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Qualified accountant who performs the accounting, costing, and financial analysis activities for Mississippi Lignite Mining Company. This position supports reporting, budgeting, and forecasting while also leading automation and data-integration initiatives that enhance accuracy and efficiency across multipole systems and business units.
Job Description: Essential Duties:
- Prepare and analyze cash deposits, journal entries, audit schedules, and cost statements; perform cash management activities as required
- Prepare revised forecasts of income, expenses and volumes and an analysis of departmental incomes with supporting schedules
- Prepare monthly/yearly balance sheets, income statements and cash flows (forecasted, consolidated) as well as analyze income and cost variances
- Perform accounts payable process
- Compile monthly forecasts, budget variances, and costing information as well as costing responsibility for the preparation of the Annual, 5 Year and Life of Mine budgets with input from location personnel
- Prepare schedules of capital expenditures (parent, subsidiaries, consolidated) and perform audits of physical assets
- Provide information and respond to requests from lending institutions, tax department, parent company, auditors, and customers
- Analyze account balances, costs, statements, budgets, payments, variances, general ledger review checks, invoices, supporting data, deposits. Perform bank and general ledger reconciliations
- Assist with customer communications including invoicing, variances, documentation, verification, and other matters as assigned
- Lead data-drive process improvements by testing and implementing automated tools using Excel, Power Query, and Power BI to reconcile and analyze large-volume account and inventory datasets
- Collaborate with IT and cross-company teams to integrate and validate financial and operational data between JD Edwards, DAS Reports Now, and other reporting platforms.
- Support preparation of management reports, dashboards, and analytical summaries for executive review and strategic planning.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, company policies, and external audit requirements.
- Experience with JD Edwards Enterprise1 accounting software preferred
Other Duties:
- Create spreadsheets, graphs, charts, and visual dashboards.
- Participate in special projects and cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
- Type correspondence, compile documentation, and perform other clerical duties as required.
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and terminology
- Ability to perform calculations, analyze/interpret data, and solve problems, with work/objectives generally defined
- Must be able to coordinate, prioritize, and successfully meet multiple deadlines
- Must be able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally to explain and understand accounting principles and practices
- Must be proficient using Microsoft Office (specifically Word, Excel, Power Point) experience with Power BI and Power Query is a plus.
Education and Training:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting required
- Minimum of two years of related experience; CPA preferred.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business-intelligence tools strongly desired.
EEO Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate. You must meet at least the specific minimum requirements listed above to be considered a qualified applicant.
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