General Accounting Associate II

Sempra: Where opportunity powers impact​

​At Sempra, a better world begins with better energy—and with people who want to make a difference. That’s why we’re tackling the biggest challenges facing our industry while building ahigh‑performance culture where you can do your best work. Together, our teams support nearly 40 million consumers across the U.S., strengthening the communities we serve and creating impact that extends far beyond the workplace. Here, collaboration, inclusivity and shared purpose empowers you to grow your passion, build a rewarding career and contribute to something bigger—helping shape a better energy future for all.

Primary Purpose
Handles moderately complex accounting activities and prepares routine financial reports. Contributes to reliable financial data that informs departmental and organizational decisions. The Corporate Financial Accounting team performs the month‑end close for Sempra parent entities and Sempra’s equity method investments, supporting the accuracy and reliability of the company’s financial results.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Supports multiple concurrent accounting activities and ad hoc projects, balancing priorities while maintaining accuracy and compliance.
• Demonstrates attention to detail while working under recurring close deadlines, including periodic overtime during month‑end close.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to gather information, resolve issues, and support cross‑functional accounting needs
• Handles moderately complex tasks related to tracking and recording financial activities, ensuring all entries are accurate and complete within the system.
• Reviews differences between expected and actual results, identifies key reasons for those differences, and shares meaningful observations.
• Creates and reviews key financial reports, such as summaries of income, assets, and cash movement, and explains what the numbers mean.
• Carefully checks financial records to ensure they match actual transactions, and looks into any inconsistencies to make sure everything lines up.
• Prepares required paperwork, answers questions from reviewers or inspectors, and ensures all work follows company rules, professional standards, and legal requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Required:

• Typically requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Experience

Required:

• Typically requires 2 years of related experience.

Preferred:

• Experience using SAP, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), and BlackLine in a general accounting or close environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required:

• Financial Accounting - The process of recording, summarizing and reporting a company's business transactions through financial statements.
• General Ledger Administration - The record-keeping system for a company's financial data, with debit and credit account records validated by a trial balance.
• Financial Regulatory Reporting - Financial reporting is a standard accounting practice that uses financial statements to disclose a company's financial information and performance over a particular period, usually on an annual or quarterly basis.
• Data Analysis - Measuring and managing organization data, identifying methodological best practices and conducting statistical analyses.
• Regulatory Compliance - Ensuring an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.
• Account Reconciliations - Comparing sets of financial records to ensure accuracy and prevent balance sheet errors.
• Financial Analysis - Analyzes the financial statements and data to provide insights about the financial performance and position of the organization over time.
• Document Management - Creating, distributing, using, maintaining and disposition of recorded information maintained as evidence of business activities and transactions.
• Accounting Standards - Apply financial reporting framework prescribed by the relevant governing body to ensure all transactions meet regulatory requirements.
• Financial Forecasting - The ability to prepare and present financial statements and reports, such as monthly financial statements and work-in-progress reports, to stakeholders.

Licenses and Certifications

Preferred:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or progress toward CPA certification.

Must reside in Southern California or be willing to relocate upon hire.