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Accountant III

Aqua · Bryn Mawr, PA · 1 mo ago
AccountingFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of company, but we need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. We have: About Essential Utilities (company description) maybe "About the role"? The posting includes description of role: "The Accountant III maintains the general ledger..." That's responsibilities. Also "ESSENTIAL DUTIES: (Primary Duties and Responsibilities)" list. Qualifications: "BA/BS Degree in Accounting or Finance required 3-5 Years of related experience CPA Preferred" Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: list of skills. Benefits: The posting mentions "competitive and comprehensive benefits package" but not specifics. It says "including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities." That's vague but it's a statement about benefits. However rule: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does state "competitive and comprehensive benefits package". That's a statement but not specific details. Is that enough? It says "including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package". That's a mention of benefits but no specifics. The rule: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". Benefits package mention is not filler? It's generic but still a statement. Might be considered filler? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might be okay to include Benefits with that sentence. Pay: No mention of salary. So omit Pay. Schedule: No mention of schedule. Omit. We also have Working Conditions/Physical Demands and Travel Requirements. Could be part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section? Not in allowed headings. Could fold into Responsibilities as prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation phone, family member guidelines, etc. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract substantive content: - Intro paragraph about Aqua, Essential Utilities, mission, etc. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Essential Utilities" is company overview. Could be placed under "About the role"? But heading "About the role" expects description of role. However we have no explicit "About the role" section; we could treat the company overview as "About the role"? Might be better to have "About the role" containing the description of the role and company context. But we have separate "About Essential Utilities". Could we make a section "About the role" with the role description? The role description is in the paragraph: "The Accountant III maintains the general ledger..." That's more duties. So maybe we skip "About the role" and go straight to Responsibilities. But the instruction: "use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., not mandatory to include all. So we can choose which sections to include based on content. We have Responsibilities (essential duties). We have Qualifications (education/experience). We have Skills (knowledge, skills and abilities). We have Benefits (mention of benefits package). We could also include "Requirements" maybe same as Qualifications? But we have Qualifications already. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications? But we have separate headings; we could put Requirements as the same content as Qualifications? Might be redundant. Better to have Qualifications only. We need to preserve all substantive information: includes company overview, role description, essential duties list, qualifications, skills, working conditions, travel, benefits statement. We must not include boilerplate: EEO, accommodation phone, family member guidelines, etc. Let's craft HTML:

Responsibilities

  • ... each duty as li
But we have a long list of duties in paragraph and then "ESSENTIAL DUTIES:" with bullet-like sentences. We'll extract each sentence as li. List of duties from "ESSENTIAL DUTIES:": - Reviews and analyzes monthly results to ensure accuracy of financial statements. - Prepares and posts journal entries to record and/or make accruals and adjustments as needed. - Ensures the accuracy of general ledgers for subsidiary companies. - Assists in the monthly, quarterly and annual close of the financial books and records. - Adheres to closing schedules and participates in its development. - Reconciles and analyzes balance sheet accounts to ensure proper recording of cash, receivables, payables, current costs, revenues, financial commitments, accruals and obligations. - Assists in the preparation and analysis of support data used to support critical accounting accruals. - Prepares various ad hoc reports as needed. - Works with state management on CPR (property records), reviews capital spending and projects completion status. - Clearly communicates all changes made to financial statements and works with accounting personnel to reduce or eliminate future errors. - Understands internal control systems and policies/procedures to ensure appropriate accounting and disclosure of financial transactions. - Manages one or more key internal controls in support of the Company’s financial reporting process, the proper functionality of which play an important role in determining whether the Company’s overall internal controls are functioning effectively. - Performs financial analysis of business as assigned by the Controller. - Prepares operating budget. - Monitors performance against budget on a regular basis and communicates status to appropriate personnel and makes recommendations as necessary, including monthly budget variance review. - Completes sales tax, business privilege tax filings and assists in the preparation of tax work papers. - Prepares various non-tax governmental reporting forms, such as census and other economic surveys. - Report preparation often requires judgement in the use of estimates and a broad understanding of the overall Company’s financial data. - Acts as liaison with managers, payroll and others to produce accurate and timely monthly expense summaries. - Performs other assignments as required. Also earlier paragraph: "The Accountant III maintains the general ledger, analyzes expense accounts, balances sheet accounts and recomends accruals and adjustments as needed. Reviews input of accounts payable and payroll prior to entry into the financial systems. Reviews financials results with state management to ensure their understanding of the reported financial results. Assists in other accounting duties including property record accounting, forecasting, planning and other specific analysis as required. Assists the Controller with financial reporting and assignments as needed. Accountable for selected areas of the company's internal and external financial reports and has specific areas of budget accountability." These could be included as responsibilities as well, but many overlap with list. We could combine them into the list or add as extra li. To preserve all, we should include them. Might duplicate some but okay. We'll create a single
    with all duties. Now Qualifications: "BA/BS Degree in Accounting or Finance required 3-5 Years of related experience CPA Preferred". We'll put as
    • BA/BS Degree in Accounting or Finance required
    • 3-5 Years of related experience
    • CPA Preferred
    Skills: list from "KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:": - Advanced ability to use Microsoft Office suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other technologies applicable to job. - Excellent written and verbal communications skills; communicate effectively (clearly, concisely and professionally) with internal customers - Ability to work well under pressure - Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment - A team player able to work effectively in a team fostered multi-tasking environment We'll put each as li. Benefits: statement: "including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities." Also earlier: "We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities." So we can capture that. We'll make a

    for benefits. Also we might include "Working Conditions/Physical Demands" and "Travel Requirements" as part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section? Not allowed headings. Could fold into Responsibilities as prose

    . We'll add a

    after responsibilities maybe. But we must not create extra headings. So we can add a

    under Responsibilities? Actually we already have

      for responsibilities. We can add a

      after the list for working conditions and travel. Now company overview: Could be placed before responsibilities as a

      maybe under a heading "About the role"? But we don't have that heading. Could we add a

      About the role

      with company overview and role summary? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". It doesn't forbid using About the role heading. We could use it to include the introductory paragraphs about Aqua and Essential Utilities and the role summary. That would be substantive. Let's do:

      About the role

      Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we’re delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team! About Essential Utilities Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities. Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities. We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint. Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

      But note we already used benefits sentence in About the role; we might duplicate. Better to keep benefits separate. We could keep About the role with company overview and role summary (first paragraph). Then Responsibilities list. Then Qualifications. Then Skills. Then Benefits. Then maybe Working conditions as a

      under Responsibilities? But we already used Responsibilities heading; we can add a

      after the list under same heading? Actually after the

        we can add a

        for working conditions and travel. Let's structure:

        About the role

        Intro paragraph about Aqua and Essential Utilities (first two paragraphs).

        Responsibilities

          ...

        Working conditions: Perform sedentary work- exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. See, hear, talk, and perform tasks requiring manual dexterity. Operate standard office equipment. Working conditions may include travel to work sites of Essential Utilities and/or other constituents (if applicable). Travel Requirements up to 25%.

        Qualifications

          ...

        Skills

          ...

        Benefits

        We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

        We must not include Pay or Schedule. Check for any boilerplate left: We removed EEO, accommodation phone, family member guidelines, etc. Also removed "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." duplicates? We have a sentence about reasonable accommodations in the responsibilities? Actually

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