Corporate Accountant

Optalis Healthcare•Novi, MI

29d

About The Position

Corporate Accountant Overview: The Corporate Accountant is responsible for the daily accounting and financial statement preparation for entities of the organization, maintains bank records and communicates areas of concern with financial management. Essential Functions and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each key function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key functions. Support Services: Safeguard assets and ensure accurate and timely recording of all transactions by implementing controls and checks across all departments. Manage the accuracy and recording of day-to-day activities of accounts payable, cash disbursements, accounts receivable, payroll, and general entity accounting. Lead month-end close activities for assigned locations, working with accounts payable, affiliated entities, corporate accounting and others as needed. Work with location administrators and corporate AR to develop monthly variance explanations for key business drivers. Develop and issue timely monthly financial statements for management, banks, lenders and others as requested. Revenue reporting including statistical analysis of data. Timely submission of documentation to lenders. Prepare monthly reconciliations. Prepare schedules for annual cost reporting. Participate in annual budget process including generating historical cost templates. Interface with outside audit firms, banks, and others. Attend and participate in meetings as assigned. Periodically participate in organization sponsored events. Access continuing education opportunities appropriate to responsibilities. Direct implementation of corrective action as needed, resulting from internal or external inspections. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Minimum bachelor’s degree in related field, with five or more years of related experience. Advanced degree, CPA license and experience in the healthcare field are preferred but not required. Experience working with banking and financial institutions for financial reporting and transactions preferred. Proficient in Excel and Word; experienced with accounting software. Desirable: specific experience with PCC general ledger, QuickBooks, AvidPay software. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to read, analyze and interpret, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to communicate orally and through written reports and other documents relating to residents, staff and others. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of executives, managers, clients, customers, and the public. Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical journals and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Leadership: Demonstrates willingness to take risks, generates new ideas for change; evaluates and recognizes priorities, selects effective team members, challenges others to learn, keeps current and integrates new information, communicates, and models organization values, fosters high performance, recognizes need for and provides adequate resources. Process: Applies PI principles, tools, and techniques; assists in data collections; identifies processes for improvement in daily work; educates new staff in team process. Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates active listening techniques; gains support through effective relationships; treats others with dignity and respect; seeks feedback; sets clear standards for performance; evaluates job performance and provides effective feedback; establishes systems to measure effectiveness, efficiency, and service; creates and maintains reporting mechanisms. Continuing Education: Attends in-service and education programs; attends continuing education required for maintenance of professional certification or licensure. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here representative those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Occasional physical effort with light to medium objects. Occasional required to lift objects of 10 to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Requirements

Minimum bachelor’s degree in related field, with five or more years of related experience.
Proficient in Excel and Word; experienced with accounting software.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
Ability to communicate orally and through written reports and other documents relating to residents, staff and others.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of executives, managers, clients, customers, and the public.
Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical journals and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree, CPA license and experience in the healthcare field are preferred but not required.
Experience working with banking and financial institutions for financial reporting and transactions preferred.
Specific experience with PCC general ledger, QuickBooks, AvidPay software.

Responsibilities

Safeguard assets and ensure accurate and timely recording of all transactions by implementing controls and checks across all departments.
Manage the accuracy and recording of day-to-day activities of accounts payable, cash disbursements, accounts receivable, payroll, and general entity accounting.
Lead month-end close activities for assigned locations, working with accounts payable, affiliated entities, corporate accounting and others as needed.
Work with location administrators and corporate AR to develop monthly variance explanations for key business drivers.
Develop and issue timely monthly financial statements for management, banks, lenders and others as requested.
Revenue reporting including statistical analysis of data.
Timely submission of documentation to lenders.
Prepare monthly reconciliations.
Prepare schedules for annual cost reporting.
Participate in annual budget process including generating historical cost templates.
Interface with outside audit firms, banks, and others.
Attend and participate in meetings as assigned.
Periodically participate in organization sponsored events.
Access continuing education opportunities appropriate to responsibilities.
Direct implementation of corrective action as needed, resulting from internal or external inspections.
Perform other duties as assigned.