Financial Accountant

ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC•Cheshire Village, CT

2d•$90,000

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading month-end close activities and supporting complex accounting areas, including Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement, healthcare cost reporting, grant compliance, and large fixed asset portfolios. The position will provide day-to-day coordination and technical guidance across the accounting team, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, documentation quality, and compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
10+ years of accounting experience, preferably in nonprofit healthcare
Demonstrated experience leading month-end close in a complex, regulated environment
Hands-on experience managing large fixed asset portfolios and capital projects
Working knowledge of Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement, healthcare cost reporting, and grant compliance
Demonstrated track record of exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and audit-ready work
Experience with various audits such as workman’s compensation and pension plan audits
Payroll experience
Strong functional leadership communication skills, coordinating close activities and priorities via team collaboration.
Excellent written communication skills for reconciliations, capitalization memos, cost report support, grant documentation, and audit materials.
Collaborative and detail-oriented communication style, ensuring expectations, timelines, and deliverables are clearly understood.
Proactive issue identification and escalation, clearly communicating risks, variances, and resolution plans under tight deadlines.
Extensive Excel expertise (required), including advanced formulas, pivot tables, lookups, large data reconciliations, and error-checking.
Sage Intacct experience (required or strongly preferred) for general ledger, fixed assets, reporting, and multi-entity environments.
Strong ability to work with large, complex data sets while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
Critical thinking—strong analytical skills

Nice To Haves

PointClickCare experience (a plus), particularly related to census, billing, or healthcare operational data

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate month-end and year-end close, ensuring all entries, reconciliations, and schedules are accurate, complete, and supported.
Prepare journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analyses with a high level of attention to detail and data integrity.
Manage accounting for a large fixed asset portfolio, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, transfers, impairments, and detailed asset reconciliations.
Oversee construction-in-progress (CIP) and capital project accounting, ensuring timely capitalization and proper documentation.
Support accounting for patient service revenue, including Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, contractual adjustments, and related accruals.
Assist with preparation and support of Medicare and Medicaid cost reports, including detailed schedules, reconciliations, and audit support.
Ensure compliance with nonprofit GAAP, healthcare regulations, capitalization policies, grant requirements, and internal controls.
Serve as a technical accounting resource and point of escalation during the close process, proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies.
Partner with management team and finance team to ensure accurate and consistent financial reporting.
Assist with annual financial audits, cost report audits, and fixed asset audits by providing well-organized, audit-ready documentation.
Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across accounting activities.
Serve as additional backup for payroll.
Perform or review payroll-related account reconciliations, including payroll clearing, accrued wages, PTO, and payroll taxes.
Generate and analyze payroll system reports to support reconciliations and serve as a resource for resolving discrepancies, coordinating with HR and payroll teams.
Oversee amortization of CCRC entrance fees and related deferred revenue, ensuring compliance with GAAP, nonprofit standards, and organizational policies.
Maintain accurate schedules and reporting for entrance fee revenue, using CCRC software, coordinating with finance leadership and auditors.
Assumes additional responsibilities to support departmental and organizational needs.