Senior Accountant

Application due date: December 14, 2025

Location: Maple Grove, MN (Eligible for a hybrid work schedule)

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restriction. Visa sponsorship is not available.

We are the people we power. As Minnesota’s not-for-profit electric cooperative, our member-owners and their members impact every decision we make. Because their needs are our needs, and their dreams are our dreams.

Summary:

Join a team that values accuracy, expertise, and collaboration. Help ensure the financial strength and transparency of Great River Energy (GRE) through high-quality reporting and analysis.

We are seeking an experienced accounting professional to lead the financial reporting process at GRE, ensuring accurate, timely, and GAAP-compliant internal and external financial statements. Apply accounting expertise to analyze financial information, support external audits, and maintain accounting policies and standards. Monitor new accounting pronouncements, conduct technical research, and drive process improvements to implement updated standards. Provide financial analysis to support budgeting, long-range forecasting, margin planning, and other strategic initiatives.

Total Rewards:

A typical starting range for this position is $102,000 - $140,000 + annually. We offer market competitive base pay and adjust our offer accordingly based upon the value of the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, our Total Rewards strategy focuses on recognizing individual performance and rewarding business results. Our robust Total Rewards package includes exceptional benefits and retirement, a focus on continuous engagement, recognition, personal and professional development, and an emphasis on work-life effectiveness.

Responsibilities: Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

· Lead the preparation and distribution of internal and external financial statements, regulatory reports (e.g., RUS Form 12), and annual reports in accordance with GAAP.

· Analyze accounting transactions, variances, and complex financial issues, providing talking points, highlights, and ad hoc analysis for GRE and finance division needs.

· Maintain and update comprehensive accounting policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with changing accounting standards.

· Coordinate and support the interim and annual external audit, including preparing schedules, addressing GAAP issues, and reviewing audit reports for accuracy.

· Perform monthly journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analyses for regulatory, lease, asset retirement, and hedging/derivative accounts.

· Assist with budgeting, long-range financial forecasting, margin planning, and patronage capital retirement modeling.

· Participate in other finance-related projects, surveys, compliance reporting, and audits as required.

Qualifications:

Knowledge typically acquired through a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field with 5 or more years of related experience. Strong communication and technical skills are essential. Certified Public Accountant designation preferred. Knowledge of the electric utility industry preferred. 

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

· Knowledge of and proven ability to interpret and apply GAAP, using FERC and/or RUS accounting principles as a guide.

· Knowledge of energy market rules and practices and their financial implications.

· Knowledge of budgeting, cost estimating, and financial analysis techniques.

· Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint; experience with Infor, Itron, and Cognos reporting tools is helpful.

· Skilled in preparing complex spreadsheets, including macros, advanced formulas, calculations, and reports.

· Skilled in using relational databases: creating tables, joins, ad-hoc reports, and data mining functions.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to research issues and interpret complex information.

· Ability to prepare clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation, including memos and Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs).

· Ability to interpret complex contract language and translate it into accurate accounting and reporting processes.

Working Conditions: 

(Include the travel requirements; physical requirements, office/field requirements; ADA compliance requirements) 

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, walk and stand; talk both in person and by telephone; use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 25 pounds. Vision abilities include close and distant focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. May on occasion be exposed to loud sounds and distracting noise levels. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Apply:

Qualified candidates please apply at www.greatriverenergy.com (under the Careers tab) by Dec. 14, 2025. GRE values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer.

About Great River Energy

Powering what’s possible Great River Energy is a not-for-profit electricity provider owned by our 26 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin for which we generate and transmit electricity. We provide wholesale electric service to our member owners who distribute electricity to approximately 660,000 member consumers - or about 1.7 million people. A diverse mix of generation resources - Our power plants generate more than 2,800 megawatts of electricity and several solar arrays capable of producing 650 kilowatts. In addition, we purchase wind and hydroelectric energy. Your electricity is delivered through power lines to you. Every time you plug in your toaster, television or other electrical device, a system of power lines goes to work to bring you the power you need. Our job at Great River Energy is to keep the lights on by providing a safe & reliable supply of electricity.

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