Staff Accountant
Posted on: 3 Jul 2021
San Diego, CA
Job Description
Primary Purpose:
Performs specific accounting, regulatory, reporting and financial analysis assignments including preparation of complex financial reports and related analysis with guidance from principal staff, supervisor and/or manager.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Independently prepares and manages external compliance reports for the California Utilities and Corporate Center.
Creates, modifies and maintains all general ledger accounts for all companies.
Prepares bank account reconciliations for Utilities, and Corporate Center.
Reviews bank account reconciliations for Utilities and Corporate Center Serves as a lead professional related to state filings, General Ledger maintenance and accounting assignments in their areas of knowledge.
Performs technical duties related to software requirements.
Recommends accounting, and compliance treatment for new and existing operations, regulations and laws.
Responds to inquiries of senior management, external departments, government agencies, and internal and external auditors.
Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's Degree Accounting, finance, economics or related business administration field required.
CPA, CMA, MBA and/or other professional certificates/advanced degrees.
Experience:
3+ years experience in public and /or professional accounting or equivalent training and experience.
Experience in the electric and/or gas utility industry a plus.
Skills and Abilities:
Requires working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Working knowledge of other Microsoft Office products such as Exchange, PowerPoint, etc. also a plus.
Must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
Must be able to effectively interact in a team environment.
Sempra Energy
San Diego, CA
Sempra Energy, together with its subsidiaries, invests in, develops, and operates energy infrastructure, as well as provides electric and gas services in the United States and internationally. The company’s San Diego Gas & Electric Company segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity; and supplies natural gas. It provides electric services to a population of approximately 3.7 million and natural gas services to approximately 3.4 million of that population, covering a 4,100 square mile service territory in Southern California. Its Southern California Gas Company segment owns and operates a natural gas distribution, transmission, and storage system that supplies natural gas to a population of approximately 21.9 million, covering a 24,000 square mile service territory that encompasses Southern California and portions of central California. The company’s Sempra Texas Utility segment is involved in the regulated transmission and distribution of electricity serving approximately 3.6 million homes and businesses, and operating approximately 137,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines.
As of December 31, 2018, its transmission system included 16,000 circuit miles of transmission lines, 306 transmission stations, and 740 distribution substations; and distribution system consisted of 121,000 miles of overhead conductors and underground conductors. Sempra Energy’s Sempra Mexico segment develops, owns and operates, or holds interests in natural gas, electric, LNG, LPG, ethane, and liquid fuels infrastructure; and engages in the purchase of LNG, and purchase and sale of natural gas.
This segment operates a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle plant and two wind power generation facilities. Its assets/facilities consisted of 1,353 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines, 12 compressor stations, 139 miles of ethane pipelines, 118 miles of LPG pipelines, and 1 LPG storage terminal. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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IndustryEnergy/Utilities
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No. of Employees16,823
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Website
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