Staff Accountant | Hybrid NY

HealthFirst•New York, NY

20h•$68,900 - $99,620•Hybrid

About The Position

The Staff Accountant in Healthfirst's Finance department is primarily responsible for preparing monthly journal entries for all Revenue and Expenses. The Staff Accountant will also be responsible for ensuring that there is efficient external support for the journal entries. Additional responsibility also includes analyzing and providing explanations for P&L monthly. This role is considered hybrid which consists of working at our office located at 100 Church Street, NYC 3 days per week (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday).

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited institution.
Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables and v-lookups and formulas).
Must have experience analyzing large data sets.
Experience in performing financial reconciliation of reported data to company general ledger.
Experience in managing projects across multiple departments.
Experience in using General Ledger Financial or Accounting software (Workday, Microsoft Dynamic, PeopleSoft).
Ability to meet priority deadlines on assigned duties & projects.

Nice To Haves

Experience in conducting analysis during the year end audits and other internal and external audits.

Responsibilities

Ensure all accounts are reconciled monthly and work with other stakeholders within Finance such as the EMR team, STAT team, Actuarial and Accounts Payable to ensure accounts are maintained accurately and so that they balance each month and are ready for audit, accurate reporting and review by leadership.
Compile the necessary data to identify and reconcile variances in a timely matter.
Reconcile general ledger data to EMR data monthly to ensure consistency in reporting.
Create monthly analysis for respective LOB to summarize the general ledger activity for the month and highlight the key changes including support to justify variance between Actual and Budget.
Record all monthly revenue and expense journal entries timely based on a published month-end-close calendar.