Jobs at Tenaska (Now Hiring) — 10 open

Tenaska is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, an organization that’s adept in natural gas and power marketing, power management, development and acquisition of generation assets, operation of power plants and more.

Position Summary:

The Energy Accountant is responsible for performing monthly financial accounting and invoicing tasks, preparing reports and analyses for management, and communicating with customers for billing and payment inquiries and resolving customer issues.

Essential Job Functions:

• Prepares, reviews, and distributes monthly customer invoices and reports
• Effectively communicates with customers to ensure timely payments and issue resolution.
• Converses with employees and management at all levels on issues related to accounting procedures and processes.
• Prepares assigned journal entries and associated supporting schedules
• Completes assigned account reconciliations and associated supporting schedules
• Prepares and updates various management reports, typically in spreadsheets
• Actively participates on department and company process improvement and system enhancement projects
• Energetically works to develop a knowledge base for the wholesale electricity market and TPS’ energy trading and energy management business.
• Dependable, reliable, and predictable attendance is required

Education/Experience/Skills

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Master’s Degree and/or CPA preferred
• Zero to two (0-2) years of Accounting experience
• Power industry experience preferred
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office products, especially Excel
• Strong work ethic, team attitude, and willingness to work extended hours as workload requires
• Detail oriented, analytical mindset, and a questioning attitude
• Problem solving in a fast paced environment
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Excellent mathematical skills
• Dedicated self-starter with a high level of initiative
• Positive attitude
• Professional
• Competitive

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.  The Company is not able to take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this position or commit to doing so in the future for individuals with current authorization to work via, for example, CPT or OPT, and would need sponsorship in the future.

Benefits:

At Tenaska we care about the wellbeing of our employees and their families. That’s why we offer our employees a comprehensive benefit package. Benefits included below:

• Health, dental, vison, disability, and life insurance
• Excellent 401(k) plan
• Incentive-based, competitive salary packages
• Health/dependent care flex accounts
• Tuition assistance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Adoption benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Charitable giving program
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Wellness programs

Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.

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