Staff Accountant

About the position

Under general supervision of the General Ledger Manager, assist in the General Ledger area of the Accounting Department using generally accepted accounting principles to prepare, verify and maintain accurate financial records.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for key components within the month end close process to include collecting, researching, and organizing in an effective manner all necessary data to prepare accurate monthly, quarterly, and yearly journal entries, accruals, and allocations.
• Perform detailed monthly trending expense analysis, focus on attention to detail to catch errors, trace possible causes of problems in the monthly cost report, recognize important information and discrepancies within the month end close process.
• Understand and analyze how changes to the cost report affect allocations, troubleshoot discrepancies within the cost report and reconcile the cost report model to the G/L.
• Record all cash journal entries for the month end closing process, reconcile daily cash transactions entered into cash manager to the bank download and to the G/L.
• Perform daily check clearing for the Foundation bank accounts and is responsible for Posi Pay and manual check issues for all Foundation accounts and Legacy Fund Accounts.
• Generate and ensure accuracy of monthly financial statements and prepare monthly financial books for the CFO and the Director of Finance and Accounting.
• Prepare Quarterly and Year End system generated financial statements for Truist and PNC.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations; ensure variances are identified and resolved timely.
• Assist in annual budget process in the areas of Occupancy, Depreciation, Interest, Communications allocation, IS allocation, Capital Budget and other areas as assigned.
• Assist during year-end audit as needed including, but not limited to preparation of key F&A Schedules.
• Prepare the Property Insurance valuation for yearly liability insurance renewal, prepare yearly Insurance valuation schedule based on Fixed Asset information, assign dollar values to each location, review updated schedule with General Ledger Manager before submission to the Director of Risk Management.
• Prepare the Account reconciliation binders shared files, to include ensuring completeness that all account reconciliations are filed appropriately and signed off by the assigned due date.
• Update, prepare and file the monthly sign off sheets for the account reconciliation books and prepare new files at the start of each fiscal year.
• Oversee the fixed asset accounting to include maintaining fixed asset system for property, plant and equipment, software, and other LT intangible assets.
• Ensure fixed asset system is reconciled to the GL on a monthly basis.
• Prepare yearly property tax schedules.
• On a monthly basis, tag all new Assets purchased by the company.
• Perform annual site locations and fixed asset observations and reconciliations as required by Medicare and company policy.
• Maintain loan files, prepare monthly principal & interest journal entries, prepare loan requests, prepare roll forward for the audit, projects loan interest expense for the budget.
• Responsible for Construction Projects Accounting, when applicable.
• Responsible for various Regulatory filings and Govt Surveys.
• Prepare miscellaneous reports as needed.
• Work on assigned special projects as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in accounting.
• At least two years work-related experience required.
• Extensive experience in higher-level computer software programs, including spreadsheet, database, and other accounting related software packages.
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Ability to maintain and analyze controls necessary to ensure accurate financial statements that will meet certified audit standards.
• Strong analytical skills to detect and correct discrepancies.
• Excellent Communication Skills.
• Occasional light lifting with demonstrated physical ability to lift, carry and/or move equipment of varying weight from 1 - 30 pounds.