Supervisor Joint Use Accounting

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Job Title:

Supervisor Joint Use Accounting

Requisition

Job Category:
Managerial / Professional

Location:

Oklahoma City, OK, US, 73129

Job Description:

JOB INFORMATION

• Job Title:
  
  Supervisor Joint Use Accounting
• Job Code: 130093
• Job Grade: 57

JOB SUMMARY Oversees the accounting functions within OG&E’s Joint Use Program, a complex, contract-driven, regulatory-adjacent business area. The role is responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving accounting practices related to Joint Use billing, reimbursements, receivables, credit balance resolution, cost allocation, rate validation, financial reporting, and defensible accounting analysis.
This position ensures Joint Use accounting activities are accurate, timely, supportable, contract-aligned, and consistent with applicable accounting standards, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), company policies, and regulatory expectations.
The role serves as the primary accounting leader for Joint Use and partners closely with Joint Use Project Management, Engineering, Compliance and Contract Management, Operations, Legal, Corporate Accounting, and external customer accounting and finance representatives. The role is expected to protect revenue, improve controls, support defensibility in disputes, and enable scalable program growth.

LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Supervises daily activities of team. Sets priorities to accomplish task or process completion. Decisions guided by policies, procedures and business plan. Typically does not perform same work as subordinates.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assure processing and reporting formats meet statutory requirements which may include, but is not limited to, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IRS, SEC, FERC, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
• Lead the Joint Use accounting function, including billing governance, reimbursement alignment, receivables oversight, credit balance resolution, project-level funds application, and financially sound execution across the Joint Use operating model.
• Establish, document, and continuously improve accounting policies, procedures, controls, workflows, and reporting practices for Joint Use activities.
• Oversee complex contract-driven billing and reimbursement activities involving varied customers, work types, cost structures, regulatory jurisdictions, and governing agreements.
• Ensure proper application of cost allocations, cost-causation principles, interest, penalties, credits, refunds, adjustments, and collection-related actions where supported by contracts and governing requirements.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and feedback to Joint Use Accounting, Project Management, Engineering, Compliance and Contract Management, Operations, Legal, Corporate Accounting, and external customer accounting or finance representatives.
• Support financial, contractual, legal, and regulatory disputes by ensuring OG&E’s accounting position is documented, supportable, and aligned with applicable contracts, rules, and company practices.
• Oversee management of overdue balances and receivables, including monitoring, follow-up, escalation strategy, and coordination with Legal, Compliance and Contract Management, and business leadership where appropriate.
• Lead annual validation support for formula-driven rates, key financial inputs, billing assumptions, and related financial elements used in Joint Use invoicing and reimbursement activities.
• Ensure internal controls are in place and monitored for key Joint Use accounting activities, including billing, cost allocations, dunning, adjustments, refunds, reconciliations, reimbursements, receivables, disputes, collections, and reporting.
• Translate audit results, field data, contract requirements, project cost information, and operational activity into accurate and supportable financial outcomes.
• Evaluate, develop, improve, and present Joint Use accounting processes, updates, risks, compliance considerations, and financial results to leadership, ensuring internal practices align with organizational objectives and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
• Coach, develop, prioritize, and…