What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Yampa Valley Electric Association?
The Role
The Staff Accountant plays a key role in maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards and regulations. This position performs internal accounting duties, ensuring the timely and accurate completion of financial reports, reconciliations, and other accounting tasks. The Staff Accountant is essential in contributing to a collaborative, cohesive, and efficient accounting team, driving the company's success and operational effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain general and subsidiary ledger journal entries and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
- Execute month-end and year-end closing procedures.
- Perform internal accounting duties: file sales, use and franchise tax returns; reconcile bank accounts; research and resolve discrepancies; maintain accurate accounting records; analyze trends.
- Assist with accounts payable and work order accounting functions as needed.
- Support audit processes by providing documentation and information to auditors.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
- Collaborate with team members to improve financial processes and enhance efficiency.
- Assists with special projects and other duties as assigned.
Key Skills
Accounting Knowledge: Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and cooperative accounting.
Diligence: Strong attention to detail in preparing and maintaining financial records, ensuring accuracy and eliminating discrepancies.
Software Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, along with experience using Microsoft Office applications and accounting software.
Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze financial data, identify trends, and make recommendations based on findings.
Professionalism and Confidentiality: Skilled in handling sensitive information with discretion and maintaining strict confidentiality.
Time Management: Ability to prioritize tasks effectively, ensuring deadlines are met in a fast-paced environment.
Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with team members and provide clear financial reporting.
Problem-Solving: Ability to identify financial issues, investigate discrepancies, and resolve problems promptly.
What we offer:
- Benefits: Medical, vision, and dental, and short-term disability and life insurance for you, your spouse, and your child.
- Time Off: We encourage you to enjoy your time outside work with a generous PTO plan and ten paid holidays.
- 401 (K) Retirement Plans: We will match your 401(k) contribution up to 4%
- Retirement Security Plan: 1.7% of your average salary x years of service x 1.19 = annuity
- Employee Assistance Plan: For you and your family at no cost
- Events: We love to have fun at work! We offer many opportunities and events. Anything from happy hour to a company-wide snow tubing.
- Training and Development: We provide both off-site and on-the-job training opportunities so you can keep up and advance in our ever-changing utility environment.
- Education Assistance: Enjoy learning? Our Education Assistance Policy will assist with your tuition.
- Health and Well-being: A healthy you is a healthy us. We will deposit extra cash into your checking or health savings account for each preventative exam you and your dependents complete.
- Safety: Never driven in the snow before? A course at Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs is on us.
- Discounts Program: Local and national discounts on everything from travel to a new set of tires.
Salary : $39 - $47
