PURPOSE

1. Provide complete and accurate financial records and reports in accordance with established accounting policies and procedures.
2. Supplies effective custodianship and protection of the financial interest of the members and employees while ensuring compliance with RUS accounting requirements and standards.
3. Demonstrate an attitude that the job exists to effectively serve every SEMC member, and at every opportunity, the employee should strive to achieve increased member loyalty, satisfaction, and public support for SEMC. 

DEMANDS

1. Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration.
2. A minimum of two (2) years’ experience as a supervisor or manager in a related field.
3. A minimum of seven (7) years’ related experience and or training in an accounting/bookkeeping environment or equivalent combination of education and experience; or equivalent experience as solely determined by the Corporation.

REQUIREMENTS

1. High level of competency and working knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Office, and NISC iVUE to include Financials/Vault/Service/Outage/Admin software. Advanced working abilities creating and updating spreadsheets, databases and developing presentations. Advanced skills for organizing and maintaining records and workflow.
2. Solid expertise in accounting principles, bulletins, procedures, and general bookkeeping and budgeting.
3. Knowledge of Corporation’s adaptation of RUS System of Accounts preferred.
4. High Level of language skills as determined by ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and/or legal documents; ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community; ability to write communications that conform to prescribed style and format.
5. High mathematical skill level is determined by ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and/or permutations; ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis.
6. High reasoning skill level is determined by ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
7. No certifications or special licenses are required for the position.
8. Ability to communicate well with all departments of the corporation, as well as members of the corporation.
9. Valid Georgia driver’s license
10. Regular and reliable attendance record.
11. Flexible work hours as necessitated by circumstances, on-call functions, and irregular work shifts.
12. Flexibility for irregular work hours, including evenings and weekends as necessitated by circumstances.
13. Position requires that this individual report in time of natural disaster and weather-related emergency and recognizing that the Corporation (SEMC) is an electric utility.
14. Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner is an essential job function.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Supervises the Bookkeeping/General Accounting, and Accounts Payable ensuring all duties are completed timely and accurately.
2. Verifies, allocates, and posts details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts in journals or computer files from documents such as sales slips, invoices, receipts, check stubs.
3. Authorize and execute cash transfers and wires for payment of principal and interest, LOC payments, federal and state taxes, sales and use tax and cash requirements for Accounts Payable and Payroll.
4. Assists in creating reports, analyzing ledger accounts, and maintaining subsidiary records.
5. Summarizes details in separate ledgers or computer files and transfers data to general ledgers.
6. Reconciles and balances accounts.
7. Compiles reports to show statistics such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to operation of business.
8. Co-signer of checks.
9. Responsible for proactively reviewing financial activities to identify potential fraud, implementing mitigation strategies to reduce risk, and preparing timely reports on findings and corrective actions to management.
10. Completes records to or through trial balance.
11. Reports and initiates electronic fund payment monthly.
12. Reconciles bank statements monthly. Reconciles loan statements and assists in balancing ledger accounts.
13. Assist supervisor with duties, once daily work is complete.
14. Assist Customer Service and members with issues regarding void/reissue requests.
15. Requires the willingness and ability to strengthen and support a comprehensive job-related knowledge base through self-study courses and outside course offerings.
16. Requires the willingness and ability to suggest sound innovative solutions for the improved accomplishment of day-to-day activities and challenges.
17. Position requires reliable and accurate performance of duties without direct supervision.
18. This position collaborates directly with members, employees, and administrative personnel.
19. Job requires the ability to work under frequent deadline pressures, multiple changing priorities, and frequent interruptions, along with assisting staff and customers as needed.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. This position reports directly to the Director of General Accounting.
2. This position manages multiple employees. Direct Reports currently include the staff in General Accounting section (e.g., Bookkeeping, General Accounting, Accounts Payable)
3. Requires the reliable and accurate performance of duties, to include decision-making responsibilities, without direct supervision. Fulfill managerial responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
4. Responsibilities include training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
5. Internal Communication: This position’s internal customers consist of all SEMC employees and assigned contract workers.
6. External Communication: This position’s external customers include all SEMC members, the public, as well as vendors, legal advisors, regulatory agencies, and professional organizations.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

1. While performing the duties of this job, the work in general office conditions with sedentary physical requirements and is regularly required to sit, speak and hear, use hands to key, grasp, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms.
2. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, kneel or crawl.
3. Duties are performed within a cubical workstation, office environment with extended periods of time spent working with a computer and reading print materials.
4. Duties require the physical ability of sitting, keyboarding, stooping, crouching, reaching, grasping, hearing, speaking, writing, operation of telephone, operation of miscellaneous office equipment, as well as other defined sedentary tasks.
5. The employee is frequently required to lift ten (10) pounds. The employee is occasionally required to lift twenty-five (25) pounds.
6. The vision requirements include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
7. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of Females, Minorities, Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

Sawnee EMC is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Drug Free Workplace

Applicants must complete an application prior to 5 PM, January 30, 2026. Apply online: www.sawnee.coop/careers. If you require a paper application or an alternate format, please contact us at 770-887-2363 extension 7568.

About Sawnee EMC

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation, a five-time J.D. Power recipient, is an electric distribution cooperative headquartered in Cumming, Georgia. Sawnee serves electricity to approximately 203,540 meters in seven (7) counties of greater north Georgia. Sawnee’s total assets exceed $1 billion, with energy sales of 3.7 billion kWh and annual revenue of approximately $450 million. With a team of approximately 400 dedicated professionals and over 12,542 miles of distribution line, Sawnee always stands ready to meet the needs of its members-owners. SEMC strives daily to live up to their motto…“At Sawnee EMC, We’re More Than Electricity, We’re Service”. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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