Controller

confidential • Salem, VA • Full Time

Posted on Wed, Oct 7, 2026

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Controller with LewisGale Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Organizes, directs and staffs the Accounting Department in a manner commensurate with the scope of service offered.

Supervises the day-to-day activities of the Accounting staff including ensuring their duties are performed accurately and timely.

Creates and fosters an environment that encourages open communication within the department and between hospital management and fiscal.

Coordinates completion of the year-end Tax Work-paper package. Responsible for the preparation and review of any items associated with Medicare year-end items.

Coordinates the completion of Sarbanes Oxley/Internal Controls Hospital Level Key Control requirements. Also ensures Hospital is compliant with all areas of HCA Sarbanes Oxley 404 requirements.

Ensures balance sheet and income statement accuracy.

Establishes productivity goals for the Fiscal department and aides in productivity management for the facility including FPC plans, staffing grids, missed target discussions and budgeting.

Assists with and helps coordinate with CFO/ACFO on the budget preparation.

Ensures timely submission of monthly, quarterly and semiannual report requirements by Division.

Responsible for completion of assigned survey, review, audit response, hospital-related project/ research. 

Leads the performance and creation of ad hoc data mining reports using Business Objects as necessary for daily, monthly, and yearly assignments.

Responsible for the cross-training for the entire Fiscal staff. At least one staff, preferably two, will be required to perform as a backup for any major functions that are performed by the Fiscal department.

Other duties as assigned by CFO/ACFO.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree​ ​Accounting or Finance – Required

​​Master's degree​ ​Business Administration in Accounting or Finance​ – Preferred

3+ years of experience in​ ​Accounting​ – Required

5+ years of experience in​ ​Accounting with 1-2 years’ experience supervising accountants preferably in a healthcare setting​ – Preferred

​​Certified Public Accountant​ - Preferred

Benefits

LewisGale Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

LewisGale Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1909. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 500+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in the Salem area. We specialize in heart and vascular care—including the latest advanced technology available through our designated Heart Center—as well as orthopedics and spine care, services for mental and behavioral health and cancer care.

At LewisGale Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.


"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Controller opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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