Accountant, Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting

Accountant On Indiana's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

As an Accountant on Indiana's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), you'll be responsible for a variety of important and complex accounting functions including: understanding and applying federal grant accounting principles, ensuring compliance with federal financial reporting requirements, communicating with program managers about the status of federal funds, and assisting in developing and documenting procedures for Finance department.

This role requires a great deal of attention to detail, multi-tasking, and translating complex financial data, formulas, and general reports into consumable narratives for program areas who may or may not have advanced working knowledge of financial principles, practices, or policies.

You are a critical oversight and risk management review of financial activity, responsible for the analytical review and knowledge base to support the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) and program directors to include understanding and ensuring proper financial requirements, spend, reporting of each grant.

• Prepare monthly appropriation reports for State funds, Department funds and Federal projects
• Review monthly appropriation reports for accuracy and allowable expenses
• Process journal entries for indirect costs, expense transfers and corrections
• Reporting and reconciliation procedures for risk management, program support, and federal grant requirements
• Ensure accurate chart fields for requisitions and purchase orders are entered
• Fiscal Approval for requisitions and purchase orders for assigned State funds, Federal Funds, and departments
• Compare requirements for grants, Notice of Awards, and other responsibilities as they relate to financial operations and reporting
• Accountant is the direct contact to the Program directors who are their business partners, to ensure success in managing grants, goals, timelines, and providing expertise in review of financial activities and purpose
• Reconcile and request purchase orders or purchase order lines associated with assigned Federal funds
• Ensure reconciled reports, presenting information for decision making, and understanding by the customer and as directed by the federal grant requirements
• Reconcile and request assigned projects to be closed upon completion
• Meet with Program Directors and Program Managers no less than quarterly or more frequently at the program areas request and/or need to review and validate assigned Federal funds
• Respond to Management, Program, and Federal inquiries for assigned Federal funds
• Engage in periodic, comprehensive reviews of financial data
• Translate complex financial data formulas and general reports into consumable narratives for use by others

• Thorough knowledge and the ability to apply general the Generally Accepted Accounting
• Thorough knowledge and the ability to apply Generally Accepted Audit Standards and related theories
• Thorough knowledge of Governmental Accounting
• Broad knowledge of federal budgeting and fiscal policies and procedures
• Provide guidance to program directors through review and understanding of expectations to each grant and activity projected
• Advanced knowledge of Encompass modules
• Oversight of funds used by statute, project set up requirements, and budget, grant and contract amendments, renewals and submissions
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work under pressure and to practice diplomacy, tact, and courtesy
• Ability to problem solve and research and recommend remedies to complex issues
• Ability to develop effective procedures.