Lead Accounting Analyst – Carolinas Accounting & Reporting

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Job Summary Carolinas Accounting & Reporting is within the Controller’s Department and provides accounting, financial analysis, and reporting support for Duke Energy. This position serves as a hands-on technical lead for revenue accounting, reporting, and analytics supporting Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress. The role is responsible for ensuring revenue transactions originating from SAP billing and other source systems are accurately recorded, reconciled, analyzed, and reported in accordance with GAAP, FERC, regulatory, and internal-control requirements.

Responsibilities span journal entries, monthly and quarterly close, management reporting, variance analysis, data validation, reconciliations, and research into complex revenue matters.

The successful candidate will combine strong accounting judgment with advanced data-analysis capabilities. This includes independently developing complex SQL queries and/or Python code to analyze large transactional datasets, identify anomalies, reconcile source-system activity to the general ledger, and create repeatable reporting solutions.

Equally important, the successful candidate will demonstrate executive presence and the ability to translate detailed accounting and transactional data into a concise, decision-useful explanation of key business drivers, emerging risks, and recommended actions. The position works independently on complex matters, leads cross-functional initiatives, and provides technical guidance and review to other team members.

Responsibilities Lead the accounting, analysis, and reporting of DEC and DEP revenue, including journal entries, account reconciliations, close activities, management reporting, and support for internal and external reporting.

Analyze revenue transactions originating from SAP billing and other source systems, ensuring activity is complete, accurate, appropriately classified, and properly reflected in the general ledger.

Independently write and maintain complex SQL queries and/or Python code to extract, join, transform, reconcile, and analyze large transactional datasets.

Develop repeatable, controlled analytical solutions that improve the accuracy, timeliness, and transparency of revenue reporting.

Lead monthly and quarterly revenue variance analysis, identifying and quantifying the principal business, operational, accounting, timing, and data-related drivers of performance.

Translate complex analytical findings into concise, executive-ready reporting that communicates results, risks, implications, and recommended actions.

Develop an end-to-end understanding of revenue data flows from billing and operational source systems through interfaces, accounting entries, the general ledger, and financial and management reporting.

Investigate revenue anomalies and reconciliation differences, determine root causes, and partner with Accounting, Finance, IT, Billing, Rates and Regulatory, and other stakeholders to implement sustainable solutions.

Apply sound accounting judgment to complex revenue matters in accordance with GAAP, FERC requirements, applicable regulatory guidance, and company policies.

Maintain effective internal controls,…