Senior Accountant

Health Bridge • Chicago, IL

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

HealthBridge Financial is seeking a systems-oriented Senior Accountant who enjoys improving processes as much as producing accurate financial results. This role will be a key contributor to the monthly close and will help strengthen the accounting infrastructure needed to support a growing healthcare finance business. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Excel, comfortable working across systems, and naturally looks for smarter, more automated ways to complete recurring accounting work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA or CPA-track preferred.
• 4-7 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query, pivot tables, complex formulas, and structured data analysis.
• Strong Sage Intacct experience.
• Excellent understanding of month-end close, reconciliations, and general ledger accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to improve recurring accounting processes through automation and better system design.
• High level of ownership, attention to detail, and comfort operating in a fast-changing environment.

Nice To Haves

• experience with Brex and Amazon QuickSight preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and other close deliverables.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close while meeting established deadlines and quality standards.
• Maintain general ledger accuracy and investigate unusual balances or activity.
• Analyze financial data and explain significant period-over-period and budget-to-actual variances.
• Support financial reporting, audit requests, and documentation requirements.
• Partner with the Controller to simplify, standardize, and automate reconciliations and recurring close activities.
• Use Sage Intacct, Brex, Amazon QuickSight, and advanced Excel to improve accounting workflows and reporting.
• Build and maintain automated schedules, data transformations, and reconciliation tools.
• Document accounting processes and identify opportunities to remove manual handoffs and duplicate work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior