Sr Accountant M&A

AMSURG • Nashville, TN

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Accountant of M&A Accounting is responsible for preparing and managing accounting workstreams related to entity acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, and joint venture contributions. This role ensures accurate and timely accounting in compliance with GAAP and supports the successful onboarding and offboarding of entities. Reporting to the M&A Lead, the position requires technical expertise in purchase and transaction accounting, along with the ability to interpret deal structures and their accounting implications. The Sr Accountant must effectively manage multiple concurrent transactions, ensuring timely and accurate ledger entries. Additionally, this role offers opportunities to contribute to process improvements, financial analysis, and other strategic initiatives. This is a Remote-Centric Hybrid role, where teammates primarily work from home but go to the office 1-2 times a month.

Requirements

• Experience applying the provisions of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Ability to maintain project tracking timely
• Advanced knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Ability to learn various Accounting and reporting software
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience
• At least 1 year of accounting revenue recognition experience
• Active CPA license
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percentages
• Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to successfully write business correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions and professionally interact with managers, employees, clients, vendors, and the general public
• Ability to recognize and define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and correct errors
• Ability to understand and interpret basic financial data
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in a variety of forms and deal with abstract and concrete variables

Nice To Haves

• Smartsheet experience
• IBM Planning & Analytics experience

Responsibilities

• Primary resource for entity transactions
• Prepare general ledger journal entries
• Onboard and offboard entities, including: Accounting due diligence – obtain and review seller financials and billing reports to identify concerns or risk
• Interpret legal agreements to ensure accurate accounting treatment
• Integration of new entities onto AMSURG platforms and processes
• Timely and accurate completion of post close adjustments
• Monitor status of any transition service agreements
• Complete deconsolidation entries and cash analyses
• Manage entity cash and complete net working capital calculations
• Attend pre and post transaction calls
• Identify and recommend improvements to process or control issues for newly acquired entities
• Conduct income statement trend analysis for entities and prepare commentary for review of center’s financial reports
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies identified through monthly reconciliations
• Coordinate successful transition of newly acquired entities to center accounting team
• Train center business office staff on policies and procedures related to accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Collaborate and work effectively with other departments including Finance, Operations, Legal and leadership
• Track multiple complex transactions on different timelines
• Analyze, explain, and report significant fluctuations in new entity activity
• Participate in monthly management meetings discussing departments policies and procedures
• Actively engage in process improvement initiatives within the Center of Excellence (COE)
• Support special projects and ad hoc requests as needed

Benefits

• Benefits, recognition, training, and opportunities needed for professional growth
• Wide range of health and welfare benefits
• Paid Time Off
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Healthcare FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Limited Healthcare FSA
• FSAs for Transportation and Parking
• HSAs
• Matching 401(K) Plan
• 9 observed holidays
• Paid family leave
• Accrue Paid Time Off (PTO) each pay period, minimum of 20 days and up to 25 days per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees