Staff Accountant

General Accountant 3
Location: Remote
Duration: 15 week contract with possibility of extension and/or conversion to perm
Schedule: M-F 8-5


Job Description:
This position is responsible for providing technical and general accounting assistance to the Assistant Director of Finance. Primary responsibilities include processing the general ledger month-end closing including coordination with internal and external data customers and suppliers, internal and external financial reporting, liaise with finance department contacts and provide support for the Faculty Practice Group (FPG) Departments. Additional responsibilities include performing professional accounting duties such as prepare journal ledger entries, identify and analyze variances of financial data, maintenance, consolidation and reconciliations of financial records. This position requires heavy analytical and communication skills and incumbent will be expected to work under more general supervision and on assignments that are moderately complex and require some judgment to resolve problems and make routine decisions. The Incumbents may be assigned the responsibility of providing training, guidance, and assistance to other employees.

Required Experience:
•Comprehensive knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and practices
•A Bachelor’s Degree with a major in accounting, business administration or closely related field or equivalent experience.
•Three to five years of professional accounting experience or equivalent is required. Some supervisory and government accounting experience is desirable.
•Knowledge of management reporting and financial statement preparation.
•Demonstrate the ability to act with minimal supervision in problem identification resolution.
•Demonstrate the ability to manage and complete numerous projects simultaneously.
•Demonstrate interpersonal skills to establish and maintain professional working relationships and to communicate effectively in resolving problems and explaining procedures to co-workers, department representatives and vendor representatives.
•Skill in keying data into the existing computer system accurately and quickly.
•Demonstrated skill in financial analysis.
•Demonstrated ability to reconcile departmental records to system reports.
Preferred Experience:
•Working knowledge of fund accounting and healthcare accounting is preferred.
•Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word. Knowledge of Syntellis and SQL is preferred.