Plant Accountant & Operations MSR

Noble REMC: Where safety is the standard and members are the priority.

Founded in 1936 in Albion, Indiana, Noble Rural Electric Membership Cooperative (REMC), a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, has provided electricity and other services to rural residents for more than 85 years.

Our local electric cooperative delivers electricity to nearly 10,000 members in Noble, DeKalb and six other surrounding counties in northeast Indiana, spanning more than 1,250 miles of energized line.

Although located in Albion, the cooperative considers its entire service territory as its community. Noble REMC is a leader in local economic and community development, and many of our employees and directors have been, and continue to be, an integral part of a range of community organizations.

As a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, we are among more than 700 other rural electric cooperatives who have pledged to maintain high expectations for customer service, integrity, accountability, innovation, and community service.

The Plant Accountant & Operations MSR is responsible for maintaining accurate and timely accounting records related to the cooperative’s utility plant assets. The Plant Accountant collaborates closely with engineering, operations, and finance teams to support capital project tracking, asset management, and regulatory reporting. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Operations member service representative is responsible for initial contact with members for operation-related matters, answering their questions or directing them to appropriate personnel.
• Provides daily radio dispatching of line crews, outages and overflow calls from members.
• Initiates and tracks operational requested locates associated with work orders to ensure requirements are completed.
• Provides support with after-hours outage restoration including work order creation, dispatching crews, and other tasks as needed.
• Initiates notifications to members for scheduled outages, staking appointments, new services and other construction projects and update all-employee calendar.
• Manages new service connects by initiating staking appointments, providing estimates and reviewing building inspections to ensure timely connection of members.
• Maintains operations accounts payable/purchase order process and ensures required management approval.
• Schedules and executes month-end finals for the material, depreciation, special equipment, accounts payable, transportation, labor distribution and general ledger systems.
• Maintains corporate work orders with the creation, tracking, billing, reconciling and closing processes.
• Maintains operations service orders and accounts receivable, including CIA, accidents, and others. Contacts members regarding past due balances.
• Provides complete and accurate asset management reporting in accordance with established accounting policies and procedures and the RUS Uniform System of Accounts to ensure compliance with all regulatory reporting requirements.
• Advises management of recurring accounting related problems existing interdepartmentally.

OTHER FUNCTIONS

• Assists in maintaining material inventory items and physical inventory counts.
• Assists other department’s initiatives as requested.
• Assists in preparing the annual operating budget.
• Certified and regularly trained in first aid, CPR certification.
• Attend safety meetings, job training and such specialized training as may be assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent GED required
• A degree in accounting, finance, business management or related field is preferred
• Experience in a rural electric cooperative is preferred

What's in it for you!

• Starting hourly rate of $29.81 for applicants with minimum qualifications.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Immediate eligibility for paid time off.
• 10 paid holidays.
• National discounts.
• On-site fitness center.
• Life, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance.
• Fully funded pension.
• Traditional 401K and Roth 401K programs with a company match.