Analyst II, Regulatory Accounting

Net Impact; Joplin (MO); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan with matching

Share purchase/match plan

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Discount and Perks program

Free parking

Job summary

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN) is building a future-focused Regulatory Accounting team in a hybrid work environment. The role supports FERC/NARUC reporting, rate-case work, data requests, and related schedules with supervision.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field and have 2+ years in regulatory or utility accounting, with strong Excel and data-analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Two+ years of accounting, financial reporting, audit, regulatory reporting, or utility accounting experience.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, financial statements, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close, and reporting processes.
• Knowledge of FERC/NARUC reporting, utility accounting concepts, and regulatory account structures.
• Strong Excel, reconciliation, workpaper, and data analysis skills.
• Experience with ERP or reporting systems; SAP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare data and schedules for rate-case filings and regulatory data requests.
• Extract actuals and reconcile data to regulatory schedules and source records.
• Maintain audit-ready working papers and data-source documentation.
• Draft financial data-request responses and coordinate review comments.

Skills

Regulatory accounting

Financial analysis

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility. AQN is committed to providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective energy and water solutions through our portfolio of utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada.

At Algonquin, our vision is to be the most trusted utility service provider in North America - a premium regulated utility, known for our customer focus, commitment to sustainability, and strong community partnerships. Our employees are at the heart of that vision. We believe that when people are empowered to learn, grow, and contribute their ideas, we can achieve remarkable results together.

We are building a culture that values integrity, inclusivity, and innovation. By joining Algonquin, you'll be part of a team that is shaping the future of energy and water, while creating long-term value for our customers, communities, employees, and shareholders.

Purpose

This is a growing Team and various new opportunities on the Regulatory Accounting Team available.

Developing professional role responsible for independently supporting regulatory accounting, FERC/NARUC reporting, rate-case support, and commission data-request activities.

Owns assigned schedules, reconciliations, data-request responses, and workpaper packages from data extraction through review-ready completion with moderate supervision.

#LI-Hybrid

Accountabilities

• Prepare data and schedules for rate-case filings, regulatory data requests, and monthly, quarterly, or annual FERC/NARUC reporting with limited supervision.
• Extract actuals and reconcile data to regulatory schedules, filing templates, working papers, and source records.
• Prepare support for regulatory assets, liabilities, account mappings, cost allocations, pro forma adjustments, normalizations, and variance explanations.
• Maintain audit-ready working papers, request logs, data-source documentation, preparer/reviewer evidence, tie-outs, and control support.
• Draft financial data-request responses and coordinate review comments before final submission.
• Track status, due dates, owners, reviewers, confidentiality designations, approvals, and filing readiness.
• Resolve routine data issues, documentation gaps, mapping questions, and control concerns or elevate as needed.
• Contribute to standardization, automation, documentation consistency, and continuous improvement.
• Provide informal guidance to Level I analysts on templates, documentation, data extraction, and recurring process steps.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Two or more years of relevant accounting, financial reporting, audit, regulatory reporting, utility accounting, or financial analysis experience.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, financial statements, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close, and reporting processes.
• Ability to apply or develop knowledge of FERC/NARUC reporting, utility accounting concepts, and regulatory account structures.
• Strong Excel, reconciliation, workpaper, and data analysis skills.
• Experience using ERP or reporting systems; SAP preferred.
• Strong communication skills with Accounting, Regulatory Affairs, FP&A, Legal, Audit, and business stakeholders.

Compensation Data

Full base salary range $68,000.00- $95,000.00 per year*Liberty considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, training and skills, and geographic location.

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

As the successful candidate

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization - it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make animpact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

What we offer

• Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
• 401k Plan with matching
• Share purchase/match plan
• Leadership Development Program
• Volunteer paid days off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Achievement fund
• Free parking
• Variety of Health & Wellness programs
• Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.