Accountant II - Irving

Description

Summary :

The Accountant II is responsible for preparing generalledger month-end journal entries relevant to their assignedfunctional accounting team in accordance with Generally AcceptedAccounting Principles.

FunctionalAccounting Teams are as follows :

Cash Accounting

Fixed Assets Accounting

Corporate Accounting

Payroll Accounting

Investments and FoundationAccounting

Prepaid Asset, Deferred Revenue, and NotesPayable Accounting

Inventory and SuppliesAccounting

Physician Guarantees and Physician FeesAccounting

Purchased Services and Non-Patient AccountsReceivable Accounting

Contract Labor and UtilitiesAccounting

Joint Venture Accounting

Intercompany Accounting, Allocations, and Eliminations

Lease Accounting

Technical Accounting

Health Plan Accounting

Physician GroupAccounting

Grant Accounting

Thisjob requires an understanding of United States Generally AcceptedAccounting Principles (US GAAP). The Accountant II should be ableto demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of the journalentries they are recording to the general ledger, evaluate theappropriateness of the entry (including the GL accounts used andthe financial statement line item classification), and explain theimpact to the financial statements.

They are responsible forensuring appropriate and relevant supporting documentation isattached to the journal entry. The Accountant II is responsible forevaluating the source of the information for their journal entriesand asking appropriate followup questions to ensure documentationis appropriate.

In some cases, appropriate support will includedeveloping estimates of the current month activity based onfinancial analysis of historical data.

The Accountant II isexpected to develop an understanding of healthcare specificaccounting issues relevant to the assigned functional accountingarea.

Previous healthcare experience is preferred but not required.The Accountant II is responsible for analyzing and providingvariance explanations (from budget and trend) related to assignedareas to the accounting leads and managers for month-end review.

The Accountant II is expected to seek out learning opportunitiesand be open to constructive feedback to improve overall performanceand expand their knowledge of US GAAP.

TheAccountant II is responsible for completion of monthly balancesheet account reconciliations related to the assigned functionalaccounting area.

The Accountant II is responsible for assisting theaccounting lead and manager with information requests from otherteams across the System (both at the corporate office and at ourfacilities), as needed.

The Accountant II is responsible for otherprojects, as assigned, which may include but are not limited to : research of GL transactions to understand the impact to the GL,process improvement projects, and assistance for the year-endexternal audit.

The job requires excellent written and verbalcommunication skills.

Responsibilities :

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUSCompetencies : Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader ofLeaders.
• Prepare month-end journal entries inaccordance with US GAAP, with complete and accurate supportingdocumentation.
• Perform variance analysis on assignedaccounts to both budget and trend and provide explanations to theirLead and Manager for month-end review of financialstatements.
• Prepare month-end balance sheetreconciliations.
• Assist accounting lead and managerwith information requests from other teams across the System (bothat the corporate office and at our facilities) as needed.

Requirements :

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountingor equivalent required.
• 2 years of accountingexperience required.
• General Ledger accountingand Healthcare accounting experiencepreferred.
• Candidates seeking CPA licensepreferred; some assistance available for those seekinglicensing.

WorkSchedule : WorkType :

WorkType : FullTime

FullTime

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