Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Beth Israel Lahey Health is a healthcare organization committed to making a difference in people’s lives. The Accountant Sr position involves assisting in the development of accurate and timely financial statements, ensuring all financial transactions are recorded accurately, and maintaining up-to-date account reconciliations.
Responsibilities
- Assists in the month end close including the production of accurate and timely financial statements on both an accrual and cash basis
- Writes journal entries to record net patient service revenue, contract revenue, wages and benefits, and other revenues and expenses incurred by departments on a monthly basis
- Responsible for the accuracy of all journal entries, enabling the production of accurate departmental and physician level profit and loss (P/L) statements. Understands and appreciates the importance of physician P/L accuracy; inaccurate information could negatively impact physician compensation
- Applies critical reasoning skills and professional judgment in reviewing balance sheet (BS) and PL balances and proposes additional entries as necessary
- Maintains up to date and accurate monthly account reconciliations. Reconciles and maintains schedules supporting account balances based on source documentation. Proposes correcting entries as necessary
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- 3-5 years related work experience required
- A strong understanding of the principles of accrual accounting
- Must be a value add contributor to the team with strong work ethic and ability to be a self-starter; acts as a change agent to streamline and improve processes
- Excellent attention to detail along with a grasp of the larger sense of the organization's financial activities
- Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases
- Experience in accounting, finance, and/or related field
- EPICOR and/or FRX experience
- Prior experience working in Healthcare
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