Senior Accountant

Hours: 40 hours - Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EST

Location: Remote, local candidates preferred.

Job Profile Summary 

​This role focuses on performing a variety of financial activities, including accounting, financial analysis, audit, tax, and collections, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Accounting related duties: Account Reconciliation, cost accounting, budgeting, preparing financial reports, data entry, and maintaining the general ledger.  A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.  The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.   A senior level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.  Typically responsible for: managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals, resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems. 

Job Overview 

This position is responsible for assisting the manager in the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements. Responsibilities include reconciling account balances and preparing month-end journal entries, as well as well as preparing month-end close reporting. This position also prepares monthly, and year to date analysis of account balances, including communication with department managers and operations teams to address variances to budget.  Assists assist with the preparation of materials for the year-end audit, as well as benefit plan audits, and tax filings.  Communicates across affiliate accounting teams, as well as coordinating intercompany entries and reconciliations. The Senior Accountant will also assist in supervising and training staff accountants.  

Job Description 

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

2. Three (3) years of general accounting experience or One (1) year of healthcare-specific accounting. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

1. Five (5) years of general accounting experience or Three (3) year of healthcare-specific accounting. 

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 

1. Reviews monthly financials, including the final P&Ls, balance sheets, and graphs. 

2. Participates in month-end closing review, research, and making adjustments as necessary. 

3. Prepares analysis, such as ratio calculations, on a monthly, quarterly, year-end and as-needed basis.  

4. Completes the monthly eliminations and cash flow to be included in the financial statements. 

5. Assists with maintenance of records for temporary and restricted funds activity and reconcile net assets on a monthly basis. 

6. Assists with maintenance of automated general ledger system to ensure proper GL account and report structures. 

7. Allocates rent expense to the appropriate departments and books entries. 

8. Analyzes monthly P&Ls for parent and property corporations. 

9. Manages Prepaid and A/R accounts and new/old lease agreements. 

10. Calculates monthly depreciation and book the depreciation amounts to the general ledger.  Inputs new capital as needed. 

11. Books monthly audit accruals. 

12. Reconciles various accounts as agreed and provide reconciliations for review 

13. Works with auditors at interim and year-end audit. Reconciles certain balance sheet accounts quarterly. 

14. Accountable for the safeguarding, reconciliation, and replenishment of petty cash. Completes quarterly hospital cash flow. 

15. Reconciles fixed assets system and books monthly depreciation entries. 

16. Prepares and reviews tax returns; files tax extension forms 

17. Responsible for General Ledger reconciliation and review of reconciliations done by staff accountant(s).  

18. Assists the manager with reviewing, selecting and implementing software upgrades and enhancements.  

19. Assists the manager with the preparation and implementation of accounting policies and procedures.  

20. Assists the Controller as required. 

21. Educates Managers and their staff with computerized accounting system, the accrual process, and monthly accruals and to streamline and make the process more accurate and efficient. 

22. Assists with accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments. 

23. Proposes enhancements to operational processes to improve efficiency and/or effectiveness 

24. Contributes to ensuring that all departments meet service level agreements, quality standards, and performance goals based on the development and monitoring of cost and process metrics 

25. Focuses on performance accountability and developing greater operational efficiencies 

26. Applies current knowledge and understanding of regulations, industry trends, current best practices, new developments, and applicable laws to ensure operational and financial effectiveness. 

27. Maintains collaborative team relationships with peers and colleagues in order to effectively contribute to the working group’s achievement of goals, and to help foster a positive work environment. 

Physical Requirements:  

1. Professional office environment with typical office requirements such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc. 

2. This is largely a sedentary role, which involves sitting most of the time, but may involve movements such as walking, standing, reaching, ascending / descending stairs and operate office equipment. 

3. Frequently required to speak, hear, communicate and exchange information. 

4. Able to see and read computers displays, read fine print, and/or normal type size print and distinguish letters, numbers and symbols. 

5. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

6. Requires manual dexterity using fine hand manipulation to operate computer keyboard. 

Skills & Abilities: 

1. Analytical skills needed for analyzing and reconciling accounts. 

2. Interpersonal skills needed for interacting effectively with managers, banks and staff 

3. Organizational and problem-solving skills.  

4. Ability to manage multiple tasks and delivery dates.  

5. Ability to communicate effectively, exhibit judgment and deal constructively with staff and department managers. 

6. Strong teamwork experience. 

7. Able to work in a complex, fluid environment and to work independently.