Senior Accountant

Location: On-site (Cleveland, OH) | Reports to: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis 

Who We Are

At Corix/Cleveland Thermal, we are proud partners in making Cleveland a more sustainable city – and a great place to live and work. Cleveland Thermal has provided district energy to downtown Cleveland via our steam and chilled water system since 1894. Today, our district energy facility supplies residential, institutional, government, and commercial customers with a variety of sustainable heating and cooling solutions.

Cleveland Thermal is part of the Corix, which delivers reliable and sustainable energy solutions to communities across North America.

About the Opportunity

The Senior Accountant assists in the general accounting functions, regulatory requirements and various financial related tasks as needed.

Core Accountabilities

• Analyze and maintain the accounting records for significant non-capital projects.
• Compile and analyze monthly operating expenses and journal entries
• Develop and maintain reports and continuity schedules for Finance and Operations management to facilitate analysis and decision making.
• Prepare and analyze a variety of monthly account reconciliations for various entities including recommending and preparing appropriate correcting and/or adjusting journal entries.

General Responsibilities

• Create and post monthly journal entries following GAAP
• Full Cycle Accounting
• Create and provide month end asset and other ad hoc reports to various levels of management.
• Work closely with project managers, directors and FP&A manager to ensure the accuracy of results and the availability of real-time year-end/project-end forecasts.
• Prepare various returns to meet federal, state and local reporting requirements as necessary.
• Prepare and analyze property and real estate tax returns
• Prepare monthly bills and maintain billing system
• Recognize revenue and reconcile monthly with accounts receivable
• Maintain and improve internal processes and accounting standards to increase efficiency and accuracy of financials.
• Perform other duties and ad hoc projects as requested. 
• Prepare, analyze and review working papers and analysis for the interim reviews and year-end audit; including comparing current year actuals to budget, current year actuals to prior year and current year actuals to previous quarter.
• Manage and file annual regulatory reports
• Manage and update customer related regulated contract rates with billing system

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in full cycle accounting
• Advanced Excel skills are required
• Previous experience in Sage is considered an asset
• Experience in the Utility industry is considered an asset
• Utility regulatory background is preferential

The anticipated salary range for this position is $75,000-100,000 per annum, based on relevant experience and qualifications.