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| Employer: | COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION (CNMI GOVERNMENT) |
| DBA: | COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION (CNMI GOVERNMENT) |
| Address: | P.O. Box 501220 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950 United States |
| Phone: | 670-664-4282 |
| Other Number: | 670-235-5133 |
| Contact COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION (CNMI GOVERNMENT) via email | |
| Job Vacancy Announcement | JVA |
| JVA Type: | Replacement |
| Island | Saipan |
| FLSA Covered? | No, not covered |
| DOD related? | No |
| PERM related? * | No |
| VEVRAA related? | No |
| Original Number of Openings: | 1 |
| Number of Openings Currently Available | 1 |
| Specific Worksite location: | Saipan |
| Job Classification: | Business and Financial Operations Occupations |
| Job Title: | Chief Accountant |
| Announcement Number: | 17-12-51494 |
| Job Classification: | Business and Financial Operations Occupations |
| Opening Date: | 12/4/2017 |
| Closing Date: | 12/19/2017 |
| Salary Range: | $56439 to $71578 / Annually |
| Job Title: | Chief Accountant |
| Job Duties: | Under the direct supervision of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or his/her designee, the incumbent’s duties and responsibilities are as follows. Supervise the CUC accounting section and support staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations, staff training and professional development; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations to leadership. Supervise the daily accounting operations and review all accounting transactions and approves journal entries into accounting modules. Prepare and review monthly financial statements; review, reconcile and maintain subsidiary ledgers; analyze problematic accounts; provide leadership and mentorship to staff; and, monitor and analyze revenue collections and expenditures. Attend a variety of meeting and serve as a liaison between the accounting section and other divisions within the corporation. Monitor the check writing functions of the accounting section and ensures the bank reconciliations are performed monthly. Prepare financial packets and updates to the Board of Directors. Prepare the annual financial statements for inclusion in the CUC Annual Audit of Financial Statements. Serve as liaison between external auditors and division managers, program managers and section chiefs in support of accounting and financial matters. Performs other similar accounting, financial and similar duties assigned by the CFO. The position responsibilities also include, but not limited to: prepare a wide variety of financial and analytical reports and statements. Monitor fund balances through the preparations of daily cash flow report and bank statement reconciliation; Plan, manage, coordinate and implement the month-end/year-end closing procedures and provide information to financial auditors. Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts with assistance from accounting support personnel and ensures maintenance or proper audit trails; Prepare audit responses and ensure that appropriate corrective actions are executed; Review accuracy of billing adjustments to individual accounts from billing staff and receivable accountants; Conduct annual performance evaluation of accounting staff. |
| High School Diploma Required? | Undetermined |
| Qualification Requirements: | A CPA accreditation is required along with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Auditing, or a related field and four years of professional level accounting, auditing or finance experience with two years supervisory experience with strong background on month-end/year-end closing. Knowledge of: Federal, Commonwealth, State and local laws, codes, regulations and/or ordinances; Customer service principles; Supervisory Principles; Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other applicable laws, rules and regulations. Basic understanding of Budget Principles, Fiscal Law and Mathematics. Skill in: Monitoring and evaluating staff; prioritizing and assigning work to staff; performing mathematical calculations, accounting and forecasting techniques; developing and implementing procedures and standards; analyzing, reviewing, verifying, reconciling, validating and reporting accounting transactions; preparing and analyzing financial statements and reports. Experienced user of Microsoft Office and other financial and accounting software applications. Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction. Applicants may be tested Subject to pre-employment drug testing. |
| Full or Part Time: | Full Time |
| Hours per Week: | 40 |
| Hours per Day: | 8 |
| Payment Frequency: | bi-weekly |
| Overtime Available: | No |
| Overtime Rate: | $0 - $0 |
| Rate x 1.5 per hour Exempted: | Yes |
| Specify All Payroll Deductions: | All CNMI/Federal salary taxes |
| Required tools, supplies and Equipment to be provided: | none |
| Anticipated starting date of employment: | 12/31/2017 |
| Anticipated closing date of employment: | 12/31/2018 |
| Housing Provided: | No |
| Food Provided: | No |
| Transportation required: | No |
| If transportation is required, daily transportation to and from the worksite(s) will be provided to the workers. Daily pick-up place(s) will be at: | 0 |
| Fringe Benefits: | none |
| Comments: | LOCATION: CFO Division, Accounting Section, SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands, USA. (Saipan has a population of about 50K. It is adjacent to Asia and about a 3-hour flight south of Tokyo. It is about 100 miles north of the US Territory of Guam) Drop off your CUC Employment Application at the CUC Human Resource Office located on the 3rd Floor of the Joeten Dandan Building on Saipan. Otherwise, you may drop it off at the Tinian and Rota Administration Office or e-mail to: employment.applications@cucgov.org |