Senior Financial Accountant – Power Trading

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Oversee the quarterly and annual financial closing procedures for the organization and its associated entities.

• Create journal entries, perform account reconciliations, manage accruals, consolidations, and prepare supporting financial schedules.

• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger and underlying accounting records within NetSuite.

• Conduct variance analyses and investigate any unusual or unexpected fluctuations in revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities, and trading outcomes.

• Uphold accounting policies, close processes, reporting templates, and other finance-related documentation.

• Manage the accounting, reconciliation, and oversight of power-market settlement activities.

• Review and reconcile settlement statements from ISOs/RTOs, exchanges, brokers, and other trading partners against trade records, internal reporting systems, bank activities, and the general ledger.

• Identify, investigate, and resolve any discrepancies in settlements, missing transactions, and data quality concerns.

• Coordinate the timely preparation and filing of the company's federal and state tax returns.

• Maintain tax compliance calendars and monitor all filing and information reporting deadlines.

• Review tax returns and supporting calculations produced by external accountants to ensure completeness and consistency with the company's accounting records.

• Organize financial statement audits, reviews, and other engagements conducted by external accountants.

• Prepare audit schedules, account analyses, supporting documents, and responses to auditor inquiries.

• Ensure financial records and reporting packages are comprehensive, accurate, and submitted within required timelines.

• Keep organized documentation that supports financial statements, tax returns, settlements, and regulatory submissions.

• Assist with accounts payable, expense accounting, and the allocation of shared expenses among entities or trading books.

• Review financial obligations and payment schedules arising from contracts and vendor agreements.

• Support the preparation and allocation of expenses to trader books.

• Provide backup assistance for other essential back-office activities as needed.

⛳️ Requirements

• CPA designation or an equivalent recognized professional accounting qualification in good standing.

• At least three years of relevant professional accounting experience after obtaining the CPA designation.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.

• Background in public accounting (Big 4 or equivalent) through an articling program.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.

• Preferred experience in power trading, energy trading, commodities, financial markets, hedge funds, or any trading-related environment.

• Familiarity with ISO/RTO markets and power-market settlement statements is preferred.

• Experience with NetSuite — including implementation, configuration, saved searches, workflows, reporting, or system integrations — is preferred.

• Demonstrated interest in leveraging automation and technology to enhance accounting efficiency and reporting quality is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote work, offering you the flexibility to operate from wherever you are most productive.