Accounting Manager Position

General Summary:

Directs accounting practices of the company and its subsidiaries to ensure accuracy of accounting and financial activities. Manages daily activities of Accounting department employees. Provides rate development for the organization and its subsidiaries. Completes, reviews and analyzes financial statements. Performs other various financial analyses and studies.

Essential Job Functions:

Department Management:

• Oversees daily activities of Accounting department employees by managing workflow and employee scheduling, checking work for accuracy, ensuring appropriate staff levels, counseling and encouraging employee growth, training employees, answering employee questions, handling personnel issues, and completing performance appraisals

Accounting Operations:

• Directs accounting practices of the organization and its affiliates by overseeing development and implementation of procedures and systems to maintain proper accounting records, controls, and services; ensuring accuracy and adherence to schedules for accounts payable, payroll, plant accounting, inventory and other accounting functions; ensuring all required reports are filed on a timely basis; and ensuring retention of all records and files

Financial Reporting:

• Ensure all financial statements are completed timely and accurately and that all required reports are filed in a timely manner. Reviews monthly financial statements and analyzes significant variances

External Audit Coordination:

• Serves as contact point for annual external audit. Ensures efficient audit process by providing timely closing of year-end activities and completion of audit schedules

Regulatory Support:

• Provides support for regulatory activities including preparing various analyses, studies, regulatory filing schedules, and long-term plans; preparing information for cost separation studies; and preparing information for revenue requirement and other regulatory filings
• Provides information to regulatory consultants and commission staff
• Monitors industry reporting systems for irregularities. Completes and/or verifies regulatory data requests and maintains regulatory tariffs

Budget and Financial Analysis:

• Assists in preparation of annual budget. Implements and maintains budgetary tracking mechanisms. Prepares necessary support information for budget formulation
• Prepares reports, analyses and recommendations on loan status, depreciation rates and other financial transaction or system data as requested

Insurance and Risk Management:

• Serves as contact point for annual business insurance renewal, provides updated schedules for renewal, calculates internal allocations, and keeping policies updated at all times. Provide assistance to managers for certificates of liability. Makes recommendations for policy updates and keeps current with industry insurance needs

Additional Duties:

• Performs all other related duties as assigned by management*

*These tasks do not meet the Americans With Disabilities Act definition of essential job functions and are usually less than 5% of time spent. However, these tasks still constitute important performance aspects of the job.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Technical Knowledge:

• Knowledge of FCC Uniform System of Accounts, cost separation processes, and industry regulatory procedures
• Knowledge of Rural Utilities Service procedures and manuals
• Knowledge of PC spreadsheet and word processing software, PC operating software, database applications software and data extraction methods
• Knowledge of practices and procedures utilized in the preparation and filing of various rate and financial studies as required by regulatory agencies
• Knowledge of company policies and procedures
• Knowledge of management principles and practices

Technical Skills:

• Skill in operating various office equipment such as personal computer, postage machine, copier, shredder, various software programs, email, and telephone systems
• Skill in oral and written communication
• Skill in reading and interpreting financial statements
• Ability to type 200 digits per minute on a ten key machine
• Ability to type and enter data for long periods of time

Professional Abilities:

• Ability to communicate with customers, employees, and various business contacts in a professional and courteous manner
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work assignments
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Ability to make sound decisions using information at hand
• Ability to create a team environment and sustain employee morale

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field, and a minimum of three years in a supervisory capacity. Preference for progressive experience in telecommunications or utilities accounting. An equivalent combination of college study and experience may also be accepted.

Physical Requirements:
Physical Requirement Frequency Seeing 75-100% - Must be able to read computer screen and various reports Hearing 75-100% - Must be able to hear well enough to communicate with employees and industry contacts Standing/Walking 0-24% Climbing/Stooping/Kneeling 0-24% Lifting/Pulling/Pushing Must be able to lift and transport records weighing up to 10 lbs Grasping/Feeling 75-100% - Must be able to write, type, and use phone system
Working Conditions:

Good working conditions with the absence of disagreeable conditions.

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.