Plant Accountant II

Summary

Under minimal supervision, provides accurate and complete accounting records which conform to an approved system of accounts and which reflect the financial position of Chugach. This position is responsible for the proper unitization of all plant assets and the maintenance of a fixed asset system.

Representative Duties

• Maintains the ongoing accuracy of continuing property records.
• Performs analysis and final Accounting Department close-out of capital and retirement work orders according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations.
  • Verifies projects meet the capital improvement/upgrade/retirement criteria.
  • Meets with other Department personnel when necessary to ensure appropriate adjustments are made to project costs.
  • Assesses other accounting sub-systems to ensure work orders can be closed.
  • Runs work order reports, reviews staking sheets and close-out documentation, translates construction assembly units and validates all accounts for projects, and creates applicable work order system.
  • Enters project cost information into the appropriate application or prepares supporting close-out spreadsheets, creates and verifies costs for journal entries, and verifies individual project cost data for each work order.
  • Creates work order close-out packet for final review and authorization.
• Maintains special equipment records and prepares related reports for new and retired equipment.
• Coordinates inventory preparation with Information Services and warehouse personnel. Participates in the physical count of all inventories. Reviews, analyzes, and reconciles the physical inventory count and cycle counts for all Chugach inventories.
• Prepares necessary documentation for State of Alaska (SOA) and Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) relocation billings and coordinates the follow-up on disputed issues. Calculates bills in accordance with project agreements received by SOA and MOA.
• Maintains historical accounting work order closeout information.
• Prepares inventory billing for Chugach's jointly owned inventory. Prepares journal entries to accurately record shared inventory.
• Prepares necessary documentation for Capital Expense billings to ML&P related to Southcentral Power Plant (SPP). Maintains the ML&P SPP Billing Status Report. Attends SPP O&M meetings to report on billing or inventory, as needed.
• Prepares analysis of selected general ledger accounts.
• Prepares and maintains records of Chugach's Undergrounding Surcharge revenues expended for qualified underground to overhead distribution line projects. Prepares and provides data for Distribution Engineering's annual Undergrounding Surcharge report.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, and year-end audit and other schedules/reports for areas of responsibility.
• Prepares necessary documentation for Department of Transportation (DOT) audit of distribution and transmission overhead rates and projects.
• Reviews, updates and verifies standard costs tables.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Relationships

Internal

• Manager, Plant Accounting: Reports to and receives work assignments and direction from. Keeps manager informed of problems and progress in all areas of work.
• Accounting Personnel: Responds to inquiries and provides information as related to Plant Accounting.
• Other Departments: Receives requests from, provides assistance to and exchanges information as required.

External

• Auditors: Provides source documents as necessary and answers procedural questions to permit auditors to perform their function.
• State of Alaska and Municipality of Anchorage: Provides information to and answers questions to support accounts receivable invoices.

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