Accounting Supervisor - St. Louis, MO (Hybrid)

Position Overview

We are adding an Accounting Supervisor to our growing team!

The Accounting Supervisor is responsible for supporting the Aclara Smart Grid Solutions (SGS) business unit by: 1) performing and/or overseeing all requirements and duties pertaining to Project Accounting; 2) supervising and training the Staff Accountants in areas including project accounting, process controls, SOX compliance, and journal entries; 3) assuring daily and month-end financial transactions and adjustments are accurate, reconcilable, and fully compliant; 4) performing special quarterly and ad-hoc cost analysis including updating and improving supporting project models; 5) cross-functionally overseeing process controls including, but not limited to, purchasing activities, customer inventory, vehicle repair & maintenance expenditures and revenues.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the optimization of policies and practices pertaining to the JDE accounting system including GL coding, cost allocation to projects and transactional process integrity across the SGS business unit.
• Supervise the Staff Accountants on performance of underlying accounting tasks, inventory and other Blackline reconciliations, and multiple process and compliance controls.
• Partner with Operations/Purchasing and OHF Team members to resolve and or oversee A/P matters and develop practices to prevent recurrence.
• Prepare and document most of the monthly journal entries and provide JE training to other team members in an open and empowering manner.
• Update and continually improve customer/project cost models and analysis; partner with FP&A to ensure project forecast models incorporate ongoing developments.
• Lead in the timely completion of the Hubbell month-end tasks including: Stat reporting in HFM; various B/S Flux reports; and accurate and timely completion of account reconciliations in Blackline.
• Continually assess the integrity of SOX controls and lead the task for obtaining, organizing, and transferring requested information to PWC and Hubbell (Internal and SOX) teams.
• Perform as a key contributor regarding monthly/quarterly closings, physical inventories, fixed assets, and ad-hoc matters that arise.
• Prepare Authorization for Expenditure forms (AFE’s) and perform fixed asset physical inventories.
• Responsible for leading, motivating and retaining the team’s talent as well as continuously improving the skill set through training and goal setting.

Skills and Experience

Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting
• Minimum of 6 years’ accounting experience
• 2+ years supervisory experience
• Advanced organizational/time management skills
• Advanced analytical, communication, technology and prioritization skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience using enterprise resource planning (ERP) accounting systems (Preferably JD Edwards)
• Advanced Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to effectively solve problems with corporate Finance as well as with other functional areas of company
• Ability to work additional hours as needed, particularly during month/quarter/year-end closings

Preferred:

• Accreditations such as certified public accountant (CPA) or certified management accountant (CMA)
• MBA

Posting Address

St. Louis, Missouri (Westport Plaza)