Staff Accountant II, Site Liaison

Lifepoint Health • Brentwood, TN

20h • $57,805 - $78,036

About The Position

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.

The Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) Finance team provides strategic accounting and operational support to hospitals and entities across the organization. We partner closely with site leadership, technical accounting, and operations teams to ensure accuracy, transparency, and consistency in all financial processes. Our collaborative, detail-oriented culture emphasizes integrity, proactive communication, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in the areas of Accounting/Finance.
• 2+ years of experience in accounting, preferably within the healthcare or hospital industry

Nice To Haves

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation preferred

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end general ledger close process for designated sites/entities, including the completeness of close checklists, post-close review certifications
• Support and continuous improvement and accounting standardization initiatives
• Responsible for maintaining a controlled and compliant close process, checklists, and post close activities for designated sites
• Ability to perform P&L and balance sheet analysis for designated sites/entities as directed
• Support hospital leadership with post close analysis, review, and reporting, including participation in hospital MOR and other operational reviews as needed
• Responsible for direct site support during the close process
• Interface with the LBS Technical Accounting team and hospital operations leaders to collaborate on the accounting treatment of complex issues
• Manage the joint venture accounting, reporting, and distribution process for sites with joint venture relationships
• Support hospital leaders with the summarization of the annual budget
• Assist sites with post close review and analysis, support explanation of hospital projection trends and variances
• Ensure internal controls are adequate to safeguard facility assets and the accounting systems are sufficient to generate accurate, timely, compliant financial reporting.
• Ensure the integrity of hospital balance sheets through management of the post-closing review process and periodic balance sheet reviews.
• Provide explanations for monthly, quarterly, and annual variances in general ledger accounts
• Serve as liaison with external stakeholders in providing required financial reports and information.
• Collaborate and work directly with hospital leadership to ensure the appropriate operating metrics have been met and coincide with the strategies the Operations teams want to implement.
• Prepare local, state and regulatory returns, hospital affiliation and licensure renewals, sales, use, and excise tax returns, escheatment submission, and other facility-specific reporting activities as needed
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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