Accountant III

About the role

The Accountant III position is part of the Accounting team at JPS Health Network, a $950 million healthcare system in North Texas. The network includes over 25 locations across Tarrant County, with John Peter Smith Hospital being a Level I Trauma Center and the largest hospital-based family medical residency program in the nation. The network employs more than 7,200 people, and the Acclaim Multispecialty Group, led by this position, features over 300 providers.

Responsibilities

• Prepares complex journal entries with adequate supporting documentation accurately and by the deadline.
• Reconciles assigned balance sheet accounts in a timely and accurate manner (by the end of the following month, and all reconciling items cleared properly within 60 days after reconciliation date).
• Maintains good communication within the General Accounting department and Network to facilitate accurate and timely preparation of the monthly financial reports.
• Affords assistance to both internal and external auditors in the preparation of the annual Network financial audit by providing schedules and other information as requested.
• Performs variance analysis on actual to budgeted revenue and expense.
• Participates in the General Accounting cross training program and maintains written procedures for assigned areas.
• Participates in the annual inventory and budgeting process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited University.
• 3 plus years of accounting and/or finance experience.
• 3 plus years of significant hands-on experience with complex computer applications in a corporate, computer network environment.
• 3 plus years of training in network-based computer applications including, but not limited to, spreadsheets, databases, and word processing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited University.
• 3 plus years of experience in a hospital setting.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
• Infor (Lawson) software proficiency.