What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Fairview Health Services?
Fairview Health Services is looking for a Senior Accountant. This individual will work remotely, Monday thru Friday. Reporting to the Manager of Accounting, the Senior Accountant takes the lead role in ensuring Fairview’s accounting records and reports are accurate, complete, and prepared in accordance with GAAP and consistent with company policy. This position is responsible for ensuring that accurate amounts are recorded for balance sheet, income statement, and statistical accounts and prepares timely supporting reconciliations (generally of a more complex nature). This role requires a strong understanding of GAAP including assessing transactions for the accounting and reporting process. In addition to strong accounting skills, this candidate will need to work and communicate effectively within a cross-functional team, have ability to manage multiple tasks, and suggest and implement solutions to solve problems and improve processes. Public accounting and experience working with large data sets and pivot tables in excel, would be highly valuable.
Responsibilities Job Description
- Prepare timely and accurate journal entries within Fairview monthly closing timeframe.
- Compile and input required standard and non-standard journal entries.
- Assure that accurate amounts are recorded for assigned general ledger and subsidiary ledger accounts.
- Apply GAAP and reporting standards.
- Evaluate business transactions and apply the proper accounting treatment.
- Ability to assess and understand complex business activities and transactions
- Ensure that accurate amounts are reported in balance sheet accounts.
- Review detail prior to monthly closing.
- Evaluate business transactions and apply proper accounting treatment.
- Prepare timely and accurate reconciliations of accounts responsible for.
- File and maintain reconciliations within easily accessible reconciliation book in a timely manner.
- Ensure that accurate amounts are reported in income statement accounts.
- Review detail prior to monthly closing.
- Evaluate business transactions and apply proper accounting treatment.
- Prepare timely and accurate reconciliations of accounts responsible for.
- File and maintain reconciliations within easily accessible reconciliation book in a timely manner.
- Coordinate and prepare work papers, schedules and analysis for:
- Forecasts, budgets and long range plans.
- External auditors and consultants.
- Tax returns and other regulatory information.
- Prepare financial reports for boards, administration and department managers highlighting significant variances, trends and issues.
- Create new or revise reports to meet end user needs.
- Assist with ad hoc reporting and analysis.
- Support integration and standardization of Fairview accounting and reporting policies and procedures. Assist in monitoring and maintaining Fairview’s compliance to policies and a strong system of internal control.
- Other duties as assigned. Examples include:
- Support various information system development, conversion and implementation tasks.
- Assist in the integration of accounting and reporting of new and acquired organization
- Assist with preparation of financial and statistical surveys
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
- 3 – 5 years and/or equivalent experience in an accounting or finance related role.
Preferred Education
- MBA
- CPA Certificate
- Public accounting or internal audit experience
EEO Statement
EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status
