PURPOSE

1. Keeps records of financial transactions for the Company by performing essential job duties.
2. 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 in accounting or equivalent related field; plus, a minimum of one-year related experience in an accounting/bookkeeping environment, or equivalent experience as solely determined by the Corporation.

REQUIREMENTS

2. High level of competency and working knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Office, and NiSC iVUE to include ABS/CIS/OMS software.  Advanced working abilities creating and updating spreadsheets, databases and developing presentations. Advanced skills for organizing and maintaining records and workflow.
3. Solid expertise in accounting principles, bulletins, procedures, and general bookkeeping and budgeting.
4. Knowledge of Corporation’s adaptation of RUS System of Accounts preferred, but not required.
5. 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.
6. Very high mathematical skill level as determined by ability to apply advance 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.
7. High reasoning skill level as 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 format, as well as dealing with several abstract and concrete variables.
8. No specific certifications necessitated by job. 
9. Valid Georgia driver’s license
10. Regular and reliable attendance record.
11. Flexibility for overtime as necessitated by circumstances and on-call functions.
12. Flexibility for irregular work hours, including evenings and weekends as necessitated by circumstances.
13. This position requires that this individual report in time of natural disaster and weather-related emergencies and recognizing that the Corporation (SEMC) is an electric utility.
14. Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner as an essential job function.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. 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, etc.
2. Summarizes details in separate ledgers or computer files and transfers data to general ledger.
3. Reconciles and balances accounts.
4. Compiles reports to show statistics such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to the operation of the business.
5. Completes records to or through trial balance.
6. Monitors compliance with Corporate and generally accepted accounting guidelines.
7. Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. This position reports directly to the Coordinator, General Accounting.
2. This position holds no supervisory responsibilities.
3. Requires the reliable and accurate performance of duties, which include decision-making responsibilities.
4. Internal Communication: This position’s internal customers consist of all SEMC employees and assigned contract workers. 
5. 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, work is performed in general office conditions with sedentary physical requirements, and employees are regularly required to sit, speak, and hear; use hands to key, grasp, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms. 
2. 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.  
3. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, kneel, or crawl. 
4. Duties are performed within a community cubical workstation environment, with long periods of time spent working with a computer and reading print materials.
5. The employee is frequently required to lift 10 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to lift to 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.
8. Job requires the ability to work under frequent deadline pressures, multiple changing priorities, and frequent interruptions, along with assisting customers as needed.

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