Sewell Ford is looking for students or new graduates to work in Internships
in finance, accounting, and management. Contact Mike Merrill at
432-559-0484.
These positions may also qualify for academic credit for internships. See
your advisor.
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Barbara W. Scofield, PhD, CPA
Chair of Graduate Business Studies
Professor of Accounting
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
4901 E. University Dr.
Odessa, TX 79762
432-552-2183 (Office)
Please contact me if you are interested in a part-time bookkeeping
position. This would be a good position for an accounting student,
especially if you have had previous experience doing bookkeeping for a small
business.
Barbara W. Scofield, PhD, CPA
Chair of Graduate Business Studies
Professor of Accounting
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
4901 E. University Dr.
Odessa, TX 79762
432-552-2183 (Office)
*Accounting Director Job Description at Priority Power Management*
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*Summary*
The Accounting Director is responsible for all areas relating to financial
reporting. This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining
accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and
timely financial statements. This position addresses tight deadlines and a
multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation,
financial reporting, year end audit preparation, and support of budget
forecast activities. This position is also responsible for implementing and
maintaining a system of internal controls that will ensure that company
assets are adequately safeguarded and that all financial reports are
prepared in compliance with all financial policies and US GAAP. The
Accounting Director will report directly to PPM’s Vice President and
Partners, which requires strong interpersonal communication skills both
written and verbal.
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*Primary Responsibilities*
- Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules according to US
GAAP.
- Coordinate the Sarbanes Oxley activities relating to financial
reporting, segregation of duties, and internal controls.
- Prepare profit and loss statements, trial balances, balance sheets, and
monthly closing reports.
- Analyze financial statements on a quarterly basis and report on
variances.
- Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements,
and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and
conformance to reporting and procedural standards (GAAP compliance).
- Coordinate the accurate and timely quarterly and year end close of
records.
- Ensure proper timing and application of revenue recognition rules.
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, and financial
commitments and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to
provide advice.
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, and collections
procedures.
- Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to
accounts, such as general ledger accounts.
- Prepare and maintain journal entries including reoccurring entries and
entry allocations.
- Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting
and accounting control procedures including financial data bases, computer
software systems, and manual filing systems.
- Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices,
and other accounting documents.
- Resolve accounting discrepancies as necessary.
- Provide technical accounting GAAP guidance and support.
- Interact with external auditors in completing audits. This includes
the implementation of agreed upon recommendations.
- Act as liaison between PPM and the companies that manage PPM’s human
resources functions and retirement accounts.
- Audit commission reports from retail electric providers for accuracy
and completeness.
- Develop and maintain reports tracking the sales and commissions for all
PPM sales people.
- Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors, and
clients.
- Assist in the daily banking requirements and cash management
objectives.
- Ensure that policies and procedures are in place to provide reasonable
assurance that company assets are protected.
- File and pay any and all applicable business taxes and tax forms
(payroll, franchise, property, income, etc).
- Report to management regarding the finances of PPM.
- Supervision of clerical/accounting support staff when applicable.
- Other duties and special projects as assigned by PPM partners.
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*Knowledge and Skill Requirements*
- Knowledge of finance, accounting, and budgeting principles including
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports,
statements, and projections.
- Knowledge of financial and accounting software applications.
- Ten key by touch required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction
from management to accomplish objectives.
- Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of
employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance,
creativity, problem solving, and results.
- Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to delegate work to support staff when applicable.
Contact: Pat Ennis is the Vice President of Priority Power Management at
(432) 620-9100 or or Brooke Martin, CPA at
432-620-9145 or .
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Barbara W. Scofield, PhD, CPA
Chair of Graduate Business Studies
Professor of Accounting
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
4901 E. University Dr.
Odessa, TX 79762
432-552-2183 (Office)
*I received the following inquiry today. Legacy Reserves has been regularly
offering internships to UTPB accounting students, and it is a great
opportunity for training and growth. Some of you may meet the
qualifications for this to be an internship: *
*ACCT 4392 Internship: Prerequisites: ACCT 3301, ACCT 3302, and either ACCT
3303 or ACCT 3305 and three additional hours of upper-level accounting;
minimum GPA of 2.5 overall and 2.75 in the major and permission of academic
advisor and faculty internship advisor.*
Legacy Reserves, LP is looking for an accounting intern to work 20-25 hours
a week. UTPB interns have been wonderful assets to our internal audit
department, and we hope that we can continue our relationship with your
school.
The intern will work directly with Legacy’s Senior Internal Auditor to
complete SOX 404 (internal control) testing as well as financial testing.
The intern will be exposed to accounting for Master Limited Partnerships,
operational accounting, as well as Sarbanes Oxley internal control
framework.
This is a wonderful opportunity for an accounting student who is interested
in corporate accounting, energy accounting, or auditing to get broad
exposure to the industry.
We understand the importance of providing internships to students and I know
that UTPB does an outstanding job of making their students marketable.
If you have any business students (preferably accounting) that may be
interested in this opportunity, they can email their resume and/or questions
to , or call anytime at 432-689-5244
Thank you for your time,
Jake Baccus
Financial Accountant
Legacy Reserves LP
303 W Wall St Ste 1400
Midland, Texas 79701
(432) 689-5244 (O)
(432) 853-7027 (C)
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Barbara W. Scofield, PhD, CPA
Chair of Graduate Business Studies
Professor of Accounting
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
4901 E. University Dr.
Odessa, TX 79762
432-242-2123 (Work)
817-988-5998 (Cell)
