Accountant II, Finance

Position Summary: Under the direction of the Senior Accountant, Accountant II is responsible for coaching the Accountant I and reporting to the Senior Accountant.  The Accountant II will be involved in the daily accounting activities, monthly close activities, journal entries, and assist in financial reporting.  The Accountant II will collaborate and work interdependently with other members of the Finance Department and Operations Partner, as needed. 

Education, License & Cert: 

• A Baccalaureate Degree or degree from an accredited college or university; OR
• An Associate Degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum of eight years of work experience; OR
• A satisfactory combination of education, training, and experience.

Experience:

Two to three years of account reconciliation experience and one year of general accounting work is required along with the ability to work independently. Experience in the healthcare industry or a not‐for profit business is preferred as well as working knowledge of healthcare operations, month end closing processes, and cost allocations. Familiarity with PeopleSoft/Oracle and EPIC is a plus and a strong working knowledge of Excel and Word is required.  Report writer experience is helpful. 

Essential Functions:

1. Prepares moderately complex monthly journal entries, account reconciliations and financial statement analyses to be reviewed by the Senior Accountant. 10. Adheres to Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Entity Financial Leadership. 

2. Completes compilation of the Entity Financial Report Packages deliverable to Entity Financial Managers with accuracy and completeness as well as compilations and analyses of financial and statistical reports as needed for various Finance functions (i.e. tax, cost reporting, etc.) 

3. Monitors and analyzes moderately complex departmental and budgetary variances and completes reports for management. 

4. Gathers and reviews census and other statistical data used in various financial and statistical reports compiled by the Finance Department. 

5. Provides training, coaching and backup assistance to other Accounting I function team members, as needed. 

6. Works with external auditors in connection with the year‐end audit process. 

7. Completes Balance Sheet reconciliation and Expense variance research as needed to support accounting function and leadership. 

8. Participates in departmental year‐end count of physical inventory and tasks assigned by leadership. 

9. Support the Financial Operations, Budgeting and Decision Support Departments within Finance with accounting schedules and support, as needed. 

Other Duties: 

1. Must be adept at working with detailed financial data and statistics and maintain good communication skills with Senior Accountant and Accountant I.

2. Meets deadlines and completes work thoroughly and accurately. 

3. Participates in committees and projects as assigned. 

4. Performs other duties as assigned. 

pay grade min $26.11/hr max $40.74/hr