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Job Summary
The Accounting Director of Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting leads critical aspects of the department by ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of SEC filings, evaluating complex transactions, and supporting capital market activities, while monitoring evolving accounting standards.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Sets standards for quality of work, develops the department vision and drives continuous improvement and standardization across their team.
??Responsible for shaping department culture and mentoring the development of future leaders in the accounting and finance areas.?
Provides support to other departments as a subject matter expert
Provides strategic expertise to support maintenance and improvements of internal systems.
Supports finance transformation initiatives and process improvement efforts.
Partners with senior executives and operational teams to deliver financial insights and decision support.
Maintains and enhances accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
Role Specific Accountabilities:
Oversees the preparation and review of SEC financial statements in collaboration with Legal and other stakeholders.
Evaluates accounting and disclosure impacts of complex transactions, contracts, and legal or environmental obligations.
Reviews commitment committee requests for financial reporting implications.
Supports capital market activities, including technical accounting assessments and reporting requirements.
Monitors and analyzes the impact of new or pending accounting standards on the company's financial reporting.
Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, MBA preferred
10+ years of experience in Accounting or related field
Experience preferred in the Energy industry?
7+ years experience as a Manager / Supervisor
Skills:
CPA preferred?
Comprehensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP?
Fundamental understanding accounting and/or associated systems?
Strong leadership, business, financial, problem solving and communication skills
Core Competencies / Key Metrics
Business Acumen and Industry Insights: navigate and assess Vistra operations and the broader electricity and power generation environment.
Technology and Process Acumen: holistic comprehension of end-to-end processes and associated enabling technologies.
Data Analytics and Strategic Decision Support: harness the power of data and influence strategic decision making.
Effective Communication and Continuous Improvement: support organizational transformation and foster a collaborative, transparent environment.
Accounting Acumen: leverage accounting expertise for business activities with accuracy, precision, and timeliness.
LI-Hybrid
LI-ND1
Job Family
Accounting
Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers' needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country's energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company's sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
Vistra's hardworking team is committed to its purpose, "lighting up lives, powering a better way forward" and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .
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It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.
