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General Accountant

The Elizabeth Hospice
Escondido, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/21/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/17/2025

Overview

The general role of the Accountant is to support the Controller in carrying out the responsibilities of the Finance Department.  The primary function of the position is to assist the Controller with maintaining the general ledger and coordinating month-end duties to ensure timely and accurate output from the Finance Department.

 

The Elizabeth Hospice is San Diego’s oldest non-profit hospice of 45 years.  We are growing and looking for talented individuals to join our high performing team and support our mission.  We serve all of San Diego county and south Riverside county with multiple hospice office locations.  

 

Our Mission:  To enhance the quality of life for those nearing the end of life’s journey and for those who grieve.

 

Salary: $32 - $36 hourly.  Salary is subject to experience and qualifications.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Work Location: Escondido, CA

Responsibilities

  • Assist with monitoring billing workflow procedures to ensure procedures are working effectively and efficiently.
  • Prepares monthly journal entries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Maintains and reconciles fixed asset schedules.
  • Prepares select monthly balance sheet and expense account reconciliations, such as prepaid expenses and accruals, which includes researching and resolving items, as well as documenting and evaluating current procedures.
  • Supports full-cycle accounts payable personnel when requested and as needed (i.e. during high volume periods or to cover scheduled PTO): utilizes established procedures to ensure consistency in practice.
  • receives, sorts and prepares invoices for processing.
  • timely and accurate entry of invoices.
  • ensures accurate general ledger coding.
  • obtains appropriate approval for payment, prepares items for payment, and performs check runs.
  • Receive, record and process daily operating and philanthropy monetary deposits.
  • Acts as accountant for the medical group entity, including paying bills and maintaining a separate set of accounting records.
  • Participates in interim and year-end financial statement audit testing including preparing schedules and gathering documents.
  • Responsible for ensuring accounting workpapers and schedules are consistently and professionally formatted, with clear and thorough documentation.
  • Preparation of bi-weekly mileage reimbursements for payroll and A/P
  • Strong commitment to adhering to established Standard Operating Procedures
  • Participates in defining and implementing internal controls to ensure the safeguarding of assets.
  • Actively identifies and seeks opportunities for process improvements.
  • Assists with other various ad-hoc projects and accounting analyses as requested.
  • Qualifications

  • Proficient in general accounting/accounts payable: 1 year (required)
  • Comfortable working with Excel (can work with pivot tables, xlookups, nested functions)
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting (currently enrolled and working towards degree OK)
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    We place a high importance on our employees and reward staff in several ways such as:

    • Competitive hospice industry compensation
    • Benefits package with multiple plan offerings and generous employer contribution
    • 401(k) Retirement plan with employer match
    • Supportive work culture which encourages work life balance
    • Substantial Vacation, paid holidays & floating holiday
    • Employee development program managed by in-house education department to support individualized orientation and professional growth needs.
    • Tuition Reimbursement program
    • Monthly mileage reimbursement
    • Employee Referral Program

     

     "The Elizabeth Hospice is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.”

    Salary : $32 - $36

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