Manager Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting

Overview

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in communities across the country. With a focus on consumer-friendly processes and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. We are driven by our purpose of caring for people: our patients, our communities and one another.

Located in Brentwood, Tennessee, Ardent has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s strongest and most innovative healthcare systems. Our facilities and clinics are consistently recognized among healthcare’s best employers. We recognize each hospital and clinic is as unique as the community it serves. We strive to maintain strong community ties through advisory boards, contributions, charitable care, education and outreach.

Ardent includes:

• 30 hospitals
• 280 sites of care
• 4,281 beds
• 24,000+ team members
• 8,200+ nurses
• 1,800+ aligned providers
• 5.8M annual provider encounters
• 421 medical residents

Ardent makes considerable investments in people, technology, facilities, and communities, producing high quality care and extraordinary results. From newly constructed facilities and expanded services, to lifesaving technology and outstanding opportunities for employees, Ardent is committed to providing its hospitals and clinics the tools needed to succeed.

We believe it is this mix of corporate support and local autonomy that equips our teams for success.

Job Overview:

The Manager, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting is responsible for supporting the Company’s internal and external financial reporting and technical accounting functions, including the preparation and review of the Company’s consolidated interim and annual financial statements and periodic reports filed with the SEC in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements. This role assists with the external audit process, researches and documents complex technical accounting matters, supports the Company’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program, and provides accurate and timely financial reporting deliverables to executive leadership, lenders and other key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews the Company’s quarterly and annual SEC filings (Forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K), including financial statements, footnote disclosures, MD&A and XBRL tagging, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC rules and Regulations S-X and S-K.  
• Serves as a key liaison with the Company’s independent auditors, coordinating quarterly reviews and the annual audit, managing requests between the auditors and department leaders, and supporting discussions of key accounting topics and disclosures.  
• Prepares and reviews monthly and quarterly financial reporting deliverables provided to the Company’s lenders, including compliance certificates and reporting required under the Company’s credit agreements.  
• Assists in preparing materials that support executive leadership for quarterly earnings calls, investor conferences and investor meetings, including earnings press releases, prepared remarks, investor presentations and supporting reference materials. 
• Researches, documents and applies technical accounting guidance for complex and non-routine transactions, preparing accounting memoranda covering areas such as lease accounting (ASC 842), equity-based compensation (ASC 718), business combinations, acquisitions and divestitures (ASC 805 / ASC 810), debt and revenue recognition. 
• Supports the Company’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program by designing, performing and documenting internal controls over financial reporting and coordinating with internal and external auditors on control testing.  
• Performs in-depth analysis and provide insightful interpretation of financial results to senior leadership to support decision making. 
• Advises hospital and corporate accounting personnel on complex accounting topics and the application of new accounting standards.  
• Drives process improvements and automation across the financial reporting and technical accounting processes.  
• Performs other duties as needed, including assistance with acquisitions, divestitures, complex transactions and special projects.  

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.   
• CPA certification.   
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.  
• Public Accounting experience. 
• Demonstrated experience researching and applying U.S. GAAP to complex transactions, including leases, equity-based compensation, business combinations and debt.  
• Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) internal control frameworks.  
• Ability to manage competing deadlines and work efficiently under stress.  
• Ability to work and interact with departments throughout the Company.  
• Ability to make decisions and communicate those decisions.  
• Strong leadership skills and exceptional written and verbal communication skills.  

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Management and/or project oversight experience.  
• Previous healthcare and corporate experience. 
• Working knowledge of SEC reporting requirements, Regulations S-X and S-K, non-GAAP reporting and XBRL; experience with a reporting platform (e.g., Workiva).