Manager, Property Accounting

Job Description

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

The Manager, Property Accounting, supports the Property and Fixed Asset Accounting functions for all of Liberty Utilities electric, gas and water / wastewater companies managed within the U.S. and Canadian East Region. This position will play a critical role in managing the fixed asset accounting month-end closing processes and regulatory rate cases, data requests, and compliance reporting. The incumbent must have the ability to thrive in team-orientated environments and ensure a high degree of accountability, visibility, and understanding as it relates to fixed asset accounting, reporting and operational performance of the organization.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for the review of month-end accounting system processes for fixed asset accounting functions, oversight of monthly variance analyses, regulatory and FP&A support, and high level of interactions with the Operations and Engineering teams
• Responsible for managing regulatory rate cases, data requests, and compliance reporting.
• Accountable for executing fixed asset accounting month-end closing processes
• Strong ability to take initiative, manage multiple projects successfully while maintaining commitment to deadlines.
• Provide leadership to the Property Accounting Team. Review work and provide feedback, training, mentorship, and development of direct reports.
• Build and maintain strong relationships and effective communication with key stakeholders and functional partners.
• Deliver key performance measures and operational metrics to the leadership team.
• Leverage high level of accountability, visibility, and understanding in as it relates to fixed asset accounting and reporting to enhance the operational performance of the organization.

Education and Experience

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What We Offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (health / dental / vision / life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase / match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.