Location
Jackson, TN | United States
Job description
Position Summary :
Responsible for various duties relative to accounting operations such as Plant Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable and General Accounting.
Criteria: Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting and three years of related experience. Demonstrated competency in personal computers. Demonstrated understanding of all accounting processes.
Skills/Abilities: Excellent communication and organizational skills required.
Certifications/Licenses: None.
Physical Demands: The ability to use a computer keyboard effectively. The ability to orally communicate by phone and person to person. The ability to see/read money and/or other printed material.
Work Environment: Indoor office conditions
Telephone: Must maintain an operating telephone and the number must be provided to his/her supervisor.
Essential Functions: - Verifies journal entries, routine journals, and other accounting data.
- Compiles and verifies monthly data associated with various accounting information. (i.e. - payroll, transportation, cash, accounts receivable, financial statements, deferred payment programs, etc.).
- Reconciles various accounts and sub-ledger accounts with the general ledger.
- Prepares and verifies periodic reports of earnings, taxes, benefits, etc.
- Accesses or queries information for budget analysis, general ledger research, etc.
- Makes journal entries for corrections, reclassifications, etc.
- Validates distributions, registers, printed checks, and other reports.
- Maintains, updates, and ensures proper use of the chart of accounts system.
- Maintains proper records and documentation for applicable areas within the accounting workgroup.
- Performs all payroll-related functions, including bi-weekly payroll, W-2s, and federal and state payroll reporting.
- Assists in data entry as department workload dictates.
- Processes all miscellaneous invoice billing requests.
- Closes out sales each month for miscellaneous invoicing.
- Processes all wire and ACH payments.
- Maintains database of all vehicles and equipment and updates as necessary.
- Analyzes and posts transportation related transactions.
- Closes out transportation monthly.
- Backs up plant accounting staff accountant for month-end work order closing process and other work order related duties.
- Responsible for monthly stats entries.
- Prepares various reports for water/wastewater stats for large customers along with financial data for water/wastewater operations.
- Completes the subscriber fees report.
- Prepares stats audit worksheets for outside auditors.
- Prepares monthly invoices for the City of Jackson.
- Prepares child support and garnishment payment requests.
- Posts all propane related inventory entries.
- Calculates reserves for obsolescence for all systems’ inventories.
- Reconciles and closes all capital projects.
- Sets up monthly projects for all systems and manages cost categories for every project.
- Performs daily and monthly reconciliation of each bank account.
- Performs additional duties as requested.
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