What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant (Heights) position at Avenue360 Health and Wellness?
About Us
Avenue 360 Health and Wellness is a 7-site community-based health system designated as a federally qualified health center (FQHC). Avenue 360 provides high quality and caring service to promote healthy people and communities. Our 360-degree approach addresses medical, dental, behavioral health and social service needs. Our compassionate care extends to those with and without insurance, and we believe income must not determine the level of and access to quality health care. Providing comprehensive, high quality, and caring service is at the core of what we do, whether medical, dental, behavioral health, hospice care, or supportive housing programs.
What we have to offer
Our Compensation Package Includes:
- Generous Paid Time Off- (11 paid holidays per year, 2 Floating Holidays per year, 14 paid Vacation days per year, 4 hours per month of accrued Sick days)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- 401K match up to 4%.
- Company paid Life Insurance
- Company paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
Overview:
The Staff Accountant assists the finance department with monthly closings, financial reporting, account and budget analysis, and performs various general ledger maintenance duties.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist Sr. Accountant and Controller with financial statement preparation
- Prepare reports to assist the Controller with the budget
- Report and analyze budget variance
- Prepare monthly bank account reconciliations
- Assist management with UDS and Medicare/Medicaid Cost reports
- Identify control issues and recommend corrective actions
- Reconcile daily cash transactions
- Prepare and review closing entries
- Prepare analysis of aging accounts receivable
- Ensure accrual entries are reversed
- Maintain various spreadsheets for fixed assets, grants, and accruals
- Run payroll related reports for management
- Verify employee hours
- Update and maintain payroll files.
- Assembling reports of company earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability payments, and non-taxable wages
- Coordinating year-end employee tax slips or forms and submitting government filings to meet deadlines.
- Maintaining confidential information by adhering to legal and ethical standards
- Working with cross-functional leaders to ensure benefits and payroll services are delivered.
- Monitoring and analyzing expenses against the payroll budget to help prepare cost forecasts and budgets.
- Checking timesheets and activity logs for accuracy
- Secure time sheets, certify accuracy, and prepare them within organized time limits.
- Entering data into databases and spreadsheets
- Handling direct deposit requests and data
- Acquiring approval prior to accepting payroll
- Coordinating wage garnishments, and other correspondences
- Process multi-state payroll
- Conduct regularly scheduled audits of payroll records to ensure continued accuracy.
- Collect, verify, and record employee attendance, including hours worked.
- Compute wages, commissions, and deductions
- Handle employee complaints about incorrect payments and resolve discrepancies.
- Assist finance team with monthly closings
- Other functions as assigned by the Sr. Accountant, Controller, and Chief Financial Officer.
Education, Licensure/Certification:
- Must have bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance from accredited institution
Experience, Skills/Abilities Related Requirements:
- 0-3 years’ experience in similar position
- Health Care experience a plus Reconciliation and account analysis experience
- 10—key experience
- Knowledge of accounting and payroll systems
- Must be able to work independently
Continuing Education and Training Requirements:
- Participates in trainings required by the agency, funding source(s), and/or as required by licensure if applicable.
