Accountant

Employee Type: Regular

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.