Senior Accountant

Apicha Community Health Center aims to improve community health by providing access to comprehensive primary care, preventive health services, mental health, and supportive services. The center is dedicated to delivering high-quality, culturally competent services that enhance the quality of life. It also advocates for and offers a welcoming environment for underserved and vulnerable populations.

We are seeking a Senior Accountant for our Manhattan location.

Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Controller, the Senior Accountant is primarily responsible for managing and exercising professional judgment with respect to organizational purchasing, accounts payable functions, and through payments, facilitating the preparation of journal entries, maintaining balance sheet schedules and ledgers and account and bank reconciliations. Additionally, the Senior Accountant assists and advises the Controller with monthly closings, account analysis, and supports the Controller in carrying out the responsibilities of the Finance Department.

Significant responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Purchasing and Payables Management: System Management – Review daily activity in the automated management system, ensure that system is operating effectively, and address any system alerts in a timely manner
  •  Monitor timely submission of vendor invoices, respond to vendor inquires and reconcile vendor invoice / statement discrepancies
• Accounting:  Complete bank reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner, review outstanding checks and alert the Controller of any discrepancies
• Program Budgets / Contracts and Grants:  Manage state and city awards, contracts, and other foundation (private) grants and related program budgets for the organization.
• Banking:  On a daily basis, download and distribute available cash balances and reconcile any positive pay exceptions
• Payroll and Benefits:   Enter new hire payroll and tax information in ADP, and terminate employees when
• Insurance:   Complete all corporate insurance applications in an accurate and timely manner, and serve as primary liaison with agency brokers and corporate insurance carriers
  • Maintain schedule of coverages, including limits, annual premiums, deductibles, etc
• Compliance and Collaboration:  Prepare and submit the Public Goods Pool and Medicare Credit Balance reports, maintain supporting worksheets – oversee and coordinate timely transfer of funds, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business, minimum of five (5) years’ experience in accounting/finance
• Knowledge of general ledger account reconciliation and the purchasing / accounts payable cycle, and experience with program budgeting, contracts and multi-source funding is preferred
• Knowledge and proficiency of Finance / Accounting principles
• Experience in managing and overseeing complex financial transactions and accounting systems
• Demonstrate the ability to multitask, to problem solve, and work with diverse compliance / reporting requirements
• Strong computer skills are essential, especially with Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

At Apicha, we believe that serving the needs of our staff is just as important as serving the needs of underserved people of New York City as such we are proud to offer our team members a competitive employee benefits package which include 12 Paid Holidays, vacation and sick leave, Health Insurance Coverage, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Employee Assistant Program just to name a few.