Senior Accountant

Job Purpose

The Senior Accountant is responsible for duties that will include, but are not limited to assisting with the monthly close, creating journal entries, reconciling accounts, preparing financial statements, and running, modifying, and creating reports in Microsoft Excel and database reporting tools.

In addition, you will be responsible for contributing to the growth and success of Health Texas while upholding our Mission, Vision and Values.

Culture and Values Expectations

At Health Texas, we believe that our workplace culture is the cornerstone of our success. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative environment where every Associate feels valued, empowered and motivated to reach their full potential. Our culture is the driving force behind our mission "to deliver quality and compassionate care with outstanding service, every patient, every time".

As a Senior Accountant at Health Texas we expect you to embody and promote our Values and defined behavioral expectations.

• Integrity: Do the right thing, the right way, every time.
  • Be honest and uphold commitments and responsibilities, earn the trust and respect of the team and those we serve, and maintain privacy and confidentiality.
• Compassion: Treat everyone with respect and dignity.
  • Foster an environment of inclusivity and well-being, practice patience and empathy, and assume positive intent.
• Synergy: Collaborate to improve outcomes.
  • Invite and explore new opportunities, promote effective communication and teamwork, take pride in yourself, your work and Health Texas.
• Stewardship: Use resources responsibly and efficiently.
  • Implement effective strategies to attain goals, achieve maximum productivity and results, and seek continuous knowledge and improvement.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Balance sheet reconciliation for assigned accounts monthly in preparation for month end close.
• Prepare complex journal entries and review journal entries of junior staff.
• Conduct monthly variance analysis reporting and research variances.
• Analyze and assist in the preparation of financial statements.
• Prepare monthly operational reporting with in depth analysis.
• Prepare, monitor, and review budgets for assigned accounts/companies.
• Lead annual tax preparations with appropriate assistance and review.
• Contribute to the development of new or amended accounting systems, programs, and procedures.
• Continuous monitoring of systems to ensure they are working appropriately after implementation.
• Work with confidential information and maintain HIPPA compliance.
• Work closely with Accounting Manager and Director on various projects.
• Perform other accounting duties and support junior staff, as required or assigned.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Process improvement review and recommendations, as well as implementation upon approval.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Experience

• 5+ years of Accounting experience. Healthcare accounting strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of GAAP.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, as well as proficiency in other Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with reporting tools and/or SQL.
• Communicate in an effective manner.
• Collaborate with peers to complete projects.
• Ability to receive and comprehend verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to engage in simple and complex problem solving.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Work Hours, Travel Requirements

• Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.
  
  - 5:00 p.m., and as needed to complete projects.
• Travel to medical offices may be necessary for the purpose of providing benefit education.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• This job operates in an office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.
  
  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.