Accountant III

About the role

Hybrid role (3 days/week in office) at our Portland, Medford, Fargo, Burlington, Vancouver, Renton, Boise, Lewiston, Spokane or Salt Lake City offices. Candidates must reside within commutable distance of that location.

Responsibilities

• Prepares required monthly journal entries on a timely basis to record appropriate accruals and reclass transactions as appropriate.
• Maintains and reconciles various balance sheet accounts on a timely basis and ensures their accuracy by preparing all necessary documentation for reconciling journal entries.
• Accurately prepares components of basic corporate and subsidiary financial statements.
• Gathers, validates, and summarizes accounting or statistical data.
• Prepares and analyzes administrative cost and budget reports, including the investigation of budget variances, at various levels such as department, division, line of business, and activity categories.
• Responsible for miscellaneous invoicing - research and identify transactions, coordinate reimbursement as necessary.
• Prepare marketing incentive worksheets for monthly journal entry and payroll as requested.
• Provides internal and external auditors with consolidated reconciliations, schedules and adjustments, including explanations and answering questions necessary to complete the annual audit.
• Investigates any unusual transactions or activities.
• Coordinates with other Company departments to resolve inaccuracies.
• Maintains and reconciles various balance sheet accounts (FEP, Medicare, ITS, Membership billing & reconciliation system, etc.) on a timely basis and ensures their accuracy by preparing all necessary documentation for reconciling journal entries, including recommendations for process improvement.
• Reviews, analyzes, investigates and reports on significant fluctuations between financial statements of different time periods.
• Researches and reports on current and proposed accounting and auditing standards, guides and other pronouncements.
• Prepares and presents regular and ad-hoc analysis to Management on a variety of Company historic and proposed activities, including implications for current and future operations.
• Supports department in re-forecasts and budgeting for assigned accounting functions.
• Coordinates the administration and operation of complex financial systems; participates in the design, development and testing of financial system updates and enhancements, including updated internal controls as applicable.
• Works closely with internal and external auditors to ensure the timely completion of audits, resolving questions or audit issues as they arise.
• Supports Accountants I and II in their routine job functions.

Qualifications

• The Accountant III will have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CPA, CMA or MBA preferred.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to think analytically and to make sound judgments from analysis.
• Ability to plan and organize own work.
• Ability to work flexible hours during periods of heavy workloads.
• Thorough knowledge of PC and mainframe software and systems as currently used by the Company.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment with all levels of staff and management.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing with stakeholders.

Pay

Based on area of expertise, the expected hiring range is $59,837.48 - $80,956.60, the full salary range is $54,151.66 - $86,642.43. and the bonus target is 5%.

Schedule

Hybrid role (3 days/week in office)