Accountant

Job Title: Accountant

Job Location: Energy Center (Birmingham, AL) or 30 Allen Plaza Atlanta, GA

Duration: (TBD) 1 Year +

Start date: ASAP

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 5+ years of accounting experience
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate conversations on complex accounting topics
• Ability to research technical/complex accounting issues
• Extremely strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to understand and explain complex accounting issues to a varied audience
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with accounting, auditing, various non-financial functional areas, and various levels of staff and management
• Understanding of FERC reporting requirements
• Knowledge of FASB and SEC accounting and reporting standards and requirements

Highly Preferred: Advanced degree or CPA, and Technology and/or Utility accounting experience

Responsibilities include:

1. Serve as the Chair/Lead of the Technology Accounting Review Committee.
2. Research and provide sound guidance on technical software and hardware accounting and reporting issues for Southern Company Services and its subsidiaries.
3. Assist with accounting conversations as appropriate between the SCS Technology Organization and System Accounting Research, Corporate Accounting, Budgeting & Reporting, and Property Accounting teams.
4. Evaluate the impact of new accounting standards and participate in the adoption of the new standards.
5. Document and communicate complex accounting decisions and cost recovery mechanisms for technology projects.

Job Experience and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required
• Advanced Degree or CPA is preferred
• Five years of accounting experience is required
• Technology and/or Utility accounting experience is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate conversations on complex accounting topics is required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of FASB and SEC accounting and reporting standards and requirements
• Ability to research technical/complex accounting issues
• Extremely strong oral and written communications skills with the ability to understand and explain complex accounting issues to a varied audience
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with accounting, auditing, various non-financial functional areas, and varying levels of staff and management
• Understanding of FERC reporting requirements is a plus