Sr Accounting Financial Rev Analyst

49089 - 
Toronto - 
Rotation - 
14 Months 
Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.4 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.
It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!
Accountabilities
-Support and advise on the energy-related revenue and cost of power accounting, monthly close and reporting process for transmission and distribution to ensure accurate and timely reporting.  This includes budget to actual, forecasting and year over year. 
-Review reconciliations for appropriateness and provide training, as necessary.
-Support the financial reporting of energy-related revenue, cost of power and variance accounts, including the accrual of unbilled revenue through the new CIS, including changes arising from Government regulations and OEB. 
-Develop and maintain effective controls to support certifications required under securities legislation. 
-Evaluate and make recommendations to supervisor regarding process and data enhancements to streamline and improve timeliness and accuracy of the revenue and cost of power accounting process.
-Assist in the implementation of enhancements in the new CIS to maximize utilization and effectiveness of the new system.
-Assist with testing of changes to the new CIS in order to ensure requirements are implemented correctly.
-Maintain the revenue model to enable appropriate financial variance analysis.
-Assist in the various external and internal audit processes, including OEFC, OPA, IESO, OEB and external financial audits.  Identify issues to external stakeholders not usually of a contentious nature.
-Assist in the preparation of the revenue forecast component of the business planning process. 
-Ensure all known issues are accounted for appropriately, including load forecasting, rates and government pronouncements/regulations. 
-Prepare briefing notes and summaries, as required.
-Contribute to the monthly IESO declaration process and ensure all regulatory, financial and internal control objectives are achieved.
-Assist Supervisor in making effective recommendations regarding strategies and process improvements related to accounts receivable and customer billing to maximize cash flow. 
-Work with the Lines of Business to influence on business requirements which may be of a controversial nature to adopt a course of action to one suitable to the Company in the implementation of changes to regulations.
-Work cross functionally with Customer Care and ISD to implement any systems changes to CIS and to support accounts receivable and bad debt accounting and analysis where contentious issues may rise.
-Assist Supervisor in ensuring financial reporting and internal control objectives are achieve for all applicable financial processes.
-This includes the development and maintenance of applicable internal control policies, procedures and practices to support certifications required under securities legislation.
-Assist Supervisor in providing effective support for revenue- related initiatives on cross-functional teams. 
-Ensure the impact of Government regulations and internal initiatives are evaluated and issues are identified and raised for resolution on a timely basis.
-Assist Supervisor in monitoring developments on revenue and cost of power, including regulatory developments. 
-Assess impacts to the current results and business plan and provide appropriate recommendations to Supervisor.
-Provide supervision and direction to outsourced staff tot support the revenue, cost of power and receivables processes. 
-Ensure applicable outsourced services are appropriately delivered.
-Support regulatory requirements, including preparation of evidence, development of briefing materials, responses to interrogatories and transcript undertakings and general hearing support.
 
Knowledge and Experience
-Requires a knowledge of financial accounting, including revenue and accounts receivable and forecasting models. 
-Requires a good knowledge of English to communicate effectively with internal and external contacts and to prepare technical reports. This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired either through the successful completion of a four year university education in business administration or commerce with an accounting and or finance major or by having the equivalent level of education.
-Requires experience in a financial environment to be familiar with accounting and regulatory planning issues, cost of power accounting process and audit processes including OEFC, OPA, IESO and OEB and external financial audits. 
-Requires experience with the IESO declaration processes and regulatory, financial and internal control objectives. 
-Requires experience with various computer systems including CIS, SAP and BI, to produce financial reports and to implement changes.
-A period of over 6 years and up to and including 8 years is considered necessary to gain this experience.
 
At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people. When we develop their skills, we are investing in both their success and ours. To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.
We are honoured to be recognized by Forbes in its list of Canada’s Best Employers for 2024.
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Deadline: March 4, 2024
 
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