Senior Accountant, Property Accounting (PowerPlan)

Liberty Utilities; Londonderry (NH); Hybride; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401k Plan with matching

Share purchase/match plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Free parking

Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

Résumé du poste

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), the parent company of Liberty Utilities, seeks a Senior Accountant, Property Accounting (PowerPlan) in Londonderry, NH.

You will manage utility plant records, capitalization, depreciation, retirements, and regulatory reporting within GAAP and USoA, working with Engineering, Construction, and Finance teams. In this hybrid role, you will maintain asset data in PowerPlan, reconcile with SAP, prepare monthly close, and support regulatory filings and rate

Qualifications

• Experience in fixed-asset accounting and plant accounting.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and regulatory accounting requirements.
• Ability to perform complex reconciliations and data analyses.
• Experience with PowerPlan and SAP integration is preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail and multi-deadline management.

Responsabilités

• Maintain utility plant accounting records in PowerPlan and ensure accurate capitalization and depreciation.
• Record plant additions, retirements, transfers, and other asset transactions per USoA guidance.
• Lead asset reconciliations across PowerPlan, SAP, and project accounting systems.
• Prepare monthly journal entries and close activities for plant accounting.
• Support regulatory reporting, rate cases, and audits with supporting schedules.

Connaissances

Fixed asset accounting

GAAP knowledge

Reconciliations

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Formation

CPA / CMA or progress toward designation

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance

Outils

PowerPlan

SAP S4 Hana

Microsoft Excel

Description du poste

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Senior Accountant, Property Accounting (PowerPlan)

LU Service Corp.

Londonderry, NH, US, 03053 Merrick, NY, US, 11566 Downey, CA, US, 90241 Gainesville, GA, US, 30501 Joplin, MO, US, 64801 Tahoe Vista, CA, US, 96148 Joplin, MO, US, 64801

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. 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

The Utility Property Accountant III serves as a senior accounting professional responsible for safeguarding the integrity, accuracy, and regulatory compliance of the Company's utility plant and fixed asset records. The role is accountable for ensuring utility capital investments are properly classified, capitalized, depreciated, retired, reconciled, and reported in accordance with FERC Uniform System of Accounts (USoA), NARUC guidance, GAAP, company accounting policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.

As a key member of the Fixed Asset Lifecycle team, this position provides oversight of accounting transactions supporting substantial utility infrastructure investments and serves as a trusted advisor to Engineering, Construction, Operations, Regulatory, Project Management, and Finance teams on capitalization, asset accounting, and regulatory reporting requirements. The role exercises significant judgment in evaluating complex accounting transactions, resolving financial and operational discrepancies, and ensuring the Company's plant accounting records can withstand regulatory, audit, and financial statement scrutiny.

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Accountabilities

• Serve as a steward of the Company's utility plant accounting records, ensuring utility assets and capital investments are accounted for accurately, completely, and in compliance with regulatory and accounting requirements.
• Record and maintain utility plant additions, retirements, transfers, and other transactions in accordance with the FERC/NARUC Uniform System of Accounts and Company accounting policies.
• Review capital projects and support documentation to determine appropriate plant accounts, functional classification, asset class, and in-service treatment.
• Establish and maintain asset records in PowerPlan, including project/asset information, plant accounts, units of property, in-service dates, cost components, depreciation attributes, and retirement information.
• Ensure costs are properly transferred from Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) to plant in service when the asset is placed in service.
• Review construction and work-order activity for appropriate capitalization versus repair and maintenance treatment.
• Process asset transfers, retirements, abandonments, disposals, and adjustments in accordance with Company policy and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure asset records agree with the Company's general ledgers and support subsidiary records.
• Investigate, assess and resolve complex discrepancies between PowerPlan, the SAP general ledgers, project accounting records, work orders, and other source systems.
• Lead reconciliation activities supporting utility plant, accumulated depreciation, CWIP, and related fixed asset balances across PowerPlan, SAP, project accounting systems, and supporting records.
• Review PowerPlan depreciation calculations and investigate unusual or unexpected changes.
• Support periodic asset-data cleanup and ensure the integrity and completeness of the fixed-asset database.
• Calculate, review, and record depreciation and amortization in accordance with approved depreciation rates, asset lives, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain documentation supporting regulatory accounting conclusions and ensure transactions are adequately supported and auditable.
• Review project costs for potential misclassification, duplicate charges, unsupported costs, or other accounting issues.
• Assist with unit-of-property and retirement-unit determinations when required.
• Support the accounting treatment of AFUDC, engineering, construction, labor, materials, and other eligible capital costs in accordance with Company policy and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Prepare monthly journal entries and supporting schedules for plant accounting and related accounts.
• Perform monthly close activities, including reconciliations, variance analysis, depreciation review, and account analysis.
• Prepare management reports and analytical schedules related to capital expenditures, plant balances, depreciation, retirements, and CWIP.
• Support FERC, state commission/NARUC, and other regulatory information requests.
• Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for rate cases, regulatory audits, financial audits, and other examinations.
• Ensure plant accounting records are supported by appropriate source documentation and maintain a clear audit trail from source transaction through the general ledger and regulatory reporting.
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Education and Experience

Required Qualifications

• Preferably in fixed assets, property accounting, plant accounting, or a regulated utility environment.
• Working knowledge of GAAP and fixed-asset accounting.
• Strong understanding of accounting reconciliations, journal entries, depreciation, capitalization, and financial close processes.
• Advanced or intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, data analysis, and reconciliation techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to research accounting issues and document conclusions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PowerPlan
• Direct experience with FERC Uniform System of Accounts (USoA).
• Experience with NARUC/state utility commission accounting requirements.
• Utility experience in electric, natural gas, water, or other regulated infrastructure.
• Experience accounting for CWIP, AFUDC, plant retirements, depreciation, asset transfers, and construction projects.
• Experience supporting FERC or state regulatory filings and rate cases.
• CPA, CMA, or progress toward professional accounting designation.
• Experience with SAP S4 Hana system integrated with PowerPlan
• Knowledge of utility units of property, retirement units, mass property, and composite depreciation.

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 fulfil 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.

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Teamwork
• 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.