Accounting Manager

Job Description

The mission of Metrocare Services is to serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, development disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. Metrocare programs focus on the issues that matter most in the lives of the children, families, and adults we serve.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assembles timely and accurate financial reports for senior management.
• Prepares, reviews, and approves journal entries to ensure compliance with GAAP and GSAB.
• Ensures accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year end close.
• Performs reconciliation and analysis of accounting information.
• Provides ad-hoc support to Finance, Mental Health, IDD, DDP, and all other departments.
• Prepare schedules for annual and single audit, and site and desk audits.
• Supports the Chief Accounting Officer with budget and forecast processes for operations management teams.
• Prepares and ensures monthly/quarterly Bank Compliance activities and monthly bank statements.
• Supervises the preparation and review of Cost Reports, Grants, Contract Billings, and Receivables.
• Manages, coaches, mentors, trains, and develops the staff accountant and accounting specialists.
• Manages employees to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment.
• Provides effective performance feedback through employee recognition, rewards, and disciplinary action, with the assistance of Human Resources, when necessary.
• Maintains employee work schedules including assignments, job rotation, training, vacations, and paid time off, telecommuting, cover for absenteeism, and overtime scheduling.
• Maintains transparent communication. Appropriately communicates organization information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email, IM, and regular interpersonal communication.
• Fosters a spirit of teamwork and unity among department members that allows for disagreement over ideas, conflict and expeditious conflict resolution, and the appreciation of diversity as well as cohesiveness, supportiveness, and working effectively together to enable each employee and the department to succeed.
• Creates a workplace culture that is consistent with the overall organization and that emphasizes the identified mission, vision, guiding principles, and values of the organization.

Competencies

• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the ethical standards of conduct, state contract, appropriate professional standards and applicable state/federal laws
• Analytical skills, professional acumen, business ethics, thorough understanding of continuous improvement processes, problem solving, respect for confidentiality, and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to organize workflow and develop efficient clinic procedures.
• Ability to manage change and motivate employees to achieve standards.
• Ability to develop a strong team atmosphere with emphasis on achieving group and individual goals.
• Ability to understand financial statements and manage a budget.
• Ability to detect operational shortcomings and develop solutions to correct problems.
• Ability to be customer-focused and to build and maintain customer relations and overall business success.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree: Accounting, Finance, or Business, or any other relevant degree, plus a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in accounting, with 1 year of supervisory experience.
• Preferred: Master’s degree: Accounting, Finance, or Business plus a minimum of 3 years of professional experience in accounting, with 1 year of supervisory experience.

Benefits Information And Perks

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retail Plan, including employer matching
• Health Savings Account, including employer matching
• Professional Development allowance up to $2000 per year
• Bilingual Stipend – 6% of the base salary
• Many other benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Tobacco-Free Facilities - Metrocare is committed to promoting the health, well-being, and safety of Metrocare team members, guests, and individuals and families we serve while on the facility campuses. Therefore, Metrocare facilities and grounds are tobacco-free. No Recruitment Agencies Please