Accountant 2

Atmos Energy • Dallas, TX

6d

About The Position

The Accountant 2 prepares monthly journal entries and account reconciliations, performs monthly close processes, and creates, updates, reviews, investigates, and distributes schedules and financial reports related to accounting functions. The role prepares, analyzes, and verifies accounting reports and records to support responses to data requests for regulatory filings and audits. It ensures transactions are properly supported and comply with GAAP, FERC, SOX, and other regulatory requirements, and provides internal and external customer support when needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field and 2 years of related accounting experience, or equivalent.
• Alternatively, a high school diploma or GED and 5 years of related accounting experience.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with internal and/or external customers to explain or modify technical or complex concepts for people with little or no background in the subject.
• Ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages, and simple statistical methods.
• Knowledge of software applications used to create documents, reports, and/or graphics.
• Ability to occasionally perform physical activities including bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning, and/or lifting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly accounting journal entries.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations.
• Perform processes during the monthly close cycle.
• Create, update, review, investigate, and distribute schedules and financial reports pertaining to accounting functions.
• Prepare, analyze, and verify accounting reports and records to support data requests related to regulatory filings and audits.
• Ensure transactions are properly supported and comply with GAAP, FERC, SOX, and other regulatory requirements.
• Provide internal and external customer support when needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level