What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Family Health Source Medical Centers?
Job Description
Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW :
Assists the Chief Financial Officer maintain and control the General Ledger accounts and business transactions of the organization, applying the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) that includes analytical work and thorough review of financial records.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO :
- Assists with the day-to-day, monthly, and year-end operations of the Accounting / Finance Department including grant management and budget review and analysis.
- Performs and oversees the processing and recording of accounts payable transactions and ensures that all invoices and staff reimbursements are paid accurately and in accordance with Finance policies and procedures.
- Manage the process of cash receipts, recording of revenue and receivable and work closely with the finance team to ensure that revenues and receivables are reconciled at any given time.
- Prepare and record government grant invoices and collate the supporting documents for submission to government agencies.
- Review expense coding to ensure grant compliance and tag all eligible costs to restricted grants and contracts on a monthly basis.
- Review and manages credit card expense reports, payable duties and receipts.
- Ensure the processing of functional and benefits expense allocations, monthly accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation and recording of adjusting and reclassification journal entries, if necessary.
- Prepare and analyze the monthly budget / forecast to actual variance reports per program and department.
- Perform general accounts analysis and reconciliations, including bank statements, fixed assets, employer’s benefit costs, accruals and prepaid expenses.
- Assist in the preparation of financial reports such as financial statements, budget performance, and interim grant financial reporting.
- Analyze information from the general ledger system and from departments.
- Analyze information and options by developing spreadsheet reports and verifies information.
- Prepares general ledger entries by maintaining records and files.
- Records monthly accruing expenses; assigning account numbers; and reconciling accounts.
- Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
- Convert data to general ledger system; obtaining supplementary information for preparing financial statements.
- Monitor and collect data to assess accuracy and integrity; analyze data; ensure compliance with applicable standards, rules, regulations and systems of internal control; interpret and evaluate results, prepare documentation; create financial reports and / or presentations.
- Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE :
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS :
ENVIRONMENTAL / WORKING CONDITIONS : Normal office environment. Ability to sit and perform computer entry work for duration of workday. Ability to drive unassisted to and from service sites.