Senior Financial Accounting Analyst
Cb • Salt Lake City, Utah • Full Time
Posted on Wed, Nov 11, 2026
- Validate transmission settlement and billing outcomes for accuracy and completeness.
- Investigate discrepancies, exceptions, and unusual financial results.
- Trace transactions from source data through settlement calculations and customer invoices.
- Research operational and financial data to identify root causes of issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Perform trend analysis, variance analysis, and reasonableness testing to support settlement validation activities.
- Validate data integrity across multiple systems and reporting platforms.
Customer Billing & Contract Administration
- Prepare and review customer invoices related to transmission services.
- Analyze and resolve customer billing questions and disputes.
- Interpret transmission agreements, contracts, and tariff provisions to support accurate billing and settlement outcomes.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure contracts are implemented and administered appropriately.
Financial Reporting & Accounting
- Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
- Analyze general ledger activity and ensure alignment with underlying business transactions.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
- Assist with internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements.
- Support regulatory reporting and responses to audit inquiries.
Process Improvement & Business Support
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, reporting, and data quality.
- Develop analytical tools and automated solutions to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Support reporting and dashboard development using available analytical tools.
- Document procedures, business processes, and settlement methodologies.
- Collaborate with accounting, transmission operations, regulatory, legal, customer service, and other business groups.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- A minimum of five years of experience in accounting, finance, billing, financial analysis, settlements, audit, business analytics, or related disciplines.
- Experience investigating discrepancies and reconciling financial results.
- Experience working with large datasets and performing analytical reviews.
- Demonstrated ability to identify root causes and resolve complex business issues.
- Experience supporting customers, stakeholders, or cross-functional business teams.
PreferencesAnalytical Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to investigate issues with limited direction.
- Experience validating calculations, reports, and financial results.
- Ability to understand and communicate data lineage from source transactions through reporting outputs.
- Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, and complex data analysis.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or similar analytical tools preferred.
- Experience with SAP and financial systems preferred.
- Ability to work with large datasets and multiple source systems.
Communication Skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to explain complex financial or technical issues to various audiences.
- Comfortable working directly with customers and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to influence outcomes through data-driven discussions.
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