Accountant - Capital Assets

Job Description

This position reports directly to the Capital Assets Manager and is responsible for analyzing capital assets, including asset disposal and transfers, for the Health System and its independent support organizations. Responsibilities also include reviewing and analyzing the finances of all Health System capital projects and serving as a reliable resource to the organization regarding pending projects.

About the Role

The position involves recognizing asset disposals in a timely manner according to internal policy, ensuring signed documentation supports the disposal. It also entails reviewing and recording asset transfers accurately, coordinating with various departments and markets, and maintaining regular communication with division managers and departments to comply with MUHA policies on capitalizing assets and projects.

Responsibilities

• Recognize asset disposals in a timely manner according to internal policy, ensuring signed documentation supports the disposal.
• Correctly determine the type of disposal (gain, loss, or scrap).
• Assure that asset transfers within MUSC are recorded properly, including coordination among departments and markets, and compilation of relevant information.
• Maintain regular communication with division managers and departments to comply with MUHA policy on capitalizing assets and projects.
• Review projects in the planning stage to ensure formal review can be budgeted in the correct account.
• Interact with project managers in Construction and Design and other regions.
• Serve as a resource to the organization to review and answer questions about pending projects.
• Summarize and organize workpapers on a consolidated basis as well as by market and/or facility, if necessary.
• Support and tick mark balances and the transaction detail level with appropriate documentation.
• Aid in the year-end audit by submitting workpapers within a timeline and providing additional support as needed, including assistance with compiling footnotes and coordination with other general ledger team members in analysis of account balances.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in a business-related field and three (3) years work experience in a business-related field such as accounting, business, audit, or finance.
• Strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• A solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Outlook software; Microsoft Power Point and Adobe Acrobat software is a plus.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting with hospital/healthcare based work experience.
• An MBA, MHA, CHFP, or CPA designation is preferred.

Skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Access
• Outlook
• Microsoft Power Point
• Adobe Acrobat

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Salary

Schedule

Regular