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Responsible for placing safety as #1 priority in day to day work routine for self and others. Manages the daily and monthly activities of the Customer Care and Billing (CC&B), Payment Processing, Customer Accounting, Revenue Accounting, Meter Reading and Configuration and Support Departments, as well as the JDE Accounts Receivable Module for the MDU Utilities Group (Montana-Dakota, Great Plains, Cascade and Intermountain). Oversees processes to generate customer utility bills, record payments, and system balancing. Process Owner for CC&B, responsible to sign off on any changes to the systems. Accounting project lead in the design and testing of all upgrades, enhancements, or changes to CC&B and various meter reading systems. Implements and directs accounting policies and procedures in accordance with GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley to ensure the accurate recording and integrity of customer billing and cash receipts.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors Degree in accounting, business administration, or computer science; and

Seven years of increasingly responsible experience in accounting, business administration or computer science of which two years are in a supervisory or leadership capacity.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Must take all measures necessary to protect networks, devices, programs and data from cyber-attack, damage or unauthorized access.

Required to maintain a valid drivers license.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant

Experience in an accounting function, billing and accounts receivable responsibilities experience preferred

Extensive experience with the JDE financial software.

JOB RESPONSIBILTIES

Manages Revenue Accounting, Customer Accounting, Meter Reading, JDE A/R Billing, and Payment Processing personnel performing the essential functions of preparing, validating, controlling, verifying, and processing billing, cash receipts, revenues and other financial transactions. Ensures meter reads, payments, and other transactions for customer billing are processed daily. Trains employees on all updates and changes to ensure consistence standards and quality are met. Manages SOX compliance for the billing and cash receipts processes.

Oversees the daily and monthly balancing of accounts receivables and revenue generated from CC&B and JDE. Monitors transaction results to ensure proper recording in the general ledger. Ensures the Company is current with the best practices relating to the customer accounting function.

Manages the processing of payments received in Payment Processing, ACH payments and through 3rd party payment vendors, balancing monthly bank statements to CC&B and monitoring various system generated reports and queries.

Serves as first point of contact to resolve system issues associated with CC&B, Meter Reading, and JDE A/R billing.

Performs other tasks and special projects as assigned.

Offers typically made between - ($127,970 - $159,960)