Senior Accounting Analyst

Job Title: Senior Accounting Analyst
Job #: 521
Location: Portland, OR - Hybrid
Duration: 6+ month contract

Overview:

• Contributes to a strong team environment.
• Performs other duties and ad hoc assignments to support the department.
• Supports our commitment to a culture of safe work practices.
• Participates in month-end close by recording journal entries for segment activity and accruals.
• Analyzes results in comparison to budget and prior periods and provides variance explanations to Management.
• Prepares account reconciliations and performs SOX controls to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Compiles specific information for the Company's SEC financial statement disclosures.
• Provides support for both internal and external audits.
• Assist with regulatory filings as needed.
• Gas Reserves accounting
• Manages the monthly gas reserves accounting process, working regularly with a joint venture partner to obtain and record relevant transactions.
• Supports annual audit of the investment.
• Supports an annual reserve study and incorporates study results in annual forecasts.
• Prepares materials for monthly Management and quarterly Subsidiary Board Meetings.
• North Mist Gas Storage Facility accounting
• Prepares monthly reporting package for Management. This includes reviewing information from multiple departments and interpreting results.
• Works closely with the Rates team to develop annual forecast of future costs.

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Accounting and CPA certificate are required
• Minimum of 5 years of applied accounting experience. Public accounting experience is preferred
• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP, with the ability to critically think and apply that knowledge to business requirements
• Experience in utility industry or related business environment is preferred
• Experience using SAP or another general ledger or other financial software system is strongly preferred
• Experience with reconciliation tool, Blackline preferred
• Demonstrated background in applying analytical/accounting research skills
• Excellent verbal skills, including the ability to apply group facilitation techniques and make group presentations
• Strong written communication skills including with process and task documentation and report generation
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, including strong time management and organizational skills
• Must combine attention to detail with the ability to envision the big picture
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on technical accounting rules and experience researching accounting issues
• PC Skills primarily for word processing, spreadsheet and database applications
• Ability to facilitate and coordinate projects
• Proven ability to function in a team environment

Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions, founded in 2002, enjoyed an impressive reputation as one of the largest locally-owned and most respected technical staffing companies. Professional Resource Group, aka Data Resource Group, founded in 2009, also earned regional acclaim for being a fast-growing and highly-motivated professional staffing agency. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.