Manager, Accounting

Job Summary

This managing level employee is primarily responsible for overseeing financial transactions, analyses, and audits, serving as a main point of contact for outside contacts and agencies, and communicating results to senior management while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.

• Pursues professional growth and provides developmental opportunities for others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross‑functional relationships; training and developing talent for growth opportunities; delegating tasks and decisions; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; executing performance management guidelines and expectations; and working closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
• Manages designated work unit by translating business plans into tactical action items; ensuring all policies and procedures are followed; delegating tasks to meet goals and objectives; overseeing the completion of work assignments; aligning team efforts; building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; identifying and addressing improvement opportunities; removing obstacles that impact performance; and guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly.
• Supports financial transactions by preparing complex accounting activities and reconciliations leading to a complete set of accurate financial statements (e.g. journal entries, estimates, disbursements) in accordance with GAAP and company policies; reviewing and approving complex accounting activities prepared by others; and making recommendations.
• Conducts external reporting of Company financial information by completing, reviewing, and interpreting reports and analyses for statutory reporting to external agencies (e.g. IRS, Census Bureau, NAIC, FTC); identifying needs for new design for reports; maintaining relationships and working with external parties to resolve issues; and ensuring reporting requirements are met.
• Supports financial analyses by reviewing operational statistics to explain financial results, inform decision‑making and take action to pursue efficiencies and quality financial outcomes; ensuring ad‑hoc request for analysis are completed; establishing data gathering methods; and providing expertise in data origination.
• Communicates financial results by developing and presenting conclusions about areas of accountability to appropriate levels of management in verbal and written form; documenting positions and processes in support of process improvement, knowledge retention, and audit requirements; and provides consulting services to individuals without finance training.
• Participates in finance system design, implementations, enhancements, and continuous improvements by reviewing flow of transactions through source systems; validating ongoing configuration decisions; reviewing systems in area of expertise to ensure that new systems, upgrades, and other system maintenance activities do not impact operations, financial statements, or leadership decision making.
• Monitors Company financial information by completing, reviewing, and interpreting standard and/or ad‑hoc reports (e.g., balance sheets, income statements, volume reporting, trade spending reports); evaluating validity of assets, liabilities, revenues, and operating expenses in conformity with GAAP and Company accounting policies; making recommendations; and communicating financial reporting to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Meets requirements of policies and procedures to remain compliant (e.g. Sarbanes‑Oxley, KP‑NCO, POR) and ensures staff is compliant.
• Supports internal and external audits by communicating with auditors; being the point of contact for auditors; ensuring appropriate documents are completed; and escalating issues as appropriate.

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Constructive Feedback
• Critical Thinking
• Cross‑Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Leadership
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short‑ and Long‑term Learning & Recall
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Building
• Teamwork
• Topic‑Specific Communication

• Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business, or related field AND Minimum six (6) years accounting or related business experience. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.

• Two (2) years supervisory experience
• Two (2) years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• Three (3) years audit or accounting firm experience.