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What You Can Expect

As an Accounting Senior Advisor at ENGIE Energy Management NA, Inc. (“EEMNA”), you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting for EEMNA and its subsidiaries. This role balances operational excellence, people leadership, and governance while driving process standardization, internal control maturity, and finance transformation initiatives aligned with ENGIE Group. This role requires strong partnership with Market Risk and Operations personnel at EEMNA as well as stakeholders at Global Business Support (GBS) and ENGIE finance personnel in Paris. The ability to lead teams through change in a dynamic and fast-evolving energy environment is required. You will work closely with stakeholders to drive performance and impact results. You will manage the period-end close process, ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, and coordinate tasks performed by the Accounting Shared Services Team (GBS). You will be responsible for delivering financial results for your business unit and support the accounting teams with expertise in financial reporting, energy accounting, transactional tax, process controls, and audit coordination.

• Own and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for the energy trading risk management system, ensuring adherence to established close calendars, including the three-day monthly close, and GBS standards
• Manage revenue accounting activities for EEMNA’s energy trading business, including revenue reconciliations, journal entries, gross margin reporting, and reconciliation of data from commercial and trading systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of energy gross margin and associated balance sheet accounts, including accruals, revenue recognition, inventory, and intercompany activity.
• Review and analyze financial statements, including the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, in collaboration with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to identify and explain variances, trends, and risks.
• Partner with Market Risk, Operations, Front Office, FP&A, and GBS teams to investigate discrepancies, resolve accounting issues, and deliver accurate financial results within critical reporting deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with ENGIE Group accounting policies, U.S. GAAP, internal control frameworks, and applicable statutory requirements.
• Design, maintain, and improve internal controls over financial reporting, including control documentation, reconciliations, testing support, remediation of control gaps, and audit readiness.
• Act as a key finance contact and internal audit liaison for internal audits, external audits, control reviews, and regulatory requests, ensuring timely and high-quality responses.
• Analyze new data sources and evolving business processes to identify root causes, troubleshoot reporting challenges, and create practical solutions where established procedures may not exist.
• Lead finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives involving process standardization, system implementations, reporting optimization, automation, and evaluation of AI-enabled solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in which you developed knowledge of financial reporting, accounting principles, and financial analysis and completed courses in Accounting, Finance or any related disciplines 
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including experience independently leading complex accounting activities or workstreams.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and experience applying accounting principles to financial reporting and revenue-related activities.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements and explaining financial variances and business impacts.
• Experience supporting revenue accounting, commodity accounting, or accounting activities within an energy trading, commodity trading, or similarly complex commercial environment.
• Experience supporting internal controls, financial-control frameworks, audit activities, reconciliations, or control testing.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience identifying root causes and establishing processes in ambiguous or evolving environments.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple time-sensitive close and reporting deliverables, and maintain a high degree of accuracy under compressed deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting analytical findings, accounting issues, and recommended solutions to business and finance stakeholders.
• Experience supporting process improvement, system implementation, automation, or finance transformation initiatives.

Additional Details

• This role is based in Houston, Texas and is eligible for our hybrid work policy; a minimum of 3 days in the office and 2 day working from home
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies;

Compensation

Salary Range: $117,300 – $179,860 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location.

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

At ENGIE, every talent has a role to play in the adventure of the century. Make a difference and enjoy a fulfilling professional experience. Take on exciting challenges and build a career path that reflects who you are.

Join us and be part of the adventure!

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees.  We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

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