Staff Accountant

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Accounting Management Team, the Staff Accountant is responsible for preparing numerous journal entries and general ledger reconciliations including intercompany transactions for the monthly financial close, ensuring all monthly close activities are completed in a timely manner. Additionally, this position performs financial trend analyses, assists in abandoned property filings, prepares various treasury functions including creating intercompany invoices and wire transfers, and supports Accounting Supervisory and Accounting Manager in annual audit requests

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

• In conjunction with various clinical and non-clinical departments, prepare standard/adhoc journal entries including intercompany journal entries.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for the BUMG clinical departments including but not limit to cash, accounts payable/accruals, prepaids, other assets, other liabilities
• Reconcile and analyze monthly patient and non-patient cash posted to the G/L as a part of the monthly cash reconciliation process.
• Reconcile monthly payroll G/L interface to external invoice files
• Analyze revenue and expense trends.
• performance including recording any adjusting journal entries identified during review. This also includes providing trend/variance explanations to management for monthly financial close meetings
• Coordinate with clinical departments to obtain supporting documentation to create non-patient accounts receivable billing invoices and apply cash collected to related outstanding invoices
• Prepare monthly intercompany invoices which includes compiling and analyzing the activity paid by Corporate and charged back to each clinical department
• Utilize BOA Cash Pro to download bank statement activity and initiate all monthly, quarterly, and annual wires
• Complete quarterly payroll audit analysis to ensure employees are paid from only one payroll
• Assist the Senior accountant in annual abandoned property filing
• Support the Accounting Supervisor and Accounting Manager in annual audit requests
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analyses/projects as requested by Accounting Management Team
• Promotes open communication, team building efforts and collaboration among team members and between departments
• Participates in employee training; actively promotes knowledge sharing within the department
• Utilizes hospital’s Values as the basis for decision making and to facilitate the hospital’s mission
• Follows established hospital infection control and safety procedures

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of 1-3 years of professional experience is required.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Strong accounting knowledge with the ability to apply GAAP principles
• Computer software experience on both a General Ledger System (G/L Lawson/Infor preferred) as well as comparable spreadsheet and word processing software (Microsoft Office Word and Excel) including the ability to understand the Lawson Accounting System
• Ability to follow directions, organize information of material for others, complete assignments as requested, ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding when needed, verify information/work and check for accuracy
• Sets up procedures to ensure high quality of work, approach tasks with “can do’ attitude, proven time management abilities, multitasking with effective priority definition, adheres to deadlines for assigned tasks
• Complete assigned tasks without follow-up from supervisor, overcomes minor process changes to still complete task