JOB TITLE:  Accountant

DEPARTMENT:  Administration and Finance Department 

Job Summary:

Responsible for posting and balancing various ledgers, and other accounting duties.                               

Reporting Relationships:

1. Reports to: Manager of Accounting

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform Administrative Assistant duties in their absence
• Perform Accounts Payable Coordinator duties in their absence
  

Accounts Payable Duties & Responsibilities:

• Check invoices for accuracy and determine if goods or services have been received; Match invoices to purchase orders and/or packing slips; Route completed purchase orders to archives in document management system.
• Apply GL coding and verify approvals on invoices; Give invoices to Secretary/Receptionist for scanning into document management software.
• Key invoices from document management software into the accounting accounts payable system for payment; Verify entry of all invoices/assigned invoice numbers in both systems.
• Create checks from accounting accounts payable system for payment of approved invoices, Match check amounts to invoices in document management system.
• Enter, maintain, and update vendor cards for all accounts payable vendors; Maintain W-9 forms/vendor information sheets/statements/correspondence for all vendors.
• Prepare quarterly use tax report.
• Prepare monthly sales tax report.
• Review employee/director expense reports and supporting documentation. Distribute cash and/or accounts payable checks for payment of reports.
• Reconcile petty cash/highway permit funds and prepare corresponding journal entries.
• Process stop payment on missing/lost checks; Void checks in accounts payable system; Reissue checks, as necessary.
• Participate with other personnel in the maintenance and reconciliation of various GL account balances.
• Prepare cash received deposits/cash received journal entries.
• Relieve Secretary/Receptionist at front door/switchboard.
• Respond to all requests from auditors for audits pertaining to accounts payable.
  

Billing and Accounts Receivable Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly member cooperative power bills/distribute copies to members and save to network.
• Prepare monthly power bill for NW Electric for submission to AECI; Distribute copies to AECI and save to network.
• Prepare and maintain monthly/yearly billing books for member cooperatives and AECI billings.
• Prepare accounts receivable/accounts payable invoices from power bills for posting into accounting system.
• Prepare monthly Mo Municipal Electric Utility Commission Wheeling invoices.
• Prepare monthly KCPL report of KW demand/Kwh usage for their metering points.
• Prepare primary credit sheets for AECI’s power bill; Prepare green power schedules for member cooperatives and AECI; Receive net meter readings from member cooperatives.
• Balance and maintain employee accounts receivable and GL account 18470.
• Enter, maintain, and update all accounts receivable customer cards in accounting system.
• Prepare accounts receivable invoices for sales and amounts due from member cooperatives, N.W. employees, and others.
• Respond to all requests from auditors for audits pertaining to accounts receivable and billing.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Maintain prepayment accounts and prepare monthly write-off journal entries
• Post all monthly general journal entries.
• Reconciles all the property tax statements with assessment data prior to payment.

Cash Management Duties & Responsibilities:

• Process and post cash forms, deposits, and transfers for a bank account
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for all non-payroll bank accounts
• Respond to audit requests from auditors for audits pertaining to cash management
• Prepare Monthly Primary Credits Schedule Updates for review by Manager of Accounting
• Oversees, maintains, and prepares NW Development Financials for review by Manger of Accounting

Interaction:

• Internal: All Accounting Department personnel; VP of Engineering & Operations, VP of Public Relations & Special Projects, VP of Human Resources & Information Systems, Substation Superintendent, Transmission Superintendent, Operations Engineer, Lead Communications Technician, Manager of Planning and Operations, ROW Agent, Mechanic, and various other personnel.
• External: External audit firm, AECI audit team, RUS auditors, accounting personnel at AECI and five other MO G&T’s, managers and accounting personnel from member cooperatives, accounting software vendors.

Working Conditions:

• Climate controlled office environment.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience: A minimum of three years’ experience with RUS accounting requirements and procedures and two years supervisory experience.
• Job Knowledge: A thorough understanding of each of the following: RUS accounting principles, financial reporting, quantitative measurement of electricity and equipment and materials used to construct and maintain an electric transmission system.
• Abilities and Skills: Communicate clearly both orally and in writing and possess a high-level of computer and software skills.
• Detail orientated

*You must live within 30 minutes of the office located in Cameron, MO

*You cannot be related to any NW Electric employee or Board member

About NW Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.

N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. 1001 W Grand Ave. Cameron, Missouri 64429

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