Director of Regulated South Accounting

The Mom Project is proud to partner with a well-known utility company that puts people at the center of everything they do.

Location: Hybrid (1 day a week) in Newark, DE, Yulee, Fl, or West Palm Beach, FL

Why Join This Company:

• At the heart of this organization is a commitment to delivering energy that drives progress. They prioritize people, safety, and trust—building strong relationships while powering a better future.
• Leadership role within a stable, growing regulated utility.
• Direct involvement in major capital investment and regulatory initiatives.
• Opportunity to shape the future-state finance organization through ERP and process modernization.
• Collaborative culture with strong executive visibility and impact.

Position Summary

The Director of Regulated South Accounting is responsible for leading all accounting activities for the Company’s southern regulated utility operations, including Florida-based regulated entities. This role ensures accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and compliance with U.S. GAAP, FERC Uniform System of Accounts, and applicable state regulatory requirements. The Director serves as a key accounting partner to Regulatory, Operations, and Finance leadership, with a strong focus on rate case support, capital investment accounting, and finance transformation initiatives, including ERP implementation.

This is a highly visible leadership role with responsibility for people leadership, technical accounting oversight, and continuous process improvement in a regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

Regulated Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes for southern regulated utility entities.
• Ensure accurate accounting for utility plant, depreciation, asset retirement obligations, regulatory assets and liabilities, and cost of service activities.
• Oversee compliance with FERC accounting, state commission requirements, and U.S. GAAP, including maintenance of appropriate documentation and workpapers.
• Support preparation of regulatory financial schedules, data requests, and testimony support for rate cases and other regulatory filings.

Regulatory & Rate Case Support

• Partner closely with Regulatory Affairs to support rate cases, including cost of service, plant-in-service support, and regulatory accounting positions.
• Ensure consistency between regulatory reporting, financial statements, and underlying accounting records.
• Provide accounting input on regulatory strategy, new programs, and infrastructure investment recovery mechanisms.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of regulated accounting managers and staff.
• Establish clear performance expectations, support succession planning, and build bench strength within the regulated accounting function.
• Promote a strong control mindset, accountability, and continuous improvement culture.

Internal Controls & Audit

• Maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with SOX and company policies.
• Serve as a primary accounting contact for internal and external auditors for regulated entities.
• Proactively identify and remediate control gaps and process inefficiencies.

Transformation & Systems

• Actively support the Company’s ERP implementation and finance transformation, including design, testing, and deployment of regulated accounting processes.
• Drive standardization and automation of accounting processes across southern regulated operations.
• Ensure regulatory and accounting requirements are appropriately embedded in future-state systems and processes.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Regulatory, FP&A, and Tax to ensure alignment on financial impacts of capital programs and operational initiatives.
• Provide clear, executive-ready accounting insights to senior leadership.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA required.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Strong experience in regulated utility accounting, including FERC and state regulatory environments.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and regulated plant accounting.
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex, deadline-driven environments.

Preferred:

• Public company and/or utility industry experience.
• Prior rate case support experience.
• ERP implementation experience (SAP strongly preferred).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with regulators, auditors, and senior leadership.