General Accountant

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

• Actively participates as a collaborative member of the finance team ensuring effective communications on financial activities throughout the organization.

• Works collaboratively and effectively with corporate departments such as Compliance, Information Systems, Legal, and other departments that provide support services to SEARHC.

• Controls expenses without compromising quality.

• Is responsible for ensuring the integrity of key financial reporting systems including fixed assets.

• Supports financial operations integration of new business units for the Consortium as well as the implementation of new technologies.

• Works with key organizational stakeholders to continuously improve the end user experience with accounting processes, which may include grants and fixed assets.

• Supports annual external audit and isdirectly responsible for collaborating with auditors in compiling schedules for fixed assets, grant expenditures, and other analyses.

• Ensurestimely and accurate preparation of monthly financial reports.

• Understands reporting of general accounting, which may include grant accounting, fixed asset accounting, and accounting for patient revenues.

• Assists and supports, as needed, all annual audits including the annual financial statement audit.

• Works with Accounting Manager to establish policies, procedures, and internal controls.

• Works with Accounting Manager to develop and lead fixed asset tracking process to assure proper FA accounting procedures including cost tracking, performance, and reporting.  

• Leads a culture of continuous improvement.

• Is an active part of month-end financial activities including accounting for patient revenues, grant revenues,and reconciliations of subsidiary accounting modules.

• Communicates and performs all responsibilities in a manner that supports, promotes, and integrates the SEARHC mission, vision, goals, and objectives. 

• Externally, develops strong, values-based relationships with external auditors, reimbursement consultants, bank representatives, investment advisors, actuaries, other financial advisors, vendors, community affiliations, tribal organizations, consultants, and other resource and health care providers. 

• Internally, has Consortium‐wide impact on budget creation and execution, financial policy direction, reporting, and regulatory interpretation.

• Interacts with the SEARHC Boards of Directors as well as all levels of leaders and employees.

• Participates in other key strategic and tactical projects and initiatives as assigned by the Director/Controller.

• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

Experience Required

Knowledge of

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

• Collaboration

• Ethical standards

• Sound judgment

• Professional integrity

Skills in

• Building and maintaining collaborative relationships across all functions and levels within the organization

• Drawing connections between related activities

• Exhibiting flexibility while influencing others to improve processes and implement changes

• Anticipating needs of those that Finance serves, responding quickly to requests, providing helpful guidance and support, monitoring, and following up as required

• Outstanding oral and written communication

• Producing concise, incisive, logical PowerPoint presentations and written documents.

Ability to

• Identify trends that require attention

• Work in a sometimes stressful, fast-paced, demanding environment

• Navigate successfully in a complex environment while simultaneously managing several projects/activities

• Communicate with all levels of the organization comfortably

• Present to internal and external audiences

• Align and integrate the Finance Division’s goals with the organization’s goals

• Effect changes through influence, working closely with departments throughout SEARHC

• Operate with a sense of urgency with rapid response capabilities on constricted timelines

• Manage multiple projects at one time with varying levels of prioritization

• Understand changing healthcare market dynamics, translate them into actionable strategy, and implementstrategy to achieve pre-set objectives

• Analyze and interpret professional journals, financial reports, and legal documents

• Investigate and interpret financial data, regulations, and best practices and then apply them to executable and enforceable policy

• Promote development and maintenance of appropriate systems to ensure efficient processes.