Job Summary:
SouthStar Energy Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company Gas, which serves over 600,000 natural gas commodity customers, markets gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers, and offers energy-related products that provide natural gas stability and utility bill management in competitive markets or markets that provide for customer choice. Depending upon your location, you may know us as Georgia Natural Gas, Florida Natural Gas, Ohio Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Energy, Grand Rapids Energy, Illinois Energy, or Illinois Energy Solutions.
With more than 25 years of experience in retail choice markets, SouthStar is also a leader in its markets in protecting the environment with its Greener Life and Certified Low Emissions gas, which allows its Greener Life customers the ability to make their natural gas usage in their homes carbon neutral while reducing their carbon footprint where the gas is produced.
This Staff Accountant position is responsible for accurate revenue recognition, cost, and departmental expenses for SouthStar Energy Services. Additionally, this position will be responsible for assisting with the preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Minimum of 2-3 years in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA certification or progress towards certification is preferred.
- Proficiency in Accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Strong knowledge of fundamental accounting principles and practices
- Excellent analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and other departments.
- Capability to manage and accomplish multiple projects and tasks within strict, time-sensitive deadlines.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Energy industry.
- More than one year of experience is preferred
- Knowledge of Oracle ERP system
- Advance proficiency in excel or any other financial analysis tools like PowerBI
Essential Job Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the requirements listed below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and record journal entries, including revenue, cost, and expense accruals, for assigned markets.
- Assist in the preparation and analysis of variances vs budget and prior year.
- Perform monthly account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
- Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing and reporting processes.
- Apply payments to customer’s open accounts receivables via the customer information system.
- Responsible for special projects and representing accounting needs and requirements.
- Beyond the primary responsibilities noted above, this role will also include cross-training and additional tasks, as assigned.
Work Environment:
- Hybrid work environment, in the office/on-site 2-3 days per week and subject to change per business needs.
Disclaimer: This information describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this job. The description is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of duties, responsibilities and qualifications required in the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to qualified disabled individuals for performance of essential duties and responsibilities.
