Senior Staff Accountant

Genesis Healthcare System

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Performs a variety of accounting functions for Genesis HealthCare System, including analyzing, reconciling, recording, and reporting financial information in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The role helps maintain internal controls that safeguard system assets and provides financial information to support management decision-making. The position also supports Genesis’s mission and values by keeping patients at the center of its work and treating patients, colleagues, visitors, and volunteers with courtesy, compassion, empathy, and respect.

The position prepares financial statements and management reports; handles bank, revenue, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed asset, payroll, and liability reconciliations and entries; supports annual budgeting; prepares tax and regulatory reports; processes fixed asset transactions and depreciation; invoices reimbursable expenses; and prepares payroll, workforce, and grant reports. Work is performed in an office environment, with possible travel to other locations and the possibility of rotating shifts or days off and working extra hours, holidays, or emergency shifts as required.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in accounting or a related field.
• At least five years of accounting experience; the posting does not specify further detail after “specifically.”
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, including GAAP.
• Attention to detail and the ability to write explanations or descriptions of complex information.
• Ability to comprehend and apply complex material, including financial reports and policies.
• Familiarity with a PC and computer software, including spreadsheets, databases, and word-processing applications.
• Ability to meet the physical demands described, with reasonable accommodations available where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and distribute monthly financial statements and related management reports for Genesis HealthCare System and partner companies.
• Reconcile bank statements to cashbook files and general ledger detail, and post monthly adjusting entries.
• Collect and analyze revenue and accounts receivable information from reporting systems and post monthly journal entries.
• Review financial data and explain variances based on historical and current circumstances.
• Review accounts payable account analysis reports for posting discrepancies and correct the general ledger monthly.
• Maintain recurring journal entries and post them to the general ledger.
• Input annual operating budgets into the general ledger.
• Prepare state sales tax reports, complete check requests as needed, and prepare the annual reconciliation.
• Analyze capital requests, purchase orders, and vendor invoices, and document capital purchases in the fixed asset system monthly.
• Review capital-in-progress accounts monthly and ensure timely capitalization of assets.
• Document capital disposals in the fixed asset system as necessary.
• Process and post monthly depreciation expense and other fixed asset entries.
• Reconcile the fixed asset register to the general ledger at least quarterly.
• Invoice the Genesis HealthCare Foundation and outside parties monthly for reimbursable capital and operating expenses.
• Review and post payroll journal entries and reconcile related expenses and liability accounts as necessary.
• Submit federal payroll tax payments electronically and prepare quarterly Form 941 returns.
• Calculate workers’ compensation premiums and post them monthly; prepare corresponding wage reports twice a year.
• Calculate federal and state unemployment expense and liability, post them monthly, and prepare corresponding quarterly forms.
• Prepare check requests for distribution of payroll liabilities as necessary.
• Calculate affiliate employee health and life insurance premiums and post them monthly.
• Prepare and distribute monthly FTE/Salary Summary, overtime, and hours-worked reports.
• Prepare grant reports and maintain supporting documentation.
• Maintain appropriate internal controls to safeguard system assets and provide financial information for management decision-making.
• Follow Genesis expectations for patient-centered care, respectful communication, confidentiality, and patient and employee safety.
• Work in an office environment, use a telephone, computer, and other business machines extensively, and potentially drive to other locations.
• Be willing to rotate shifts and regular days off and work all shifts, extra hours, holidays, and emergency shifts as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree