Accountant

When you work at Freedom Village at Brandywine, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

Freedom Village at Brandywine is recruiting for a hospitality focused Accountant to join our team! Pay starting at 70K, based on experience

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of the Accountant:

• Attend and interact in community Round Table meetings to obtain knowledge about resident census activity (move-ins, move-outs, transfers and deaths).
• Acquire copies of Residency Agreements and Resident Handbook. Review and become knowledgeable with the community services provided.
• Report census changes (move-ins, move-outs, transfers and deaths) to Community Accounting department following their standard procedure.
• Respond to resident and resident’s Power of Attorney regarding billing and financial inquiries.
• Prepare check requests and reimbursement requests for resident refunds according to contractual obligations.
• Supports creating a culture where the business decisions made in this position, along with individual employee engagement, drive top-line revenue and occupancy.
• Serves as resource for community department directors on the chart of accounts, invoice coding, approval process and deadlines following the standard procedure.
• Oversee the routing accounts payable invoices for approval (from the time the invoice arrives in the mail).
• Reconciles the departmental debit card logs to invoices. Verifies that all debit card receipts are accounted and submits documents to Community Accounting department for replenishment of the balance as needed.
• Reviews employee expense reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Validates coded invoices (including employee expense reports) AP Express daily.
• Distribute weekly expense spenddown reports to department heads.
• Assists the Director of Financial Services on selecting vendors’ invoices for payment for weekly check run.
• Responds to vendor payment inquiries.
• Follow monthly closing deadlines to ensure timely and accurate financial results.
• Complete monthly accruals as needed.
• Ensure that Capital Expenditures are recorded properly based off of corporate guidelines.
• Utilize corporate reporting tools to track capital expenditure- spend on a timely basis.
• Coordinate archiving of community records.
• Ensure that LCS Connect is utilized frequently to obtain the most current forms and updated policies and procedures.
• Assist Director of Financial Services with annual budgeting process.
• Assist Director of Financial Services with monthly financial review if needed.
• Assist with Corporate inquiries

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• Associate’s degree in accounting required.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.
• Minimum two years’ experience in accounting role and accounts payable.
• Proficiency in the English language enabling the employee to read, write, comprehend and communicate simple instructions, correspondence, memos, etc.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite products, Shared Point and Box.
• Must demonstrate excellent telephone communication skills.
• Ability to prepare accurate and timely reports to meet required deadlines
• Ability to train small to medium sized groups of employees

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status. Please note that all employees are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or apply for and receive an approved exemption, as a condition of employment.

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

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