Temporary Senior Cost Accountant; Senior Accountant, Temporary

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

City Light’s Accounting Division has a temporary opportunity for a Senior Cost Accountant. This is a key position, playing a significant role in accomplishing the mission of the Cost Accounting team to accurately account for approximately $6 billion of Utility Plant Assets and $400 million in annual capitalized additions. Under limited supervision, the Senior Accountant performs complex professional accounting work in the maintenance, control, analysis and development of financial records, reports and systems.

In this position, you will maintain accounting records in the general ledger and other financial systems, prepare and analyze accounting/financial and investment data and reports, perform account reconciliations and research and interpret accounting standards and regulations. This position reports to the Cost Accounting Manager.

• Work with power generation, energy conservation, information technology, engineering & administrative business units or functional areas to understand their operations and assist them with proper cost tracking processes.
• Monitor work-in-process to ensure that completed work is appropriately classified and that completed assets are accurately recorded in a timely manner. Review asset records to record asset retirements and ensure accuracy of annual depreciation expense.
• Assist with grant cost reporting, accounting journals, and reimbursement requests.
• Record amortization for intangible assets, prepare year end depreciation reports.
• Lead Time & Material Final Bill Cost process including the preparation of final bill packets. This data controls and tracks status of Large Time and Material jobs from beginning to end (“final bill”).
• Perform accounting and financial research, reconciliations, analysis and reporting on financial, accounting and budget issues and problems.
• Ensure conformance with applicable accounting standards including GASB, GAAP, and compliance with regulatory requirements including FERC.
• Deliver reporting of performance metrics and key operating statistics.
• Continue refinement of related accounting processes and policies.
• Deliver management via the maintenance of current reports, design of new reports and writing of ad-hoc reports as required.
• Advise and assist management in interpreting and understanding fiscal and accounting policies, procedures, operations and controls.

In addition to the skills and experience mentioned below, a successful applicant will have experience that reflects a commitment to creating fair and equitable outcomes and has:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field (requires satisfactory completion of at least 24 semester hours or 36 quarter credit units in accounting with no substitution allowed) plus three years’ professional experience in general or governmental accounting (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).

You will be successful if you have the following experience, skills, and abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of accounting principles, practices and methods in accordance with GAAP, GASB and FERC.
• In-depth knowledge of People Soft, WAMS, Excel, and related financial data.
• Ability to select data and create SQL, Excel, Tableau data pulls.
• Ability to work…