Senior Accountant

About Austin Regional Clinic

Austin Regional Clinic has been voted a top Central Texas employer by our employees for over 15 years. We are one of central Texas’ largest professional medical groups with 35+ locations and continue to grow.

Purpose

To establish and/or maintain the organization’s accounting principles, practices, procedures, and internal controls to ensure the generation of GAAP accrual-based financial statements. Carries out all duties while maintaining compliance and confidentiality and promoting the mission and philosophy of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Accounting:
  • Sets up spreadsheets and/or other required work papers to support journal entries to the general or subsidiary ledgers.
  • Organizes and coordinates the posting of entries to the general and subsidiary ledgers to maintain a timely close process.
  • Reviews the general ledger trial balance monthly for accuracy and reasonableness.
  • Reviews existing procedures for recording financial transactions to determine propriety and methods of reducing time and cost of general ledger accounting operations.
  • Reviews financial statements to ensure accuracy.
  • Coordinates the monthly closing of the modules in Oracle.
  • Consolidates companies.
  • Makes eliminating entries.
• Reporting:
  • Generates accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and reports.
  • Creates board reports.
  • Provides special reports as required.
  • Provides written monthly analysis of cost trends.
• Reconciling:
  • Reconciles the general ledger control accounts to the subsidiary ledgers balance on a routine basis.
  • Reviews, examines, and approves entries posted to subsidiary and general ledgers for accuracy and compliance with established accounting policies and procedures.
  • Performs independent research into errors in coding of expenses monthly and develops correcting entries as needed.
  • Reconciles accounts as assigned.
• Taxes (when assigned):
  • Responds to all IRS, TWC, and sales tax notices and coordinates all tax filings.
  • Books income tax provisions monthly.
  • Coordinates and provides required tax information for the engaged tax firm to prepare quarterly tax estimates and tax returns for all companies.
  • Prepares and files Franchise tax returns on a timely basis.
• Other:
  • Prepares audit schedules in support of the annual audit.
  • Assists in identifying and resolving potential internal control issues.
  • Writes accounting and computer operating procedures using established accounting principles, theories, concepts, and practices.
  • Makes recommendations to supervisor for the continuous refinement of all accounting procedures.
  • Adheres to all company policies, including but not limited to OSHA, HIPAA, compliance, and Code of Conduct.
  • Regular and dependable attendance.
  • Follows the core competencies set forth by the Company.
• Other Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Gains an understanding of the allocation process as well as the data that drives the GAAP/EAR allocations to ensure allocation results are accurate and in line with financial reporting goals of the Company.
  • Gains an understanding of the flow of data throughout the organization, including multiple entities, data sources, and systems.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education and Experience:
  • Required: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or finance. At least four (4) years of experience in financial statement preparation and reconciliation. Experience with building complex spreadsheets using Excel and Access.
  • Preferred: Experience working in a multi-specialty physician practice. Oracle experience. CPA license preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Oracle preferred.
• Advanced Access and Excel skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to engage others, listen, and adapt response to meet others’ needs.
• Ability to align own actions with those of other team members committed to common goals.
• Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with Windows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to perform job duties in a professional manner at all times.
• Ability to understand, recall, and communicate factual information.
• Ability to understand, recall, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
• Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
• Ability to apply common sense in performing job.
• Skill in analyzing and interpreting financial records.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits to eligible team members:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO
• 401(k)
• EAP
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Child Care Assistance
• Health & Fitness
• Sick Child Care Assistance
• Development and more

For additional information visit https://www.austinregionalclinic.com/careers/.