply to this position.
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
  

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.