Corporate Accounting Manager bei Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

• Ensure the proper categorization and recording of financial information in conformity with United States (US) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Electric Regulatory Commission (FERC) Uniform System of Accounts (USOA).

• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, ensuring accounting transactions are recorded correctly
• Develop and maintain the fixed asset system and procedures to record, report and interpret fixed asset financial data relating to plant in service for internal, GAAP and regulatory reporting.
• Prepare monthly variance explanations for presentation to the Board of Directors.
• Review journal entries for proper documentation, correct accounting, and conformity with accounting guidance; approve of same or communicate deficiencies for correction.
• Review and approve all account reconciliations prepared by staff and communicate deficiencies for correction.

• Assure that all financial reports relating to fixed assets are prepared for internal, GAAP and regulatory reporting.

• Coordinate plant accounting related external and internal audit requests for reports and analyses.

• Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy. 

• Advise staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions.

• Supervise the Corporate Accounting group to ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met. 

• Work closely with the Assistant Controller to ensure timely, accurate, and efficient quarterly and annual external audits. Communicate issues and concerns with external auditors and Assistant Controller to achieve a defendable resolution.

• Ensure all internal controls are adhered to, properly documented, and executed to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. 

• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives and monitor and advise on progress to enhance professional development of staff. 

• Support Assistant Controller with special projects and workflow process improvements. 

• Assist the Assistant Controller in design and function of accounting systems, developing procedures in conjunction with staff for maintaining such systems.

• Collaborate with other department managers to support overall department and enterprise goals. 

• Serve as liaison between Corporate Accounting and other departments and stakeholders, providing procedural and accounting guidance and training as necessary.

• Assist the Assistant Controller with documenting accounting policies, processes, and procedures and internal controls, reviewing annually for effectiveness and recommending revisions as necessary.

• Direct and guide the accounting functions for joint project agreements ensuring conformity with various Participation Agreements, including reporting, billing, and reconciliation requirements.

• Direct and guide the accounting functions for third-party entities for which Tri-State Corporate Accounting provides accounting services (Western States Power Corporation, Mid-west Electric Association, Rural Electric Economic Alliance, and others as necessary) ensuring conformity with various agreements, including reporting, billing, and reconciliation requirements.

• Adhere to and demonstrate compliance with appropriate electric utility industry regulatory requirements.  Attain knowledge and remain knowledgeable of development in regulations, laws, standards and best practices applicable to the functional area including, but not limited to, Standards of Conduct, Environmental, Employment Law, NERC Reliability Standards and Safety.  Must be familiar with, and comply with, all aspects of Corporate Policy C-54, Compliance. 
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with Tri-State’s culture embodied in the Cooperative principles and spirit and core values of technical competency, respect and dignity, accountability, integrity, trustworthiness, and servant leadership to empower or otherwise enable others to optimally perform their job responsibilities. Demonstrate and promote ethics and behaviors consistent with Tri-State’s culture, Board policies, and business practices. Understand and fulfill the role and responsibility for all compliance programs within the company.
• Because Tri-State is an electric utility with continuous service obligations to its customers, regular, reliable, and predictable performance of the essential functions and responsibilities is an essential function of the job.
• Because Tri-State has an obligation to provide continuous, reliable electric service to its customers, the ability to work overtime at any time of the day or week is considered an essential function of the job.

Education and Training

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• CPA preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

• Ability to perform detail work with high degree of accuracy.

• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative, effective, and cohesive working relationships.

• Ability to communicate effectively and timely, both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to see strengths and weaknesses in staff and work to utilize the strengths while developing solutions to the weaknesses.

• Ability to address issues and resolve disputes, gaining an outcome which is favorable for the enterprise as a whole.

• Familiarity with project management software/techniques.

• Extensive knowledge of accounting principles and practices, to include but not limited to: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accounting and reporting requirements, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements. 

• Familiarity with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements and relationships related to internal controls.

• Strong experience with accounting allocation procedures, account validation rules and system interrelationships with the General Ledger.

• Strong understanding of current issues related to local, state and federal regulations, as applicable to accounting, tax and current accounting issues and the potential impact on the enterprise. 

• Strong understanding of the interrelationships between and among various data systems and various internal departments with the ability to recognize when issues arise.

• Knowledge of subsidiary accounting and elimination accounting processes.

• Extensive working knowledge of personal computers, computerized accounting systems, MS Office suite and familiarity with report writer applications such as SAS and OBIEE.

Experience:

• Ten (10) years of progressive accounting experience in general ledger. Three (3) – Five (5) years Supervisory experience required.

Other:

• Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can perform all of the essential functions of the position.

• Willingness to travel as required. (Must possess a valid driver’s license.)

DESIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in electric utility accounting, desired. 

Tri-State is a wholesale power supply cooperative, operating on a not-for-profit basis, with 43 members, including 40 utility electric distribution cooperative and public power district members in four states: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Together with its members, Tri-State delivers reliable, affordable and responsible power and energy services to more than a million electricity consumers across nearly 200,000 square miles of the West.

Tri-State was founded in 1952 by its member systems to provide a reliable, cost-based supply of electricity. Headquartered in Westminster, Colo., approximately 1,200 people are employed by Tri-State across five states.

Tri-State's electricity is generated from coal, natural gas and hydropower, with a rapidly increasing supply generated from wind and solar. Tri-State delivers power to its members through a transmission system that includes substation facilities, telecommunications sites and over 5,700 miles of high voltage transmission lines. Tri-State's transformative Responsible Energy Plan is reducing emissions, increasing renewable resources, developing new energy services and delivering more flexibility for its members.