Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant I

HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION
Edison, New Jersey

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better—advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Reconciliation, analysis, and adjustment of general ledger accounts are completed on a timely basis. Ensures accuracy of account balances. Ensures account activity complies with accounting standards. Use online research and review of original record sources to evaluate the appropriateness of account balance. Maintains accurate detail in support of the balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other documents that project the organization’s financial position.
  
  Uses sound statistical methods to recognize and ensure accuracy.
• Written and verbal communication is done in a manner that is clear, concise, timely, and accurately conveys the message. Communicates with financial institutions, tax authorities, external auditors, corporate offices, and others, as needed, to correctly account for and report financial information.
• Ensures that all reports generated provide meaningful and timely information. Provides customers with timely, accurate, and thorough responses to their inquiries. All audit work papers are completed and analyzed within appropriate time frames to allow for effective and efficient audits. Interacts with internal and external auditors as necessary.
• Prepares and completes accurate journal entries by the closing date on a monthly basis:
  Compile/attach appropriate supporting documentation. Ensure approvals are obtained prior to filing. Entries are entered timely in the general ledger. Adheres to a monthly close calendar and meets deadlines when deliverables are expected.
• Identifies accounting problems and internal control weaknesses, researches possible solutions, and presents recommendations and conclusions to Senior Accountant and/or Management for further evaluation.
• Contributes to and/or files the Federal/State payroll tax returns, quarterly state sales/use tax returns, Federal/State corporate tax returns, and annual reports.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant area of study or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience in accounting, or 2 years of public accounting experience with a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in progress and to be completed within 2 years of hire.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Highly organized self‑starter with efficient time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office (Excel) and/or Google Suite platforms.

Preferred:

• Prior hospital or healthcare experience.
• Knowledge of People Soft Financials.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) at hire or to be obtained within 2 years of hire per the above experience requirements.

Starting at $82,513.60 annually. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total rewards package. Some jobs may also be eligible for performance‑based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate.

Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.

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