Controller

Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare•Pittsburgh, PA

40d•Onsite

About The Position

Southwood Psychiatric Hospital offers comprehensive mental health treatment programs for children and adolescents ages 3-21 whose lives have been disrupted by mental illness. Our facility near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, provides many levels of care. Currently, we are recruiting for an experienced Controller who will be responsible for the direction of the facility’s financial services including general accounting, payroll, budgeting and all other aspects of the facility’s accounting department. (Please note Southwood is not on a public transportation route)

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
Five years of job-related experience preferably in a health care setting.

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement financial systems, processes, controls and procedures for accounting functions.
Coordinate and supervise activities of the accounting department.
Prepare employees for greater responsibility by involving them in different areas of the department.
Provide financial information to operating management in a routine and timely manner.
Serve as a backup for the Payroll Accountant when needed.
Develop and submit requested reports in a timely fashion that assists in the analysis of the business.
Prepare and distribute daily revenue, cash and census reports.
Assume responsibility for developing and achieving budget targets for the department and the facility.
Monitor the expenditures of the facility to maintain compliance with the budget.
Operate within the confines of the annual budget as adjusted for volume.
Monitor daily deposits and reconcile with G/L posting to assure accuracy of daily reporting and facilitates month end processing and reconciliation.
Organize and coordinate activities of the accounting departments as they pertain to the preparation of monthly financial statements and month end close.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.