Job Description
Job Summary:
Southern Financial Reporting is looking for a motivated and experienced Accountant to join our team. This role plays a key part in managing monthly and quarterly accounting functions for Southern Company Holdings, Inc. (SOHI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company with multiple investments across diverse projects. This role offers exposure to a wide range of accounting activities and opportunities to make meaningful contributions to financial analysis and reporting. This department offers excellent career opportunities for the ideal candidate.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly and quarterly SOHI journal entries in Oracle
- Prepare payment requests for SOHI subsidiaries
- Create and distribute monthly affiliate billing documentation
- Reconcile bank accounts within Oracle Cash Management
- Analyze and reconcile account balances
- Monitor and analyze cash balances; initiate funding at SOHI subsidiaries as needed
- Prepare and distribute monthly financial statements
- Support quarterly SEC reporting activities, including documentation preparation and tie-outs
- Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments and business units, as well as external audit teams.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- Minimum 1 – 3 years of professional experience in accounting, financial accounting, regulatory accounting, finance, internal controls, or auditing
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Experience with journal entries, bank and account reconciliations, and Oracle ERP is desired
Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Clear and professional verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with personnel across departments and levels
- Skilled at managing multiple priorities and deadlines
Behavioral Attributes:
- Demonstrates curiosity and innovation in finding ways to improve and streamline workflows
- Adaptable to changing priorities and business needs
- Proactive and self-motivated, demonstrating initiative and ownership
- Maintains confidentiality and exercises sound judgement with sensitive information
- Positive, professional demeanor with strong interpersonal skills
Job Summary:
Southern Financial Reporting is looking for a motivated and experienced Accountant to join our team. This role plays a key part in managing monthly and quarterly accounting functions for Southern Company Holdings, Inc. (SOHI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company with multiple investments across diverse projects. This role offers exposure to a wide range of accounting activities and opportunities to make meaningful contributions to financial analysis and reporting. This department offers excellent career opportunities for the ideal candidate.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly and quarterly SOHI journal entries in Oracle
- Prepare payment requests for SOHI subsidiaries
- Create and distribute monthly affiliate billing documentation
- Reconcile bank accounts within Oracle Cash Management
- Analyze and reconcile account balances
- Monitor and analyze cash balances; initiate funding at SOHI subsidiaries as needed
- Prepare and distribute monthly financial statements
- Support quarterly SEC reporting activities, including documentation preparation and tie-outs
- Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments and business units, as well as external audit teams.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- Minimum 1 – 3 years of professional experience in accounting, financial accounting, regulatory accounting, finance, internal controls, or auditing
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Experience with journal entries, bank and account reconciliations, and Oracle ERP is desired
Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Clear and professional verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with personnel across departments and levels
- Skilled at managing multiple priorities and deadlines
Behavioral Attributes:
- Demonstrates curiosity and innovation in finding ways to improve and streamline workflows
- Adaptable to changing priorities and business needs
- Proactive and self-motivated, demonstrating initiative and ownership
- Maintains confidentiality and exercises sound judgement with sensitive information
- Positive, professional demeanor with strong interpersonal skills
About Southern Company
Southern Company is one of the largest energy providers in the United States. Based in Atlanta, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states, natural gas distribution utilities in seven states, a competitive generation company serving wholesale customers across America and a nationally recognized provider of customized energy solutions, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications.
The men and women who work at Southern Company understand that we don’t simply provide a product or service. Clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy is essential to our way of life. More than 100 years ago, our company played a major role in the growth and prosperity of the South – and we continue to play a role today through our support of economic development and our philanthropic efforts. We believe the communities we serve should be better off because we’re there.
Our principal business is to make, move and sell energy. Those are the “whats” of our business. But it’s the “hows” that make us different. The actions of our employees are what truly define us and have earned us a high level of trust among our customers, shareholders and regulators.
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