Position Summary:

Manages the technical functions of the Children's Surgical Foundation financial reporting team: accounting, payroll, accounts payable, taxation, practice plan billing, and preparation of financial statements. Coordinates the functions related to the reporting of financial statistics and to provide senior management with information to make decisions and to develop resourceful solutions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Implements and maintains departmental policies and procedures in relation to the technical functions of the accounting department. Designs financial reporting formats.
• Performs and reviews the reconciliation of assigned account balances for each period.
• Maintains the general ledger system and prepares or reviews journal entries relating to accounts payable, payroll, investment accounts, long-term debt activity, and self-insurance. Provides monthly reporting, ongoing review and development of procedures and report formats, and interacting with users of general ledger data.
• Ensures the timely and accurate completion of internal and consolidated financial statements. Monitors and evaluates budget variance responses. Reviews financial results with the director.
• Provides support to administrator and director requesting financial information and analysis.
• Acts as resource to payroll and practice managers in regards to technical issues.
• Monitors all agreements between the corporation and Hospital.
• Resolves inquiries from the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. Completes special projects that may include workflow analyses, feasibility studies, etc.
• Completes or reviews the completion of outside surveys.
• Assists the director in coordination and preparation for the year-end audits.
• Resource to accounting staff on technical matters relating to financials, by keeping up to date with generally-accepted accounting principles (FASB, GAAP, etc.). May interact with third party, funds, treasury, and patient financial services to ensure accurate information exchange.
• Supervises all subordinate accounting staff of the corporation.

FTE status: FT-80

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Bachelors degree in accounting required. CPA preferred.

2. Minimum three years of public accounting experience, healthcare accounting experience preferred.

3. Computer literate in spreadsheets, database, and mainframe applications.

4. Working knowledge of accounts payable, general ledger, payroll, and budgeting.

5. Strong planning skills, evidenced by current level of responsibility and related experience.

6. Ability to take initiative by identifying problems, conceptualizing resolutions, and implementing change.

7. Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, complex technical issues in a clear, concise manner, to individuals with little or no technical background.