Accountant - Capital Assets

Medical University of South Carolina•Remote- South Carolina, SC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Accountant will report directly to the Capital Assets Manager. This position will be in charge of the analysis of capital assets, including asset disposal and asset transfers, for the Health System and its independent support organizations. This position is also in charge of reviewing and analyzing the finances of all Health System capital projects and serve as a reliable resource to the organization to review and answer questions about pending projects.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in a business-related field
Three (3) years work experience in a business-related field such as accounting, business, audit or finance.
Strong analytical, communication and teamwork skills
Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
A solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Outlook software

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Power Point and Adobe Acrobat software is a plus.
A bachelor’s degree in accounting with hospital/healthcare based work experience
MBA, MHA, CHFP, or CPA designation a plus.

Responsibilities

Recognition of asset disposals is completed timely and according to internal policy, which requires signed documentation to support the disposal.
Correctly determine type of disposal such as gain, loss or scrap.
Assure that asset transfers within MUSC are recorded properly, including coordination among departments and markets, signed documentation, and compilation of other relevant information to properly record in the general ledger and subledger.
Maintain regular communication with division managers and departments to comply with MUHA policy on capitalizing assets and projects.
Review of projects in the planning stage so formal review can be budgeted in the correct account.
Interact with project managers in Construction and Design and other regions.
Serve as resource to the organization to review and answer questions about pending projects.
Summarize and organize workpapers on a consolidated basis as well as by market and/or facility, if necessary.
Support and tick mark balances and the transaction detail level with appropriate documentation.
Assist with the year-end audit.
Submit workpapers within a timeline and work with the external auditors to provide additional support as needed.
Assist with compiling footnotes and coordination with other general ledger team members in analysis of account balances.