Sr Cash Accountant

Carle Health•Champaign, IL

About The Position

The Senior Cash Accountant supports centralized cash management by reconciling bank accounts, recording cash activity, resolving variances, and maintaining audit-ready documentation. The role partners with Accounting, Treasury, Patient Financial Services, Grants, Payroll, and operational teams to ensure cash transactions are accurate, timely, and properly recorded while supporting process improvement and automation. The position also manages and monitors non-patient cash transactions, including grants, research funding, philanthropic contributions, endowment receipts, and other organizational cash receipts. It serves as a subject matter expert for cash management processes, Workday Financial Management functionality, and cash-related accounting procedures, and provides guidance and knowledge sharing to junior accountants and other finance staff.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
Work experience in Finance or Accounting.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review timely bank reconciliations for assigned cash accounts.
Research, analyze, and resolve complex reconciling items, unidentified transactions, outstanding checks, fees, transfers, and posting discrepancies.
Record and review cash transactions and journal entries with accurate account, entity, worktag, grant, and period coding.
Compare and reconcile bank, general ledger, revenue, payroll, treasury, grant, and other source records to ensure complete and accurate cash activity.
Prepare and review cash account reconciliations and supporting schedules for month-end and year-end close processes.
Analyze cash activity, account balances, and reconciliation trends; identify root causes and recommend corrective actions.
Meet close deadlines and promptly escalate unresolved differences, control concerns, compliance issues, or financial risks.
Partner across operational departments to resolve complex cash issues and improve transaction flow.
Support internal and external audits by providing documentation, reconciliations, analyses, and transaction support.
Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and regulatory requirements governing cash management activities.
Lead or support automation initiatives, system implementations, and process improvements related to cash management operations.
Collaborate with Treasury, Revenue Cycle, Grants, Research, Foundation, Payroll, and Accounting teams to ensure timely and accurate recording of cash activity.
Manage and monitor non-patient cash transactions, including grants, research funding, philanthropic contributions, endowment receipts, and other organizational cash receipts.
Investigate and resolve complex cash application issues, reconciliation discrepancies, and payment exceptions across multiple systems and departments.
Serve as a subject matter expert for cash management processes, Workday Financial Management functionality, and cash-related accounting procedures.
Assist with Workday testing, upgrades, implementations, and workflow enhancements affecting cash management and banking processes.
Develop, maintain, and recommend improvements to cash management procedures, reconciliation standards, and internal control documentation.
Provide guidance, training, and knowledge sharing to junior accountants and other finance staff regarding cash management processes and best practices.