Senior Accountant

** The Job
** The primary responsibility of this
** Senior Accountan
** t is to ensure timely and accurate accounting for monthly general ledger close, account analysis, financial analysis, account reconciliations, and various schedule preparations or the quarter-end, interim, and year end-related to financial, governmental, and tax audits as required, and other tasks as assigned.
** You Will
*** Responsible for maintaining accounting records and reconciliations with proper supporting documentation in accordance with company’s policies and procedures and generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). This includes ensuring the assigned accounts are reviewed, reconciled, and submitted for manager’s review and sign-off on a timely basis. Reconciling variances, if any, must be diligently researched and well documented to follow-up or recorded within the timeline and due date.
* Review and validate the departmental Expenditure Tracking Reports. This process includes ensuring completeness of the supporting documentation provided, that supporting details/invoices can substantiate the accrual amounts, and/or communicating with the Tracking report preparers as necessary and preparing the appropriate monthly expense accrual entries.
* Prepare and record general ledger journal entries in accordance with the company’s chart of accounts and in conjunction with budgeted departments and accounts, which includes journalizing entries for bank activities, accruals, adjustments, reclasses, prepaid and leases amortization, goodwill and fixed assets depreciation, intercompany billing and settlement, elimination, allocation and others.
* Participate in the monthly close meetings for accrual discussions, progress status and timeline updates with FP&A, management, and other members in the finance team. This includes the research and analytic support of financial fluctuation and trend analyses with explanation for variances to budget and/or prior periods before penciling down as part of the monthly closing process to ensure reasonableness and completeness.
* Assist the interim and year-end audit process and tax process, consisting of schedules preparation, organization, and review of supporting documentation for audit and tax, in addition to filing the annual escheatment or Unclaimed Property and Business Personal Property.
* Participate in special projects and ad hoc analysis, as needed, including automation and efforts to streamline and improve reporting processes.
* Assist with the development of new and review of existing policies and procedures, which includes identifying control and process inefficiencies to propose enhancements to the current process or striving for continuous improvement.
* Cross-train with other members of the accounting department regarding other general accounting functions to serve as a mentor, resource and a back-up for those functions.
* Act as Subject Matter Expert with respect to general accounting and expense accruals and maintain a professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
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* Actively support the achievement of SCAN’s Vision and Goals.
* Other duties as assigned.
** Your Qualifications
*** Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.
* CPA preferred.
* 5-7 years of related accounting work experience; ideally minimum of 2 years with a Big 4 CPA firm and 2 years in Private Industry preferred. Experience in a health plan or healthcare environment is a plus.
* Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP and analytical skills to support the account…