Senior Regulatory Accounting Lead – Complex Filings

Liberty; Atlanta (GA); Presencial; USD 95.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401k Matching

Share purchase/match plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Free parking

Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

Descripción de la vacante

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is seeking a Principal-level Regulatory Accountant to lead enterprise-level regulatory accounting, provide technical judgement, and govern complex filings, data requests, and compliance matters across multiple jurisdictions.

The role requires independence, strategic advisory capacity, and mentoring of Analysts I–III. You will shape the regulatory reporting operating model, controls, data integrity, and documentation standards

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Eight to ten or more years of progressive experience in accounting, regulatory accounting, utility accounting, financial reporting, audit, rate-case support, or related finance roles.
• Advanced knowledge of US GAAP, utility accounting, regulatory accounting, regulatory assets and liabilities, cost allocation principles, and financial reporting controls.
• Extensive experience supporting complex regulatory filings, rate cases, audits, commission data requests, FERC/NARUC reporting, or jurisdictional proceedings.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex accounting and regulatory reporting requirements and translate them into defensible workpapers and filing support.
• Advanced Excel, data reconciliation, analytical, and financial systems skills, including large data sets and multi-source reporting environments.
• Experience with SAP, Hyperion/HFM, Workiva, Power BI, PowerPlan, BlackLine, Analysis for Office, or comparable platforms.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage competing regulatory priorities, and lead complex deliverables with limited direction.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the most complex and high-risk regulatory filings, rate-case support activities, audits, investigations, and commission data requests across assigned jurisdictions or business areas.
• Serve as principal financial and regulatory accounting advisor for significant proceedings, complex data responses, regulatory accounting matters, and cross-functional regulatory initiatives.
• Establish standards for source-to-file traceability, workpaper quality, reviewer evidence, documentation retention, control alignment, and regulator-ready support packages.
• Provide final technical review and quality assurance over complex schedules, exhibits, reconciliations, testimony support, regulatory responses, and filing support prepared by Analysts I, II, and III.
• Interpret and advise on FERC USOA, NARUC guidance, ASC 980 considerations, regulatory assets and liabilities, cost allocations, rate recovery mechanisms, affiliate transactions, and jurisdiction-specific reporting expectations.
• Anticipate and resolve complex data, accounting, reporting, mapping, control, and documentation issues that could affect filings, audits, compliance readiness, or stakeholder confidence.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Legal, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Audit, business operations, consultants, expert witnesses, and senior finance leaders.
• Advise leadership on regulatory reporting risks, emerging requirements, accounting implications of regulatory orders, organisational changes, system implementations, and transformation initiatives.
• Design and lead improvements to governance, data management, controls, account mapping, filing calendars, request tracking, workflow automation, and recurring support processes.
• Develop playbooks, templates, quality standards, training materials, and knowledge-transfer routines for the regulatory accounting analyst team.
• Mentor Analysts I, II, and III through technical coaching, review feedback, issue-resolution guidance, and professional development support.

Conocimientos

Regulatory accounting

FERC/NARUC guidance

Data reconciliation

Analytical skills

Excel advanced

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Herramientas

SAP

Hyperion/HFM

Workiva

Power BI

PowerPlan

BlackLine

Descripción del empleo

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is seeking a Principal-level Regulatory Accountant to lead enterprise-level regulatory accounting, provide technical judgement, and govern complex filings, data requests, and compliance matters across multiple jurisdictions.

The role requires independence, strategic advisory capacity, and mentoring of Analysts I–III. You will shape the regulatory reporting operating model, controls, data integrity, and documentation standards