Accountant I

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.

Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.

Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

We have an excellent career opportunity for an Accountant I join our team. The Accountant supports the Accounting managers and other staff members and performs the day-to-day processing activities of the fixed assets accounting function. 

Essential Duties:

• Assist with the maintenance of property records.
• Assist with the following fixed asset accounting functions; Property, plant & equipment (PP&E), Construction Work-In-Process (CWIP), damage billing, intangible assets, depreciation, asset retirement obligations, regulatory reporting, rate case support, account reconciliations, Allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC), and annual depreciation filing.
• Assist in evaluating and implementing appropriate capitalization policies, controls, and procedures.
• Support integration of PowerPlan system.
• Provide audit support, tax depreciation support, and depreciation study support.
• Prepare external and internal financial and statistical reports

What You’ll Love:
The scope of the job! Your solution led, can-do approach will be empowered to add value from day one and affect changes which will impact the entire business! Your participation in cross-functional teams is required to analyze business problems as well as recommend solutions or enhancements to current procedures or processes.

Are you an enthusiastic Accountant that wants to take your career to the next level? Let’s talk!

What You’ll Bring:

•    Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or economics required.
•    Demonstrated ability to perform complex accounting functions and projects.
•    Knowledge of federal, state and local relevant regulations.                        
•    Knowledge of natural gas utility operations not required – would be a plus.

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Peoples is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons, regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.
Peoples Natural Gas is committed as an equal opportunity employer. To maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest due to employment and/or assignment of family members and personal referrals, specific guidelines apply to the hiring and assignment of these individuals, including, but not limited to:
•    Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship.
•    Family members cannot work in the same department.

Essential Utilities, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
Essential Utilities is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.  If you have a condition that may prevent you from applying for a job online or need to request an accommodation during the interview process, please call (1-877-271-9012).  
To maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest due to employment and/or assignment of family members and personal referrals, specific guidelines apply to the hiring and assignment of these individuals including, but not limited to:

• Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship
• Family members cannot work in the same department.