Senior Accountant

Hours:

40 hours - Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EST.

Location:

Remote, local candidates preferred.

This role focuses on performing a variety of financial activities, including accounting, financial analysis, audit, tax, and collections, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Accounting related duties:
Account Reconciliation, cost accounting, budgeting, preparing financial reports, data entry, and maintaining the general ledger. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.

A senior level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Typically responsible for: managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals, resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems.

This position is responsible for assisting the manager in the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements. Responsibilities include reconciling account balances and preparing month-end journal entries, as well as well as preparing month-end close reporting. This position also prepares monthly, and year to date analysis of account balances, including communication with department managers and operations teams to address variances to budget.

Assists assist with the preparation of materials for the year-end audit, as well as benefit plan audits, and tax filings. Communicates across affiliate accounting teams, as well as coordinating intercompany entries and reconciliations. The Senior Accountant will also assist in supervising and training staff accountants.

• 1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2. Three (3) years of general accounting experience or One (1) year of healthcare-specific accounting.

• 1. Five (5) years of general accounting experience or Three (3) year of healthcare-specific accounting.

• 1. Reviews monthly financials, including the final P&Ls, balance sheets, and graphs.
• 2. Participates in month-end closing review, research, and making adjustments as necessary.
• 3. Prepares analysis, such as ratio calculations, on a monthly, quarterly, year-end and as-needed basis.
• 4. Completes the monthly eliminations and cash flow to be included in the financial statements.
• 5. Assists with maintenance of records for temporary and restricted funds activity and reconcile net assets on a monthly basis.
• 6. Assists with maintenance of automated general ledger system to ensure proper GL account and report structures.
• 7. Allocates rent expense to the appropriate departments and books entries.
• 8. Analyzes monthly P&Ls for parent and property corporations.
• 9. Manages Prepaid and A/R accounts and new/old lease agreements.
• 10. Calculates monthly depreciation and book the depreciation amounts to the general ledger. Inputs new capital as needed.
• 11. Books monthly audit accruals.
• 12. Reconciles various accounts as agreed and provide reconciliations for review.
• 13. Works with auditors at interim and year-end audit. Reconciles certain balance sheet accounts quarterly.
• 14. Accountable for the safeguarding, reconciliation, and replenishment of petty cash. Completes quarterly hospital cash flow.
• 15. Reconciles fixed assets system and books monthly depreciation entries.
• 16. Prepares and reviews tax returns; files tax extension forms.
• 17. Responsible for General Ledger reconciliation and review of reconciliations done by staff accountant(s).
• 18. Assists the manager with reviewing, selecting and implementing software upgrades and enhancements.
• 19. Assists the manager with the preparation and implementation of accounting policies and procedures.
• 20. Assists the Controller as required.
• 21. Educates Managers and their…