Senior Accountant - Transmission & Distribution, Allocations

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Performs accounting activities for PGE’s transmission and distribution operations including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of accounts and financial statements. Responsible for ensuring the integrity of internal controls and accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, company policies and regulatory compliance. Completes accounting research and provides support for forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.

Accounting owner for PGE’s allocations and loadings, including annual maintenance, methodology updates and documentation, internal controls, analysis and ad hoc requests.

Key Responsibilities

1. Accounting Analysis: Provides accounting and general business analytical expertise in assigned functional areas (e.g., revenues, employee benefits, fixed assets, power costs, etc.); prepares and/or reviews routine journal entries and reconciliations.
2. Accounting Research: Researches standard issues related to specific issues or transactions; applies research tools for reporting frameworks (i.e., FASB ASC codification, COSO, etc.).
3. Financial Reporting: Prepares a wide range of disclosures, tables or other items for filings; researches data discrepancies and suggests solutions.
4. Compliance: Performs control activities to ensure compliance with internal control policies.
5. Consulting: Consults on proper accounting treatment of activities, applying thorough understanding of processes in relevant functional areas; actively monitors and responds to internal data requests.
6. Budget Support: Develops budget forecasts and analyses for less routine projects or areas; researches anomalies across various reports/systems and suggests solutions.
7. Financial Systems: Gains proficiency with accounting organization-specific applications and teaches others how to perform routine tasks.

Education/Experience/Certifications

1. Education: Requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or other business-related field or equivalent experience.
2. Experience: Typically two or more years in related field (Accountant); 5 or more years (Sr. Accountant).
3. Certifications/Training: CPA is preferred.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

1. Functional Competencies: Working knowledge of accounting principles, including GAAP and regulatory accounting theory and practices.
2. Basic knowledge of other accounting disciplines, such as tax.
3. Working knowledge of internal controls, including the requirements of SOX.
4. Working knowledge of accounting and finance business processes and policies.
5. Working knowledge of related financial systems.
6. Working knowledge of relevant utility industry operations and financial regulations.

1. General Competencies: Working business-acumen.
2. Working problem-solving skills.
3. Intermediate written and oral communication skills.
4. Intermediate interpersonal skills.
5. Working organization and prioritization skills.
6. Working consulting skills.
7. Working knowledge of business process interrelationships.
8. Working analytical thinking skills.

Physical and Cognitive Demands

1. Cognitive Level: Intermediate: Consistent use of relevant principles to solve practical problems and to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
2. Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks.
3. Ability to follow accuracy standards.
4. Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks.
5. Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
6. Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress.
7. Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change.
8. Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback.
9. Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement.
10. Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks.
11. Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization.
12. Demonstrates sound memory.
13. Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks.

Schedule/Attendance

1. Ability to work long hours.
2. Ability to work a variable schedule.
3. Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather.
4. Ability to consistently meet attendance policy and standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance.

Physical Capabilities

1. Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more).
2. Computer use: Use computer regularly for entire work shift.

Environment

1. Office.
2. Hybrid - 3 days per week in office.

Compensation Range:

$87,225.00 - $145,375.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance-based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future.

Join us today and power your potential!