Description
Job ID : 924873
Introduction
External Reporting and Consolidation Responsibilities (50%)
- Oversee the accurate compilations and timely filing of SEC and other external financial reports including 10-Q, 10-K, 8-K, 11-K, registration statements.
- Review and evaluate the impact of new or revised rules, publications and speeches of the FASB, AICPA, SEC and other agencies to ascertain impact on financial disclosures.
- Direct the review of external and recommend and implement enhancements to NiSources external financial reports and disclosures.
- Identify and understand emerging business issues affecting the company and energy industry to assess applicability to NiSource and provide accounting recommendations to address the issues.
- Supervise and develop staff members.
- Interface with external auditors to ensure timely completion of financial statement audits, reviews or other agreed-upon procedures.
- Partner with Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for preparation and distribution of quarterly earnings release information and analysis.
- Provide quarterly earnings variance analysis for NiSource CFO.
- Oversee the proper consolidation of NiSource operating company financial statement submissions, including:
- Responsible for accurate and complete financials for corporate entities (e.g. NiSource Services) and oversight of underlying accounting assumptions (e.g. use and calculation of allocation basis).
- Proper elimination of intercompany accounts.
- Proper reclassification or netting of balances to comply with regulatory requirements.
- Monitoring the need for operating company resubmissions.
- Review monthly consolidation of cash flow statement.
- Administration and reporting of non-GAAP adjustments.
- Responsible for all accounting conclusions and treatment of company benefits and payroll related activity.
Technical Accounting Responsibilities (30%)
- Oversee the research for complex business transactions and provide the appropriate accounting guidance to the business.
- Review and evaluate the impact of new or revised rules of the FASB, AICPA, SEC and other agencies.
- Coordinate and monitor the integration of newly promulgated accounting standards into accounting policies and processes.
- Oversee the preparation of response letters to FASB and SEC exposure drafts that impact NiSource or the public utility industry.
- Direct the development, maintenance and communication of corporate accounting policies and procedures.
- Review conclusions reached in technical accounting memos that address complex accounting issues, non-recurring transactions, new accounting guidance, etc.
- Design workflows to assist in the compliance with GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements.
- Keep current with emerging accounting and reporting guidance and trends including FASB standards and interpretations, and SEC releases and speeches. Review summaries that include the potential impacts to the Company.Present findings to affected business partners
- Consult in the economic analysis of business opportunities and proposals.
- Oversee the preparation of certain disclosures and analysis (footnotes, MDA, etc.) for the SEC filings.
- Manage the development of quarterly accounting issues summary.
- Interface with external auditors to ensure timely completion of financial statement audits and reviews.
SOX Compliance Responsibilities (20%)
- Supervise the development of the annual SOX risk assessment.
- Manage the SOX compliance process to assess operating effectiveness of current controls.
- Consult with business through the remediation effort of identified control deficiencies; review documentation of conclusions through written memoranda.
- Oversee the assessment of SOX controls to ensure current design will mitigate associated risks.
- Partner with business through implementation of strategic initiatives to identify and assess new business risks, including assessing the need for new or modified SOX controls.
- Present materials for regular presentations to NiSource finance leadership and NiSource executive management.
- Evidence the adequacy of NiSource control structure for managements quarterly and annual SEC certifications.
- Interface with external auditors to communicate findings and ensure alignment on conclusions.
- Oversee the annual fraud risk assessment and entity level control process through interviews with NiSource management.
Required for Selection
- Bachelors degree in accounting and/or finance discipline.
- At least 10 years of recent and relevant work experience (e.g. accounting, finance, auditing, and compliance). Experience at a publicly traded company.
- Previous work experience in public accounting, Big 4 strongly preferred.
- Previous management experience.
- Active CPA designation.
Desired Skills, Knowledge and Experiences
- High ethical and moral character.
- Strong technical accounting skills and current understanding of GAAP, SEC reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
- Effective communication of key messages to all audiences, regardless of medium.
- Ability to respectfully support conclusions in the face of disagreement or challenge.
- Experience researching technical accounting issues, building consensus with key stakeholders and documenting / communicating conclusions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage business partner relationships through use of informal authority.
- Innate curiosity and desire for continuous learning.
- History of challenging the status-quo and execution of process improvements.
- Demonstrated ability to independently coordinate projects and manage multiple priorities.
- Proven background of developing teammates and effectively delegating work.
- Understanding of the regulated utility industry preferred.
- Experience with the following software applications preferred: Oracle financial (PeopleSoft, Hyperion), Powerplant, GTreasury, Concur, Ariba, MS Office, Workiva.
Contact
Nisource, Inc.
801 E 86th Ave
Merrillville
Indiana United States
www.nisource.com
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