Internal Controls Analyst - Accounting
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our eight employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.
Performs responsibilities as an audit liaison and internal controls analyst. This position prepares audit supporting documentation to fulfill internal and external audit requests, analyzes NREL and Alliance internal control risks, documents internal control processes, and keeps Internal Controls and Financial Operations Management aware of audit progress and potential issues identified during the course of internal or external audits of NREL and the Alliance.
Essential Responsibilities:
Preparing reports on financial status and operations for external oversight authorities:
- Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc performance metric reports to management for review
- Ensure internal and external auditors are provided with relevant and accurate information by applicable due dates
- Serve as audit liaison for internal and external audit requests
- Providing updates to Fin Ops Management on status of internal and external audit requests.
Monitoring financial systems operations for legal compliance and internal control purposes:
- Assist in the analysis and documentation of internal control risks and processes
- Assist in testing internal controls to identify any gaps, weaknesses, or non-compliance
- Assist in running and maintaining reports to extract data from NREL financial systems
Reconciling, recording, classifying, and summarizing economic events:
- Review of ACH and check payments on a regular basis to minimize erroneous vendor payments
Serve as functional backup for accounting and compliance processes:
- Tracking and logging erroneous payments
- Reviewing and validating accuracy of vendor and banking changes