What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Accountant position at Florida Power & Light?
Requisition ID: 89752
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!
Position Specific Description
Florida Power & Light Company is seeking a Principal Accountant to join the Property Accounting team supporting Power Delivery at its corporate headquarters in Juno Beach. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and take ownership of various projects, adding value through critical thinking and inter-personal skills and be able to research regulatory guidance.
Specific Responsibilities Include
Employees in this role develop accounting policy through analysis of GAAP and business practices. Ensures accounting treatment is practical, cost-beneficial and accurately portrays the economic substance of business transactions.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!
Position Specific Description
Florida Power & Light Company is seeking a Principal Accountant to join the Property Accounting team supporting Power Delivery at its corporate headquarters in Juno Beach. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and take ownership of various projects, adding value through critical thinking and inter-personal skills and be able to research regulatory guidance.
Specific Responsibilities Include
- Lead and manage projects associated with the Power Delivery business unit
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive workforce productivity
- Prompt and accurate customer support (internal/external)
- Support quarterly and annual regulatory Filings
- Support external reporting requirements (e.g., 10K, 10Q, etc.) as required
- Work with internal and external auditors
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
- Driven – committed to career development through personal improvement
- Problem solver - proactive thinker with practical solutions, very analytical, and orientation to be tightly linked to business strategies and financial priorities
- Professional skills – strong interpersonal skills, builds and nurtures cross functional teams and relationships, respects others, is tactfully assertive, has a bias for action, and follows through to completion
- Technical skills – experience researching, interpreting and applying accounting rules and policies
- Process & project management – strong planning and organizational skills
- Integrity – strong ethic to comply with legal, regulatory, and company rules and policies
Employees in this role develop accounting policy through analysis of GAAP and business practices. Ensures accounting treatment is practical, cost-beneficial and accurately portrays the economic substance of business transactions.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Analyzes proposed transactions for structure and proper accounting treatment under authoritative accounting literature
- Reviews changes in technical accounting literature, develops positions and present to management
- Maintains awareness of accounting issues being considered by regulatory bodies and advises management of important matters
- Ensures consistent application of accounting policies
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
- Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance / Business
- Experience: 6 years
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Master's - Business Administration
- Master's - Accounting / Finance
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.