Vice President, Controller

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Job Description:

Alpine Physicians is a physician-led organization formed with the mission of transforming senior care and restoring the joy of practice to physicians. Alpine helps primary care doctors deliver integrated, coordinated, world-class care to patients, while achieving better compensation and quality of life.

The Opportunity: Alpine Physician Partners is hiring a VP, Controller, ideally located in the Southern California area. The controller is accountable for the accounting and day to day financial reporting operations of the company. This includes the production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of internal controls designed to mitigate risk. The controller is also responsible for enhancing the accuracy of the company's reported financial results and ensuring that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Management

• Maintains and enforces a documented system of accounting policies and procedures

• Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives

• Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures

• Manage outsourced functions

Reporting

• Oversees the compilation and timely issuance of financial statements to senior management and the board of directors

• Manages the day-to-day relationship with financial auditors and annual audit process.

• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics

• Provide for a system of management cost reports

• Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations

Transactions

• Oversees the Accounts Payable function and ensures that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner

• Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable Ensure that accounts receivable are collected promptly

• Process payroll in a timely manner

• Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed

• Oversees day to day banking relationship and cash management

• Develops and maintains the general ledger and the chart of accounts

• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions

Compliance

• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit

• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants

• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings; coordinates the day-to-day relationship with external tax compliance support

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administrator or related discipline

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum:

• 10+ years of progressively increasing accounting / financial reporting experience in a managerial / executive capacity (at least at level of Director) for a multi-location enterprise or division of a large corporation, of at least $500M of annual revenue.

• 3 – 5 years of experience with a large or mid-tier national accounting firm.

• Corporate accounting experience with established expertise in multi-entity consolidations, functioning in a high-transaction environment, use of estimation processes, and purchase / acquisition accounting, and stock-based compensation.

Preferred:

• Health care / managed care experience and CPA and/or MBA designation

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Expertise in oversight of accounting staff and financial close / financial statement preparation processes in a multi-location, high transactional environment. Proven ability to accelerate and automate financial close process.

• Strong grounding and knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, and application of GAAP in preparation of internal and external financial statements.

• Solid understanding of technical accounting issues, including application of ASC 606, stock-based compensation accounting, purchase accounting for acquisitions, consolidations.

• Excellent spreadsheet and automation abilities.

• Ability to collaborate with peers and colleagues in the organization.

• Ability to analyze strengths and areas of opportunity and lead cogent planning with both individuals and groups in developing and implementing successful outcomes.

• Collaborative style that emphasizes the value of collaboration, communication, service, transparency, and teamwork.

• Knowledge of managed care and value-based care financial concepts (claim reserving, incentive calculations, etc.) preferred.

• Excellent analytic and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to listen effectively and be open to the ideas of others. Can present data and translate complex issues into comprehensible ideas in a concise and easily understood manner.

• Ability to travel periodically, and to successfully operate in a remote work environment.

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!