Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant - Healthcare

Leading Healthcare services provider is hiring a Senior Accountant to join their organization on an interim basis.

The Senior Accountant’s primary focus is to analyze data to support the organization in making sound financial decisions. This role will work closely with the Finance team to provide general accounting support including journal entries, reconciliations, supervision of Accounts Payable and analysis of actual versus budget variances and month end close. This positions reports to the Central Controller.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide monthly account reconciliations for various balance sheets, coordinate monthly bank reconciliations and prepare month end binder. 

• Oversee the intercompany confirmation and follow up, including managing an internal intercompany netting system.

• Prepare local tax returns, including multiple state sales and use tax returns, business tax, personal property tax and all other local tax returns required in all states where the company has operations and/or employees. Prepare internal tax packages for corporate tax department review.  

• Maintain capital expenditure budget and track purchases against the approved budget. 

• Maintain process documentation in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and internal control guidelines. This will include staying informed of all new corporate issued control requirements and implementing changes as necessary. Partner with the Sarbanes Oxley auditors and external auditors which will include preparation of documentation requirements for all annual audits. 

• Supervision of the Accounts Payable function, including review and approval of all wire payments, signature for all check payments and voucher batches to insure that GL coding is correct, review of open batches and unapproved invoices on a regular basis, liaison with vendors and internal staff on payment issues and review and approval of all T&E batches. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• BA or MBA in Accounting  

• 5+ years experience in a supervisory role in a corporate accounting team 

• Experience in writing internal SOX control procedures and required process documentation. Prior participation in SOX audits and strong knowledge of SOX controls

• Experience with various accounting systems: MAS500 a plus 

• Working knowledge of GAAP and knowledge of IFRS a plus 

• Experience with intercompany reconciliation and working with foreign partners 

• Experience with Microsoft Office, advanced proficiency in Excel including lookups and pivot tables 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including good proof reading skills 

• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and ability to multitask