Regulatory Accounting Case Manager

$110,656 - $143,854/Yr

Appalachian Power Company - Shreveport, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Shreveport, LA

Utilities

About the position

The Regulatory Accounting Case Manager is responsible for managing regulatory accounting efforts to support operating company regulatory activities. This role involves determining total company revenue requirements using diverse data sources, interacting with regulatory commissions, and providing accounting instructions to other departments. The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to present testimony before regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

• Support operating company regulatory activities by managing accounting data and assistance
• Manage regulatory accounting aspects of various regulatory filings before various commissions
• Provide accounting testimony before regulatory commissions including the sponsoring of accounting exhibits and schedules
• Develop, create, modify, and manage regulatory accounting models for specific regulatory jurisdictions
• Prepare and coordinate various regulatory schedules and exhibits across functional lines of business
• Query accounting records
• Analyze and research accounting transactions
• Participate in determination of total company revenue requirements, rate base, operating income and cost of capital
• Tailor presentation of results to operating company management
• Interact and communicate with various parties in regulatory proceedings including commission staff
• Attend commission meetings
• Coordinate, participate and host on-site reviews and/or audits by regulatory commission staff and intervenors
• Make presentations to commission staff and intervenors
• Manage the preparation and review of responses to interrogatories during discovery and rebuttal phases of proceedings
• Manage the accounting effort to support settlement discussions with financial analysis
• Manage the accounting effort to support internal and external legal personnel in regulatory applications and filings
• Analyze regulatory legal requirements and develop compliance strategies
• Participate in working groups with commissions and other utilities
• Manage the preparation of regulatory analysis as needed by operating companies
• Manage the analysis of financial data involving various variables
• Inform management of accounting implications related to regulatory initiatives
• Research commission decisions and generally accepted accounting principles
• Complete Regulatory activity portion of quarterly accounting issues book to management
• Draft and review regulatory contingency disclosures for SEC Form 10K, GAAP and FERC reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or other business-related degree
• Minimum 6 years of general accounting experience or 4 years directly related to regulatory accounting or other regulatory activities
• CPA preferred
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong computer skills: accounting software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word