What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Advisor position at Edison International?
Job ID: 3441
Job Family: Finance
Location: Rosemead, CA, US
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become an Accounting Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll play a crucial role in accounting for legal reserves, claims, and settlements, collaborating with various stakeholders and leadership to ensure accurate recording of company’s legal activities in accordance with U.S. GAAP. As an Accounting Advisor, 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
- Oversees processes related to general ledger and month end close entries
- Directs the annual financial statement audit by working directly with internal staff and external accounting firm
- Manages the preparation, compilation and review of monthly and annual financial statements and other reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
- Communicates monthly variance analysis and reasoning for variance and trends
- Prepares a monthly cash report that identifies the current cash position for each bank account and reconciles all temporarily restricted fund balances for management
- Leads the development of the annual budget; aids in the review and validation of the annual operating budget and reviews a variety of spreadsheets, documents, and assists in completing the final budget documentation
- Takes part in the year-end audit; when requested by auditors, provides supporting schedules, work papers, and financial reports
- Analyzes and prepares a multitude of reports for financial, tax, and regulatory purposes
- Performs financial analysis and provides support for quarterly forecasts and annual budgets
- 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
- Seven or more years of experience in accounting.
- Experience with interpreting and applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting or related field
- Experience working with internal and external legal counsel on legal claims and settlements and account for settlement entries.
- Experience establishing and maintaining legal reserves includes assessing reserve adequacy based on legal case development.
- Proficiency with SAP, PowerPlan, or similar enterprise software
- Experience in a public accounting firm and/or regulated utility
Additional Information
- 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!
- 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.
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
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.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran 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.
Salary : $126,000 - $189,000
