Campbells Looking for Engineering Capital Accountant at Maxton, North Carolina Full Time

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General Summary

The Engineering Capital Accountant is responsible for the tracking of all capital spending, building of reports pertaining to capital spending, facilitating the funding of projects and managing the administrative requirements of a 10-person department. The position is also responsible for taking/supporting systemic changes to improve the capitalization process. This includes and is not limited to, working with off-shore accounting agencies as well as optimizing our capital asset list. The position also supports the plant services leader as an environmental / sustainability clerk

Principal Accountabilities

1. (20%) Track all capital and project expense spending at the Maxton Plant including reports that monitor spending.

2. (20%) Maintain and optimize the capital asset list for the Maxton Plant.

3. (20%) Assist in the funding of projects, including preparation of documents, assisting others in the preparation of

documents, and monitoring the projects through the approval process.

4. (20%) Environmental record keeping/ Data entry

5. (20% or lower if more time is required above) Manage the engineering office including supplies and assisting with

Job Complexity

1) An engineer submits a project for circulation for approval. The project has several typo’s and inaccuacies in the accounting for the project. The accountant will have to provide feedback to the engineer and assist as necessary in the corrections to the project write-up – without doing it for the engineer.

2) An engineer asks for help with an equipment disposal order. On looking through asset listing, the accountant realizes that there are no assets that match the description from the engineer and the assets in this area are poorly described. The accountant will inform the engineer that an equipment disposal order is not required and then will go back and rework the equipment descriptions in the area.

3) Monthly, a capital spending reconciliation is due. Although all engineers are supposed to make timely updates, some do not. For these engineers, the capital accountant will have to use reasonable means to get the engineer’s data as well as ensure that they do not miss commitments in the future.

4) Environmental record keeping/ Data entry. a) Enter weather, meter and lab data on excel spreadsheet b) Update monthly environmental compliance and sustainability reports c) Assist with updating annual and semi-annual reports to state of North Carolina Report

Job Specifications

• Know the status of all spending (Capital and Expense) of all projects weekly – up to 50 opened at one time
• Review spending with engineers in a weekly department meeting
• Resolve spending discrepancies with individual engineers regarding their projects. This includes SAP billing issues
• Prepare monthly capital report to be presented at Maxton MLT meeting
• Forecast and track project expense spending for all projects
• Maintain capital project AOP tracker and PAC report
• Help others to write a funding document for a capital expenditure
• Interface with others especially in finance and maintenance regarding capital spending and SAP billing
• Review all expense reports for compliance with guidelines
• Maintain plant asset listing and facilitate quarterly asset inventory for maintenance and engineering
• Assist new employees or infrequent travelers with expense reports
• Keep an inventory of office supplies for engineers
• Environmental record keeping/ Data entry
• Enter weather, meter and lab data on excel spreadsheet
• Update monthly environmental compliance and sustainability reports
• Assist with updating annual and semi-annual reports to state of North Carolina Report

Working Conditions

• 3 or more years of work experience in Accounting and the building of accounting reports is required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business is preferred
• SAP power user experience
• Strong word processing and spreadsheet capability
• Strong leadership, communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem solving mindset
• Analytical aptitude – ability to collect and analyze data and think analytically
• Detail oriented – be able to work with large spreadsheets and ensure they are accurate
• Ability to develop written standards and protocols
• Results oriented with excellent project and time management skills

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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