Senior Accountant

Job Description

The Senior Accountant, Hospital Operations will be responsible for:

• Preparing monthly journal entries in accordance with GAAP, internal policies, and closing schedules
• Performing month-end close responsibilities, including account reconciliations and variance analysis
• Preparation of monthly account analyses to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial statements
• Reconciling general ledger accounts and investigating/ resolving discrepancies
• Providing clear and concise monthly financial reporting and analysis to operational leaders and senior management
• Explaining key variances between actual and budgeted results
• Serving as a key business partner to the operations they support, providing relevant and timely information related to financial results
• Supporting budgeting, financial analysis, and ad hoc report requests
• Partnering with other members of the finance team to support departmental growth and organizational goals
• Ensuring strong internal control structure across hospital operations
• Participating in special projects and initiatives to support departmental growth and organizational goals

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and concepts including Revenue, Prepaids, Accruals, Inventory, etc.
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and compliance requirements
• Proficiency in financial analysis, reporting tools, use of excel and other analytical tools
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work independently and as a team to solve problems and raise issues and drive continuous improvement
• Attention to detail and ability to work accurately under tight deadlines
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Advanced computer skills required including knowledge and proficiency with spreadsheet and database programs
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills; able to take complex information and present it in a clear and concise manner
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential; must be able to articulate issues in a precise, substantive manner
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 5 years of Accounting work experience, preferably in Healthcare
• Ability to understand the interrelationships between the Finance department systems and other department systems
• Demonstrates a high degree of flexibility and resourcefulness in the performance of work responsibilities and assignments
• Knowledge in the processing of accounting transactions, reports, and reconciliations
• Knowledge of financial systems and sub systems and ability to trace general ledger transactions through to sub-systems to ensure accurate and appropriate system generated activity
• Functions cooperatively as part of the finance team and exhibits flexibility in response to changing demands and priorities
• Advanced level MS Office skills including Excel and Word
• Knowledge of Accounting software within an accounting function