Accounting Consultant
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Location (On-site Remote or Hybrid): Portland OR (Hybrid)
Contract Duration: Contract until 05/31/2027
Job Description:
Partner with the Manager of Asset Accounting and Senior Principal Accountant support a variety of business transformation projects with a focus on asset accounting systems and processes. Examples include master data design impact assessment system testing & implementation control considerations ratemaking requirements gathering and enablement process improvement and general accounting & month-end close support.
Can you give a high-level overview of your team size roles its initiatives/deliverables and any tool/technologies specific to your team/department/project they will be supporting:
Asset Accounting is a 6-person team responsible for:
- Capital accounting policy (capital vs expense)
- Asset related accounting close budgeting forecasting and ratemaking (e.g. depreciation project charges in-service entries monitoring & flux controls)
- Partnership with the business to resolve questions and issues as they arise
- Ownership of asset accounting system processes partnering with IT for upgrades & issue resolution. Primary systems include Oracle ERP Projects and PowerPlan.
- This role will focus on system impacts of various corporate initiatives particularly in Oracle ERP Projects PowerPlan and Snowflake Datalake.
What would a day in the life of this role look like:
Participate in design and analysis sessions with Asset Accounting and key stakeholders (IT & business partners). Perform detailed design work over proposed changes (e.g. mapping out master data future state & roadmap to achieve end goal). Perform user acceptance testing over implemented changes. Communicate updates within Asset Accounting and across other groups as necessary to socialize updates & ensure adoption of changes.
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):
1. General corporate accounting experience in a large company: journal entries reconciliation intermediate/advanced GAAP.
2. Accounting system project experience (e.g. experience partnering with IT for accounting system enhancements ERP implementations system SOX controls etc)
3. Experience balancing concurrent projects & priorities
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)
1. Utility-specific experience
2. Asset accounting specific experience
3. Intermediate intercompany and merger/acquisition accounting knowledge
Education Requirements (Experience in Lieu of Degree):
Bachelor s degree in business accounting or related field (7 years of accounting experience in lieu)
Certification Requirements (Any Preferences):
CPA preferred but not required
How many years of experience are you looking for:
More than 7
