Staff Accountant

Job Title: Staff Accountant

Reports To: Director of Finance

Job Summary: This position ensures the accuracy of financial reporting and assist in maintaining financial records.

Qualifications and Requirements:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Job duties may be modified at any time based on business needs.

Essential Job Duties:

• Maintains and records accounting transactions for payroll, service billings, lease/rent billings, pharmacy operations, clinical operations, administrative operations, and grants.
• Maintains customer and General Ledger (GL) account setup.
• Performs monthly bank/GL reconciliations and other reconciliations as required.
• Prepares financial and operating reports such as trial balances, adjustments, closing entries, analysis and interpretation of accounting records.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual budget.
• Participates in monthly and fiscal year closing processes.
• Assists in preparing grant budgets, tracks and reconciles grants and completes grant progress reports.
• Performs grant drawdowns as required.
• Performs routine internal compliance audits of financial procedures of all departments as requested by Senior Staff Accountant or designee.
• Ensures that financial records and procedures comply with applicable funding and governmental agencies' requirements, generally accepted accounting principles and CCHCI policies and procedures.
• Assists external auditors in completing the annual audit and other reviews, as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or required. This job description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of this position but may not be an all-inclusive list.

Required Minimum Qualifications - Education, Experience, Certificates & Licenses:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance related field required.
• Two or more years of experience demonstrating a strong understanding of accounting processes and principles.
• Participates in training and education programs to maintain professional competence and skills.

Preferred Qualifications - Education, Experience, Certificates & Licenses:

• Experience with grant revenue recognition or fund accounting preferred.

Required Language Skills:

• Ability to comprehend and compose effective instructions, correspondence and communications in English in both oral and written format.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to occasionally exert enough force to move objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Ability to continuously remain in a stationary position.
• Ability to occasionally move about inside the workplace to access files, office machinery, etc.
• Possesses hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to constantly operate computer, telephone, and other office machinery.
• Possesses close visual acuity necessary to accurately record and view information on a computer monitor, handwritten and typed documents.
• Ability to discern the nature of sounds at a normal spoken volume.

Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated aptitude in basic accounting.
• Ability to employ statistical / mathematical methods to collect and analyze data and develop solutions.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Ability to perform a variety of assignments and make decisions requiring independent judgment.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of community health centers preferred.
• Expert knowledge of accounting practices and principles.
• Computer literacy required with proficiency in use of Microsoft Office programs and accounting software.
• Knowledge of Peachtree and NextGen software preferred.
• Proficiency in Excel spreadsheets with specific ability to create and edit Pivot tables and graphs required.
• Knowledge of programming, report writer software, and adobe standard strongly preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and plan work activities and use time efficiently.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Work Environment & Conditions:

• The work environment is typical of an administrative office setting with no substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
• Work occasionally requires extended hours to include evenings and weekends.
• Work requires the ability to be contacted by cell phone during or outside of regular work hours.
• Position can be remote hybrid.