Manager of Accounting & Financial Analysis - MCNL

Manager of Accounting & Financial Analysis

The Manager of Accounting & Financial Analysis helps support the accounting and financial reporting demands of the North Liberty Campus by performing a wide array of duties to champion sound financial management and best practices designed to advance the mission, drive strategic decisions, and ensure compliance with internal and external regulations. The position will dually report to the Director of Clinical Financial Operations and indirectly to the Medical Campus North Liberty Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).

The position will play a pivotal role in preparing and developing recommendations for the campus' annual operating and capital budgets, overseeing key day-to-day accounting and finance functions, preparing financial reports and summarizing key takeaways, partnering with cross-functional teams to promote effective and efficient operations, and training/educating staff in utilization of financial information and day-to-day financial operations of the North Liberty Campus.

This position is eligible for hybrid work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

• Provide financial oversight for key accounting and finance functions for the North Liberty Campus with supervision from the Director of Clinical Financial Operations and Chief Administrative Officer. Duties include but are not limited to:
• Serving as the primary expert to support department, management, and senior management decision-making by preparing financial analyses of existing and new projects, making recommendations based on analytical findings, implementing financial or operational adjustments, and developing and implementing training and educational programs
• Supporting the preparation of audited financial statements and cost report by coordinating monthly and year-end accounting close processes, including responding to the needs of FAS Directors as well as internal and external auditors
• Contributing to financial initiatives and effectiveness by establishing and maintaining strong relationships and communication channels with FAS and operational teams to support the preparation of annual operating and capital budgets, recommending options and courses of action, and implementing directives
• Timely and accurate preparation of various monthly, quarterly, and annual financial and operational reports
• Performing monthly reconciliations for various North Liberty Campus accounts, assets, and liabilities
• Analyzing monthly actual versus budget results, summarizing key preliminary variances at month-end, and developing action plans to address significant variances
• Communicating and educating operational leaders on key weekly statistics including clinic visits, occupancy, operating room volumes, observation visits, utilization, and productivity to support informed decision making and operational performance
• Preparing recommendations for new general ledger account setups to integrate new services to the North Liberty Campus financial reporting structure
• Serving as an expert on key revenue cycle processes to facilitate the production of Epic-related infrastructure such as bill areas and cost centers that integrate into the general ledger
• Serving as an expert on key procurement cycle functions to promote timely, cost-effective, efficient ordering of goods and services with accurate general ledger coding
• Serving as an expert on key personnel expense processes to facilitate FTE requests, time and attendance system programming to route costs to correct general ledger accounts, and promote responsible stewardship of financial resources
• Collaborating with key stakeholders to facilitate monthly and year-end accounting close processes, including the preparation of journal entries
• Gathering and manipulating raw data from multiple sources for ad-hoc analyses
• Overseeing physical supply and drug inventory counts and valuations to ensure assets and…