Cost Accounting Manager

DIRECTS:
Supervisor Plant Accounting;
Accounting Associate I
PURPOSE OF POSITION:

To direct and oversee and accurately maintain work order activity, distribution plant, and fixed assets, to prepare plant asset accounting reports, and to maintain custodianship of plant accounting records for the Corporation. Be a key liaison with operations and engineering to assist in the optimal processes and reporting for all capital deployment. Provide financial review and analysis for monthly reporting documents and communicate to leadership any issues.

Lead the property tax preparation process, filings, and payments for all jurisdictions and manage Franchise Tax payments for all required jurisdictions.

• Receive direction and instruction from immediate supervisor.
• Provide direction and instruction to subordinate staff.
• Ability to coordinate and work well with senior management on a continuous basis.
• Communicate with Operations Division to obtain applicable information on records and supplies.
• Work with Accounting and Material Accounting departments to coordinate data exchange.
• Coordinate work order activity with Engineering and Mapping

• Effectively serve all customers to achieve increased customer and public support of the Corporation.
• Effectively work with external auditors to provide assistance, advisement, and information

• Ensure that accounting functions adhere to generally accepted accounting principles and practices, consistent with industry and regulatory standards.
• Analyze and review financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts.
• Perform variance analysis for budget to actual variances.
• Prepare and reconcile the monthly Labor Load allocation for company benefits.
• Ensure the accurate preparation of general ledger journal entries, allocations, overhead spreads, and month-end closings.
• Review Franchise Tax payment requests for local municipalities.
• Reconcile subsidiary ledgers to general ledger accounts, as required.
• Monitor the accounting of pre-capitalized equipment, labor, and installation estimates.
• Review the preparation of labor estimates for pre-capitalized equipment installation.
• Maintain Dossier fleet activity reports, inventory comparison, and equipment usage rates for company vehicles.
• Examine the trial balance for irregularities prior to preparation of monthly financial reports.
• Prepare the Annual Budget for General & Plant Accounting in Planful and enter the General Plant budget in Power Plan.
• Improve business efficiency around processes and responsibilities.

• Maintain accurate distribution plant records for the company utilizing Power Plan as the system of record.
• Investigate and correct any unusual amounts on Staking Sheet Review Reports.
• Ensure material, labor, and overhead charges, and Contribution in Aid of Construction (CIAC) postings are supportable and consistent with corporate and industry practices prior to closing a work order
• Perform adjusting journal entries in Power Plan for work order corrections.
• Review open work orders. Remove abandoned and duplicate work orders. Check status of aging work orders.
• Review blanket and individual work orders and report inconsistencies to Engineering.
• Ensure nightly interfaces between Power Plan, NISC Financials, and Infor FSM complete each day.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Finance to review and analyze the annual Construction Work Plan budget in Planful, ensuring alignment with Power Plan, capital expenditure reporting, and approved construction work plan assumptions
• Maintain system configuration to ensure accurate project and asset accounting

• Maintain accurate general plant records and depreciation rates for the company.
• Identify and record additions, deletions, retirements, and selling of general plant items for the company.
• Assist with the inventory of general plant items for the company.
• Ensure month-end balances agree with general ledger fixed asset totals for the company and leased assets.

• Prepare and review monthly Financial and Statistical Board reports that go to the…