Atrius Health

Sr Accountant - (124563)

Description

Atrius Health is a nonprofit healthcare leader delivering a system of connected care that enables us to know our patients better so that we can serve them well. Across 32 clinical locations, more than 50 specialties and 825 physicians, we provide proactive, customized care to more than 720,000 adult and pediatric patients across eastern Massachusetts. 

The Atrius Health practices including Dedham Medical Associates, Granite Medical Group, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and PMG Physician Associates – together with VNA Care – work in collaboration with hospital partners, community specialists and skilled nursing facilities, to develop innovative and effective ways of delivering care in the most appropriate setting, making it easier for patients to be healthy. 

We believe that by establishing a solid foundation of knowledge, understanding and trust with each of our patients, we enrich their health and enhance their lives.

SUMMARY

Provides high level accounting support to assigned specialty and business centers. Prepare non-repetitive, complex, or specialized adjustments to the general ledger. Prepares more complex account reconciliations and is actively involved with preparation of certain line-item financial statement schedules. Will provide functional advice or training to lower level or less experienced accountants. Handles most issues independently.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides advanced accounting support to assigned specialty and business centers. Develop an understanding of the spending budgets of the supported areas. Reviews and analyzes monthly data and verifies for accuracy and completeness. May involve financial reporting training to these supported areas.
• Works closely with specialty and business centers to ensure month end and year end accrual reporting is accurate and complete. Investigate and resolve discrepancies in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Analyzes specific financial statement line items to summarize and interpret current and projected trends. Prepares explanations on items of significance and exercises judgment to determine what those items are. Conducts pertinent investigation of the accounts involved.
• Prepares and presents month end variance analysis schedules. Collects, summarizes, reviews, and verifies data. Clearly and concisely present these schedules to senior management.
• Responds to requests for information and develops nonstandard reports and statements as needed for senior management. Performs statistical analyses to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes. Initiates corrective action when needed.
• Prepares difficult journal entries and reconciles complex ledger accounts. Prepares allocations of various expense and revenue items.
• Prepares more complex account reconciliations. Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Coordinates and reconciles the semi-annual physical inventory counts.
• Ability to use the organization’s financial management systems to prepare, run and retrieve reports for analytical purposes.
• Assists in the external audit. Includes preparing lead audit schedules and serving as a resource to the auditors on general ledger or account reconciliation questions.
• Familiarity with lease and fixed assets accounting.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

B.S. in accounting (or equivalent education, training, or experience) required. MBA, CPA or

knowledge of advanced business concepts preferred.

EXPERIENCE

3-5 years general accounting experience. Experience in healthcare delivery, health insurance or

managed care is highly desirable. Must have a thorough knowledge of general accounting principles.

SKILLS

Must possess strong analytical skills with good communication and organizational skills. Proven

ability to work successfully with senior management. Thorough knowledge of PC software needed.

Atrius Health is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity. All patients, employees, applicants, and other constituents of Atrius Health will be treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, marital/domestic partner status, parental status, sexual orientation, and gender identity and/or expression, or other dimensions of diversity.

Benefits Include:

• Up to 8% company retirement contribution,
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 10 paid holidays,
• Paid professional development,
• Generous health and welfare benefit package.

Organization

: Finance

Primary Location

: Newton MA - Riverside

Schedule: regular

Job

: Accounting/Billing/Finance

Job Level

: Individual Contributor

Job Type: Full Time