Analyst Clause Accounting & Analysis

Florida Power & Light; Juno Beach (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Power & Light Company, a NextEra Energy subsidiary, seeks a regulatory accounting professional to apply FPSC and FERC rules to cost recovery clauses. You will perform monthly journal entries, variance reporting, and support clause filings.

You will interact with auditors, coordinate with Deloitte and internal teams, and help maintain SOX controls while identifying AI-enabled process improvements to boost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA certification is preferred.
• Minimum 2+ years of accounting or finance experience.
• Public utility experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with AI tools, automation, or workflow design is a plus.
• Ability to leverage technology to improve reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Apply FPSC and FERC rules to proper regulatory treatment of cost recovery clauses.
• Interact with multiple departments to ensure accurate cost recovery reporting.
• Prepare monthly journal entries for over/under cost recovery calculations.
• Generate cost recovery clause variance reports for filings.
• Coordinate responses to FPSC discovery and related proceedings.
• Maintain month-end and year-end close checklists and reporting.
• Prepare reconciliations for clause accounts and interface with auditors.
• Support GAAP compliance and SOX controls in the financial close.
• Identify and implement AI-enabled tools to improve processes.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Financial analysis

Regulatory accounting

GAAP knowledge

AI/Automation familiarity

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

CPA

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Requisition ID: 97352

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy.

Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

Responsible for understanding and applying Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules, practices, and regulatory principles in determining appropriate regulatory treatment and accounting for FPL’s cost recovery clauses. This individual will be charged with making monthly accounting entries, preparing monthly variance reports, providing support during regulatory cost recovery clause proceedings, and direct interaction with FPSC auditors on clause audits. Periodically supports ad hoc analysis and strategic initiatives.

Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible for understanding and accurately applying Florida Public Service Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission specific rules and regulatory principles in determining proper regulatory treatment of FPL’s cost recovery clauses.
• Interact with and provide guidance to various departments within FPL to ensure amounts recorded in the cost recovery clauses are appropriate, accurately reported, and support proper clause accounting decisions.
• Responsible for the monthly preparation of journal entries related to over/under calculations of FPL’s retail cost recovery clauses and wholesale fuel adjustment clauses.
• Responsible for monthly preparation of cost recovery clause variance reporting.
• Preparation of over/under cost recovery schedules to be included in annual cost recovery clause filings with the FPSC.
• Responsible for coordination and/or preparation of responses to discovery posed by the FPSC and parties that have been granted intervention to cost recovery clause proceedings.
• Maintain monthly and year-end close and financial reporting checklists to ensure accurate, timely completion of all close and filing related activities.
• Prepare Account Reconciliations for Clause accounts before month end.
• Interface with Deloitte and Internal Auditors on all monthly clause true-up calculations, journal entry or reconciliation related issues.
• Recommend and ensure proper accounting treatment for recoverable costs and other transactions in accordance with GAAP, FERC, and FPSC guidelines throughout the financial reporting process.
• Assist in docket related activities on an as needed basis.
• Maintain and update all cost recovery accounting control procedures and SOX to ensure compliance.
• Identify, design, and support AI agent solutions, automation tools, workflows, and process improvement initiatives that enhance the efficiency, accuracy, repeatability, and sustainability of regulatory accounting activities.

Highly Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA certificate
• Minimum of 2-3 years accounting or finance experience
• Public Utility experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with AI tools, automation platforms, process improvement, or workflow design preferred
• Demonstrated ability to leverage technology, including AI-enabled tools and automation, to improve processes, reporting, and analysis

Job Overview

Employees in this role supports Senior Management decision making via financial modeling, including but not limited to, revenue requirement and customer bill impacts, discounted cash flow analysis and financial statement modeling. This position identifies and conducts moderately complex analyses of financial impacts of issues and/or decisions facing the company and proposes strategies to maximize financial performance of company.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Identifies, analyzes, and communicates to management the impact on the Company's financial structure, profitability, financial integrity, and competitive position utilizing relevant analytical methods and/or department’s forecasting models
• Provides financial analysis support for various projects, calculating revenue requirements, net present value, customer bill impact, etc.
• Provides expertise, support, and financial training for the company departments requiring these services
• Performs financial analyses as required by management or regulatory bodies
• Prepares PowerPoint presentations to be provided to Senior and Executive Management
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance
• Master's - Business Administration

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics

Organization: Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided: No

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