Manager, General Accounting

About Ameren Services (B&CS)

Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parentalleave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

About The Position

The Manager, General Accounting position is responsible for managing the operations of the General Accounting team. The position is responsible for validating that all accounting principles set by Ameren and various regulatory agencies, including the SEC, FERC, and other regulatory jurisdictions are accurately applied. Specifically, this position will lead a team of both management and union coworkers tasked with accounting for various transactions, including billed/unbilled revenue estimates, payroll distribution, service company and other benefit allocations, financing transactions, revenue, as well as managing the monthly close process. The Manager position plays a key role in developing department strategy, including finance transformation, system automation, and process optimization, and representing Finance with segment and digital leaders. This position works under the supervision of the Director, Accounting and has frequent exposure to the Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, and other officers of the Company.

Key responsibilities include:

• Review, analyze and interpret complex accounting, financial and statistical data utilized during the monthly and quarterly financial close process.
• Prepare and review accounting research on complex and/or unusual business transactions to develop the corporate accounting position on the transaction, including monitoring the activities of financial and regulatory reporting and accounting standard setting agencies.
• Review customer rate calculations (e.g., regulatory mechanisms), prepare associated testimony and filings, and prepare financial analysis in support of regulatory filings.
• Review areas of subject matter expertise included in external annual and quarterly regulatory filings with the SEC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and State Public Service Commissions.
• Serve as the cost allocation subject matter expert and primary point of contact for finance and segment leadership providing financial analysis and thought leadership for the organization.
• Leverage Oracle systems to prepare and review system processing for payroll distribution, cost allocations and further optimize the monthly close process, including understanding and managing the business impacts across the organization and financial statements and ensure accuracy of the overall process.
• Drive operational efficiency through continuously improving the end-to-end processes with a focus on process standardization, documentation, optimization, and automation.
• Partner with Digital to assess and prioritize technology requests, diagnose needs, and identify solution options.
• Ensure the governance and compliance requirements for implementing automation technologies are enforced.
• Managing department staff, including development future leaders and performance management.
• Participating in industry task forces to influence, interpret, and implement accounting standards driving industry consensus on key topics

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required. CPA also required. Advanced Degree preferred. Seven or more years of accounting or relevant experience required. Two or more years supervisory or leadership experience also required. Experience with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles, standards and methods required. Reporting experience (e.g. SEC and FERC), finance transformation, Oracle ERP or relevant systems experience required. implementation and/or management of regulatory filings preferred. Familiarity with fuel and power market transactions also preferred.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

A leader and change agent with action-oriented mindset and strong analytical skills, including the ability to lead teams to identify, analyze and research complex issues independently, effective oral communication and writing skills, and the willingness and ability to learn digital systems and take on challenging assignments. Expected to drive team performance to complete core responsibilities and monitor risks with a high degree of autonomy. Will lead cross-functional teams within the department and organization, including finance, operations, and digital. Interact well with all levels of the organization including senior leadership. Demonstrate strong technical subject matter expertise and business acumen.

Additional Information

Ameren's selection process includes a series of interviews and may include candidate testing and/or an individual aptitude or skill-based assessment. Specific details will be provided to qualified candidates.

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Compensation Range:

$131,900.00 - $204,400.00

At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.

If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date:

Friday June 19, 2026

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.