NextEra Energy

Accountant I

Posted on: 13 Mar 2021

Juno Beach, FL

Job Description

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy Inc. and Florida Power and Light are seeking an Accountant I at the Juno Beach location. In this role you will report to the Accounting Supervisor and focus mainly on FPL Property Accounting related activities. Specific duties and responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

* Responsible for activities in the areas of compliance, transactional accounting, reporting and analytics required to support FPL operations
* Review and monitor capital projects in accordance with SOX
* Responsible for month end close processes including preparing journal entries and various reporting deliverables
* Responsible for balance sheet & income statement variance reporting
* Responsible for assigned accounts reconciliations
* Support monthly, quarterly & annual reporting and filings requirements (SEC, FERC, FPSC)
* Support various projects as assigned
* Prepare ad hoc analyses and reports as needed

Job Overview

Employees in this role assist in researching, analyzing and reporting on issues that affect the company, recommending possible solutions, and assisting with the follow-up activities to resolve them.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Prepares financial reports in a timely manner that are in compliance with GAAP and accurately reflect the financial status of the company
Assures accounting integrity of corporate financial data through the implementation of appropriate internal controls
Independently prepares schedules and journal entries
Keeps abreast of and applies GAAP, SEC regulations, and relative company policies, practices and procedures
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance / Business
Experience: 3+ years

Preferred Qualifications

Master's - Business Administration
Master's - Accounting / Finance

NextEra Energy

Juno Beach, FL

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear, and natural gas-fired facilities. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets with a focus on renewable generation facilities, natural gas pipelines, and battery storage projects; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets.

As of December 31, 2018, the company operated approximately 24,500 megawatts of net generating capacity. It serves approximately 10 million people through approximately 5 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida with approximately 75,200 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines and 645 substations. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

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