Staff Accountant II

Southern Company • Naperville, IL

8h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for preparing and analyzing billed and unbilled transactions to ensure that the data used for financial and regulatory reporting is accurate, and for preparing assigned financial and regulatory reports. This position is on-site 4 days a week at our Naperville, IL HQ.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Proficient in preparing journal entries and account reconciliations
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience working with Microsoft Access
• Successful time management with the ability to prioritize work and meet multiple deadlines
• Ability to investigate and resolve variances related to various accounts and transactions
• Experience working with both internal and external auditors
• BS/BA in Accounting
• 3 - 5 years of accounting experience

Nice To Haves

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
• Regulatory accounting experience a plus
• Public accounting experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Analyze daily transactions from the billing system to ensure data integrity.
• Review customer refund transactions for reasonableness.
• Prepare journal entries as required for month end close.
• Perform controls as assigned to ensure revenue recognized is complete.
• Must be able to recognize discrepancies and investigate and/or escalate as appropriate.
• Process unclaimed property transactions, including loading records into the database and coordinating reissuance of payments, as required for each escheatment cycle.
• Prepare tax payment requests and required returns monthly.
• Work with Billing, Credit, and IT to research issues.
• Provide information to internal and external auditors as required.
• Prepare standard reports as needed for financial and regulatory reporting.
• Create queries as needed for ad hoc and new recurring data requests.
• Perform account reconciliations monthly on assigned accounts and resolve any issues promptly.

Benefits

• Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being.
• This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s).
• A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf.
• Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees