Senior Manager, Operational Accounting

Highlights of the job

EPCORs Water Services group has a Full Time Permanent opportunity for a Senior Manager Operational Accounting to join the Finance team working out of the Rossdale Water Excellence Building at the Rossdale Water Treatment Plant in Edmonton, AB.

We are accepting applications from both current EPCOR employees and External candidates at this time. EPCOR Employees please ensure you are using your “@epcor.com” email address.

In the Senior Manager role you will be accountable for the performance of the financial support of EPCOR Water Services Edmonton-based operations and overseeing the performance of the financial reporting and finance-related regulatory support for the regulated water services in Edmonton. This includes both ensuring accurate and timely reporting and analysis and achieving the required outcomes with time spans of 1 - 2 years.

What you’d be responsible for

You are accountable to Water Services Controller and will have the following key accountabilities (but are not limited to these):

• Providing input to the Water Services Finance plans and directions, ensuring an appropriate understanding of the EUI and Water Services Finance strategy throughout the EPCOR Water Services business unit and ensure on-going effective positioning and appropriate relationships between Senior Manager, Regulatory and other Senior Manager/Manager positions in Water Services Finance and in the rest of EPCOR.
• Developing and implementing appropriate (1 - 2 year) deliverable within the context of the Water Services Finance business plan (including mission, vision, values, strategic positioning, operational plan and resource plan).
• Ensuring:
  • Business plans and deliverables of direct report positions are aligned and integrated, appropriate (3 – 12 months) and include performance expectations and deliverable metrics.
  • The delivery of optimal results against appropriate performance metrics. Planning, organizing and overseeing the completion of accurate financial reporting for EPCOR Water Services within the prescribed timelines, ensuring the satisfaction of operations management through the provision of customer focused financial analysis and expertise.
  • The provision of customer focused operational financial support and analysis and providing operational accounting oversight for EPCOR Water Services.
• Strategically planning and identifying the necessary budget requirements, the provision of appropriate accounting and regulatory accounting treatments and the acquisition and talent pool development of optimal human resources.
• Creating a strong team and providing appropriate context and prescribed limits for their development.
• Assessing competition and market opportunities and threats; recommending appropriate plans to improve the operational effectiveness of the function and implement decided actions.
• Maintaining high quality internal controls, including CSOX requirements.
• Leading the development and implementation of process improvement initiatives to operational finance and regulatory reporting process and controls ensuring compliance to policies, standards, regulatory and other external requirements (e.g. CSox) and ensuring risks are appropriately managed.

What’s required to be successful

Qualifications, experience and behaviours you possess are:

• Completion of a Degree or Diploma in Business, Finance or Accounting from a recognized post-secondary education institute.
• Professional Accounting designation.
• Proven understanding of EPCORs Financial processes.
• Strong understanding of:
  • IFRS and Regulatory accounting practices and policies.
  • Rate-regulated accounting practices and concepts.
• Experience that includes:
  • 7 (or more) in a progressively responsible accounting role.
  • 5 (or more) in a supervisory capacity.
• Demonstrated capability to apply:
  • Relevant knowledge and technical skills to monitor the adherence to financial accounting practices, policies and accounting standards.
  • Relevant knowledge and technical skills to provide operations management with relevant financial analysis and input.
• Well-developed ability to understand and apply Regulatory and Cost of Service knowledge to rate-regulated operations.
• Sound understanding and use of Excel applications specifically for model development.
• Comprehensive ability in the use of Oracle and Adaptive.

In addition to the above, as the successful candidate you will demonstrate the following:

Communication skills – You communicate clearly and respectfully with the intention to understand other’s perspectives and understand that you are representing EPCOR's brand and values in all communication. This includes all forms of communication whether written or spoken and is adapted to the audience you are addressing and with an emphasis on technical subjects.

Continuous Improvement - You consistently look for ways to improve; proactively identify and solve problems. Focus improvements on the process not the person/group; looking for root causes and long term solutions over quick fixes and openly (and respectfully) communicate problems with teams to engage all perspectives to find solutions.

Acts with Integrity – You are trustworthy, fair and able to keep confidences. Brings forward situations thought to be inappropriate or inconsistent with EPCOR’s policies and values and creates a respectful work environment where ideas are challenged and people feel trusted and safe.

Takes Ownership – Your words and actions demonstrate an understanding of the link between your own accountabilities and how they contribute to EPCOR’s performance. When completing tasks you exercise sound judgement and achieve your objectives on time and to the defied standards.

Manages Diverse Relationships – You Proactively build relationships up, down, across, internally and externally to achieve smooth work flow and accomplishment of desired business outcomes, engaging others to align expectations, solicit feedback and build commitment.

Other important facts about this job

This is a professional level position that typically works Monday to Friday (40 hours per week).

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Please note the following information:

• A requirement of working for EPCOR is that you are at least 18 years of age, successfully attained a high school diploma (GED, or equivalent level of secondary education) and legally entitled to work in Canada. (A copy of a valid work permit may be required.)
• If you are considered for the position, clearance on all applicable background checks (which may include criminal, identity, educational, and/or credit) and professional reference checks is required. Some EPCOR positions require an enhanced level of background assessment, which is dictated by law. These positions require advanced criminal record checks that must also be conducted from time to time after commencement of employment.
• A technical/practical assessment may be administered during the selection process and this exercise will be used as a part of the selection criterion.
• To meet the physical demands required of some positions, candidates must be in good physical condition and willing to work in all weather conditions. Clearance on pre-placement medical and drug and alcohol testing may be required.
• Prior infractions for unsafe driving behaviours will be evaluated and considered for non-selection regardless of current demerits on file.