Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Sheltering Arms and VCU Health have come together to create Sheltering Arms Institute, a non-profit, state-of-the-science destination inpatient rehabilitation hospital and network of outpatient centers. The Institute blends advanced technology, research, and evidence-based clinical care to create an innovative, transdisciplinary model of rehabilitative care. Ranked among the nation's best rehabilitation hospitals and the top physical rehab provider in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report, our organizational values and approach to care facilitate superior patient outcomes and the realization of Sheltering Arms Institute's vision to reinvent rehabilitation. To reach that goal, we need talented team members who will contribute to our culture and patient-centric model of care. Our culture statement acts as the blueprint for aligning our choices and actions with our mission and vision. Join us on our journey to reinvent rehabilitation for life beyond limits.

Sheltering Arms Institute is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our team and is responsible for supporting the month-end closing process, ensuring the accuracy of financial information, and assisting management with reporting and analysis. This position works closely with the Accounting Manager and other team members to maintain strong financial controls and provide excellent service to internal partners.

Key Responsibilities:
• Prepare standard monthly journal entries with complete supporting documentation.
• Prepare adjusting entries to resolve identified errors, ensuring all corrections are supported.
• Post monthly journal entries and review the general ledger for accuracy.
• Generate monthly financial statements for inclusion in the monthly board package.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.
• Review and analyze expense accounts each month, identifying trends or unusual activity.
• Research and explain significant budget to actual variances.
• Track capital appropriation requests, provide capital versus expense guidance, and reconcile vendor funding packages.
• Experience with ASC842 software and entries to ensure compliance with standard.
• Prepare audit schedules and assist auditors during the annual audit process.
• Support special projects and ad hoc assignments as they arise.
• Provides oversight and support to the accounting clerk to ensure accuracy and timeliness of assigned tasks but does not have direct supervisory responsibility.
• Explores opportunities to improve business practices and performance across the institute through the use of guidance, development, mentorship and modeling optimal stewardship.
• Participates in leadership activities across the hospital and within department.
• Fosters an environment of optimal stewardship and models as such by using a consultative approach throughout the department
• Monitors and reports budgetary goals established during budget approval process to include operational and service delivery goals.
• Takes effective actions to address variances promptly and deals promptly and effectively with the variances.
• Ensures core team member levels are appropriate through the recruitment and hiring of qualified team members to deliver an efficient and effective level of patient care/customer service through continual assessment. Determines and addresses daily team member needs, schedules, and coverage within department and establishes cost efficient contingency plans. Including ongoing awareness of productivity targets and performance using agreed upon guidelines.
• Assumes overall responsibility for service, activities and outcomes in areas of responsibility.
• Addresses customer complaints/concerns timely and appropriately. Proactively ensures that supervisor is notified of potential situations. Adjusts communication timeliness according to urgency.
• Develops business goals and objectives in areas of responsibility that are consistent with the Sheltering Arms Institute for strategic plan/goals.
• Actively supports organizational customer service initiatives.
• Uses customer service survey data to gather information on departmental performance; evaluates the data, reviews trends and takes appropriate action.
• Ensures that all department/program activities fall within Corporate Compliance guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned and/or participates in special projects in order to support the mission of Sheltering Arms Institute and departments.

Qualifications and Skills
• Seven or more years' experience in general accounting and financial reporting.
• Advanced knowledge of computerized accounting systems and spreadsheets.
• Healthcare experience is a plus.
• ASC842 experience is a plus.
• Demonstrates patient-centered, problem-focused, and solutions-oriented care and ensures that the patients, families and communities are part of the transdisciplinary team.
• Models a high level of performance, professional growth, and enhanced competencies.
• Fosters an environment that is empowered to address concerns or facilitate a response by incorporating priorities into goal setting and planning.
• Education:
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or business.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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