Sr. Accountant

AMSURG

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Remote-Centric Hybrid: Teammates primarily work from home but go to the office 1-2 times a month. 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.

Requirements

Experience applying the provisions of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Ability to maintain project tracking timely
Advanced knowledge and ability to use window office suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); as well as ability to learn various Accounting and reporting software.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university is required.
Minimum of 3 years accounting experience, and M&A experience a plus.
CPA eligibility required.
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.
Regular and reliable attendance required.
A successful candidate will pass a background check and drug screen.
Must be able to manage multiple, simultaneous tasks effectively and efficiently while maintaining a professional, courteous manner.
Must be able to work well with others.
Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
Must be detail oriented and organized.
High integrity, including maintenance of confidential information.
Must be able to exercise good judgment.
Based on business need, the ability to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends as approved in advance.

Nice To Haves

Smartsheet & IBM Planning & Analytics experience is a plus but not required
M&A experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Primary resource for entity transactions
Prepare general ledger journal entries
Ability to 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
Ability to 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