Southern California Edison

Corporate Accounting Senior Manager

Join Southern California Edison in Rosemead, California as a Corporate Accounting Senior Manager. Lead accounting operations, ensure compliance, and drive financial process improvements. Benefit from a hybrid work model and contribute to a cleaner energy future.

Southern California Edison

Company Overview

Southern California Edison

Rosemead, CA, United States

1886

Approximately 15,000 employees (source: linkedin.com). Revenue of $11.4 billion in FY 2023 (source: asug.com).

What They Do

Southern California Edison (SCE) is a leading utility company focused on providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution services across a vast service territory of 50,000 square miles in Southern California. The company has a strong emphasis on renewable energy integration, including solar, wind, battery storage, and electric vehicle infrastructure, positioning itself as a pioneer in the energy sector. SCE operates the first commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. and has been at the forefront of renewable energy initiatives since the 1970s, collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy on various projects (source: harvard.edu). The company serves approximately 15 million customers, including residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, and offers programs such as Green Rate and Community Renewables to promote sustainable energy consumption (source: sce.com).

Projects & Track Record

SCE has a rich history of notable projects, including the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project, which began in 1908 and remains one of the largest hydropower systems in the United States. The company also pioneered large-scale solar energy with its first solar plant in the Mojave Desert in 1982, contributing significantly to California's renewable energy landscape (source: wikipedia.org). More recent projects include the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project, which facilitates the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid, and ongoing developments in grid modernization, smart meters, and energy storage solutions aimed at enhancing efficiency and reliability (source: harvard.edu). SCE's commitment to innovation is evident in its extensive investments in battery storage and electric vehicle infrastructure, which are critical for meeting future energy demands.

Recent Developments

In the past two years, SCE has made significant strides in its NextGen ERP program, leveraging SAP S/4HANA and Signavio to enhance operational efficiency and process optimization. This initiative has identified 65 value target outcomes and established a governance framework for transformation, showcasing SCE's commitment to modernizing its operations (source: asug.com). Additionally, the company has continued to invest in solar delivery and battery storage projects, aligning with California's ambitious renewable energy goals for 2030 (source: harvard.edu). While no major acquisitions or mergers have been reported, SCE's ongoing internal investments in clean energy and digital transformation reflect its strategic focus on sustainability and efficiency.

Working There

Southern California Edison offers a diverse range of career opportunities across various departments, including Engineering, Distribution, Transmission, and new areas such as digital analytics and clean energy workforce development. The company is actively hiring for its NextGen ERP transformation, which is one of the largest initiatives in the utility sector, indicating a strong demand for skilled professionals (source: sce.com). SCE's culture emphasizes teamwork, continuous improvement, and stakeholder alignment, fostering an environment where employees can thrive and contribute to the company's clean energy leadership. While specific benefits are not detailed, the company provides workforce development programs that include free classes and training in energy efficiency and clean energy sectors (source: oac.cdlib.org).


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As a Corporate Accounting Senior Manager, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

  • Directs account reconciliations and monthly close entries and investigates variances within assigned areas of responsibility. Guarantees all account reconciliations meet internal control requirements and are completed on time.
  • Manages the production of internal financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement) and arranges all research regarding year-over-year variances.
  • Ensures internal control documentation is updated regularly and in a timely manner and prepares action plans to remediate identified weaknesses by coordinating with all Accounting departments.
  • Guarantees the Accounting area complies with all internal control requirements.
  • Oversees the Fixed Asset System, including posting and tracking depreciation, ensuring new items meet Capital policy requirements, retiring assets through comprehensive reviews and proper approvals, and maintaining the system regularly.
  • Drives initiatives to improve processes across the Accounting area, identifying opportunities for efficiency and workload reduction.
  • Prepares budgets by establishing procedures and controls and conducting ongoing financial forecasting.
  • Publishes monthly procurement reports and oversees purchases while promoting long-term cost savings.
  • Identifies and implements improvement projects for processes, cash yield, and cost-to-collect.
  • Provides support in preparing materials for finance and audit committee meetings, including consulting with external auditors on reporting and accounting matters.
  • Ensures the protection of all physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets and properly manages private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other highly sensitive information with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
  • A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Five or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management.
  • Experience performing or overseeing accounting or finance functions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or similar discipline.
  • Five or more years of experience managing or supervising accounting, finance, tax or regulatory functions.
  • CPA certification (active or inactive)
  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with accountability for scope, schedule, cost, and quality outcome.
  • Experience with SAP ERP system.
  • Experience with utility or regulated industry.
  • Experience developing strategic plans and policies in a financial environment.
  • Experience developing and implementing accounting and management reporting processes, systems, and procedures.
  • Experience with accounting for complex employee benefit programs.
  • Strong leadership, communication (written/verbal), presentation skills and negotiating skills to build consensus with stakeholders to develop and maintain partnerships with support organizations and senior management.
  • Ability to accurately analyze information and make strategic decisions that have cross-organizational impact.
  • Ability to integrate work across relevant areas, develop the business and services to enhance customer satisfaction and productivity, manage risks appropriately, develop and execute business plans, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers.
  • Effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation.

Additional Information

  • This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
  • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
  • Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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About the role

June 26, 2026

June 26, 2026

Full time

Hybrid

Company

Smart Grid

Southern California Edison

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  •  Rosemead, California, United States

Five or more years of experience in a supervisory role or project management.

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