Applicants should apply by May 13th and attach a cover letter and resume.

Job Title:  ACCOUNTANT I

Department:  ACCOUNTING

Reports To:  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Summary

Applies established principles of accounting to analyze and process financial information for the preparation of financial reports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Processes accounts payable including the reconciliation of purchases received with supplier invoices and SHECO purchase orders to accurately and efficiently make payment to vendors.

Processes payroll by calculating and entering timesheet data to ensure accurate payment to employees in compliance with approved policies and procedures.  Maintains employee subsidiary records including deductions, benefits, and attendance.  Prepares necessary payroll reports and processes related taxes and other payments to external agencies.

Maintains and processes general and utility plant accounts including inventory, work orders and fixed assets.  Assists in all month end closing subsidiary ledgers.

Post cash deposit and sales data to appropriate ledgers.  Reconciles bank statements monthly and monitors cash processing.

Collects and analyzes data to determine costs of business activities for the use in correct reporting of current operating results and financial condition.  Data includes estimated and realized revenue, commitments, and obligations incurred to project future revenues and expenses.

Reconciles assigned subsidiary records monthly to individual ledger accounts to assure accuracy.

Assists employees and management in obtaining information from accounting records to help in their areas of responsibility.

Assists as necessary in all financial and related external audits.

Prepares financial and statistical reports for use by management and external regulatory agencies.

Supervisory Responsibilities                                            

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience                                           

A degree from a four-year college or university with a BBA in General Business required, prefer BBA in Accounting or BBA in Finance.

Language Skills                                          

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills                                              

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability                                       

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills                                         

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of NISC software; Microsoft Applications such as Access, Excel and Word and FrX Design software.

Other Skills and Abilities                                        

Must be able to use 10-key by touch.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Electric cooperatives were created to serve the best interests of their member-owners, and that's exactly what Sam Houston Electric Cooperative does. In the early 1930s, the vast rural areas of America did not have access to the wonders of electricity. During this time, less than three percent of rural America received the benefits of electric service. After the signing of the Rural Electrification Act on May 21, 1936, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the “REA Movement” spread rapidly throughout the nation. The stories of the early days of rural electrification are much the same…rural men and women petitioning, educating and organizing–for power. Sam Houston Electric Cooperative was founded Aug. 27, 1938, by a group of rural residents in Polk County. The first directors met, planned and created their cooperative. On May 16, 1939, they received a charter from the State of Texas, and Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Inc. was born. After obtaining an REA loan, the Co-op began construction of its first power lines, 242.86 miles, on Jan. 15, 1940, which would serve 661 members in Polk, San Jacinto, Walker and Liberty Counties. The power at that time came from Gulf States Utility C...ompany to a substation in Goodrich. By 1943, Sam Houston EC had 1,306 members. In 1951, that number jumped to 7,500 consumers and 2,300 miles of line. Today, Sam Houston EC maintains 6,000 miles of line serving more than 52,000 members in parts of 10 counties. Our members are our partners. We provide and maintain quality electric service at the lowest possible cost. Sam Houston EC’s mission, as stated by our Board of Directors, is to achieve member satisfaction by providing safe, reliable services at competitive prices and to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve, utilizing an exceptional workforce, while maintaining financial stability.

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