Accounting Manager - Houston - NextEra Energy Services

Description

Accounting Manager

Date: Feb 17, 2026

Location(s): Houston, TX, US, 77002

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 91374

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us

Position Specific Description

We operate over 3,000 oil and gas wells across Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. As a key leader in our Accounting team, you'll oversee financial reporting and accounting for our Upstream business, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strategic insight.

Key Responsibilities

Transformation Lead

• Lead near term transformation project to overhaul existing processes for uploading transactions from oil and gas software to ERP
• Establish new analytical processes, spanning revenue and property related processes
• Develop and implement accounting policies and procedures.
• Lead technical accounting support for upstream operations.

Base Responsibilities

Financial Oversight

• Lead general ledger management for upstream entities consolidated under NextEra Energy Resources.
• Direct monthly close cycles, quarterly and annual reporting.

Asset Management

• Oversee Fixed Asset accounting, including DD&A and impairment assessments.
• Ensure timely asset capitalization and accurate capex reporting

Audit & Compliance

• Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring timely and cost-effective completion.
• Maintain SOX compliance for financial reporting and fixed asset controls.

Performance Analysis

• Conduct monthly revenue and leasehold operating accrual-to-actual analysis.
• Prepare monthly financial statement reviews and present findings to senior leadership.
• Analyze financial performance across revenue, operating expenses, and capital expenditures.

Team Leadership

• Drive performance management and foster effective communication across locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• CPA
• Master's degree preferred
• 10+ years of oil & gas accounting experience, including 2+ years in a supervisory or management role.
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize and communicate complex, large data sets; SQL experience
• SAP experience
• Oil and gas accounting software experience
• Proven experience managing geographically distributed teams (Houston and offshore).
• Strong command of GAAP and ability to research and resolve technical accounting issues.

Job Overview

Employees in this job manage and coordinate a unique accounting function and lead complex accounting projects.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares financial reports that are in compliance with GAAP and FERC, in a timely manner, to accurately reflect the financial position of the Company

• Provides accounting oversight to businesses and departments within the Company and ensures proper controls are in place for accurate financial reporting

• Ensures financial data integrity through the implementation and maintenance of a strong control environment

• Keeps abreast of, and applies GAAP, SEC regulations, and relevant company policies, practices, and procedures

• Manages professional staff, and effectively communicates and executes performance management

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience: 8+ years

• Supervisor/Management Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

• Master's - Business Administration

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Clickto learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics

Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC

Relocation Provided: No

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