Accounting Operations and Financial Systems Manager

Range:$ - $ - $

Northwest Kidney Centers seeks an Accounting Operations and Financial Systems Manager to support the Accounting team in a full-time, hybrid position (Burien, WA).

Shift: Full-time, Monday-Friday, On-site.

The Accounting Operations and Financial Systems Manager serves as the first-level operational leader for accounting processes under the direction of the Controller. The position leads monthly and year-end close execution, accounting reconciliations, financial statement preparation, audit coordination, accounting-control implementation, restricted-fund and grant-accounting administration, accounting procedures, and assigned General Ledger staff.

The position also serves as the lead Finance subject matter expert and functional business owner for the accounting portion of Workday and related financial systems. Functional business ownership includes accountability for accounting business processes, functional requirements, accounting outcomes, controls, data quality, and the accounting-team user experience. The position maintains thorough functional knowledge of the systems and provides ongoing requirements, insights, functional issue analysis, and improvement recommendations to Information Technology.

• Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly, and year-end accounting close activities under the direction of the Controller, including establishing timelines, assigning accounting deliverables, reviewing completed work, resolving routine accounting issues, and escalating significant matters.
• Lead the accounting reconciliation process; establish reconciliation standards and timelines; review complex or higher-risk reconciliations; monitor unresolved items; and ensure material discrepancies are escalated to the Controller.
• Review and approve complex or higher-risk journal entries, accruals, allocations, and accounting adjustments within delegated authority and provide technical guidance regarding appropriate accounting treatment.
• Coordinate accounting activities with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Finance, Revenue Cycle, and other functions to support complete and timely close results.
• Monitor the integrity of general-ledger data and resolve or elevate accounting issues affecting financial reporting.

• Lead preparation and review of recurring accounting-based financial reports, financial statements, supporting schedules, and related analyses for review and approval by the Controller.
• Review financial statement accounts and analyses, identify unusual trends or errors, and coordinate corrective action.
• Coordinate accounting documentation supporting management reporting and external financial reporting requirements.
• Provide accounting guidance to staff and business partners regarding financial-reporting requirements and appropriate accounting treatment.

• Coordinate day-to-day accounting audit activities at the direction of the Controller, including maintaining the accounting request list, assigning schedules, reviewing supporting documentation, resolving routine audit questions, and escalating significant findings or accounting matters.
• Coordinate and review accounting schedules and supporting information for IRS Form 990 and other assigned regulatory filings before submission to the Controller or designated external advisor.
• Support the Controller as the primary internal accounting contact for external auditors and other accounting-related review activities.
• Lead accounting administration and review for restricted funds and assigned grants, including accounting treatment, coding requirements, reporting support, reconciliation standards, and coordination of compliance-related accounting information.

• Lead implementation and monitoring of accounting controls, evaluate control effectiveness, recommend improvements to the Controller, and coordinate corrective actions within accounting operations.
• Develop, maintain, and recommend accounting procedures, close instructions, reconciliation standards, and accounting-process documentation for approval by the Controller.
• Monitor adherence to approved accounting policies and procedures and expedite material exceptions or control concerns.
• Lead accounting-process improvement initiatives affecting close, reconciliations, reporting, controls, and documentation.

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