Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant with a world-class healthcare provider.

Summary

The Senior Accountant will assist with a variety of project based accounting duties, including month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and analysis, and identifying opportunities to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Performs month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes for significant entity or focus area.
• Records period-end and corrects journal entries.
• Reconciles interfaces into general ledger, including accounts payable, payroll, revenue, project activities, and system allocations.
• Prepares financial reports in varying formats utilizing multiple data sources.
• Helps generate monthly financial packages to distribute to Finance department management, senior leaders, internal partners, board, and board sub-committees.
• Completes account reconciliations, budget variance, and other financial statement analyses.
• Acts as finance connection for assigned cost centers and/or entities to help operational managers understand Finance department reports, policies, and processes that may address facility-level variances, results of operations, reclassifications, or other journal entries as well as issues and recommends opportunities for improvement.
• Prepares audit work papers for year-end financial audit, involving compliance, regulatory, and other assigned audits (e.g., A-133 and benefit plan).
• Utilizes customer service approach to fulfill job duties and support additional assignments (e.g., research of technical accounting guidelines and investigation of transaction details).
• Assists supervisor and other leaders by helping resolve issues.
• Identifies opportunities to improve processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field is required.
• 2+ years of experience in corporate or public accounting.
• CPA is preferred.
• Advanced expertise with MS Excel and Office software.
• Healthcare or non-profit experience is preferred.
• Prior experience working with ERP systems, Workday preferred.
• Ability to operate as an effective tactical and strategic thinker.
• Strong organizational, analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail with focus on goals and objectives.
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with senior management.