Staff Accountant

Position Title: Staff Accountant 

Reports To: VP, Controller 

Classification: Exempt

Places of Work: Hybrid (Mostly remote – Must be based within commuting distance to Headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ)

People Leader: No

About the Organization: 

Equality Health is an integrated, holistic, and tech-enabled healthcare delivery system focused on improving the health and wellness of diverse populations. Founded in 2015, Equality Health aims to improve access to value-based care for people who have long struggled with navigating the traditional one-size-fits-all U.S. healthcare system. The mission of the company is to provide high-quality care that improves and enhances lives regardless of race, ethnicity, age, or income.

Through its supplemental care management services and proprietary technology platform, CareEmpower™, Equality Health helps managed care plans and health systems improve outcomes and lower costs for diverse populations while simultaneously facilitating the transition to risk-based accountability. Equality Health supports over 800,000 members and more than 4,000 practice sites and continues to scale rapidly.

In 2021, Equality Health partnered with General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, to help drive continued expansion and fuel the next phase of growth as a leading value-based primary care network serving the Medicaid, Medicare and ACA Exchange populations. This strategic investment will enable Equality Health to pursue further geographic expansion, technological innovation and product development while furthering its mission of increasing access to care, lowering costs and improving outcomes for underserved individuals, families and communities.

About the Role:

Our ideal candidate is professional, capable of managing and prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced environment, and extremely self-motivated. 

The Staff Accountant is a team member who reports directly to the VP, Controller assisting with various accounting processes. The Staff Accountant will assist with accounting processes such as month end closing, bank account reconciliation, general ledger reconciliations, fixed asset management, and journal entries. The Staff Accountant is also responsible for transactional, operational, and strategic management of accounts payable. Accounts payable processes include all aspects of expense management such as corporate credit card, expense reimbursements, and accounts payable processing and reconciliation. This position will support multi-entity and multi-location operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting and Compliance
  • Perform month-end accounting close activities including journal entries, account reconciliations, and other reporting schedules and data analysis.
  • Prepare journal entries accurately and timely in accordance with the close calendar.
  • Prepare bank reconciliations and research reconciling items throughout the month.
  • Research month-end variance to budget as needed.
  • Assist with year-end closing and audit requests.
  • Maintain internal control policies and procedures.
  • Other duties as assigned.
• Expense Management
  • Manage the full expense management process from receipt of invoices to payment.
  • Ensure expense compliance including all receipts are attached, transactions are within policy, approval obtained, and complete reconciliations.
  • Responsible for IRS 1099 compliance and reporting.
  • Manage vendor relations and build effective partnerships.
  • Partner with Leadership and identify and implement process improvements.
  • Investigates and resolves problems associated with processing of invoices.
  • Verifying expenses are charged to the correct legal entity, account, department, and location.
  • Ensure on time month end closing of AP including AP accruals and all related account reconciliations.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (preferred), Finance, or related field.
• 1 to 3 years related experience with proven accounting and Excel skills.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks.
• High degree of attention to detail.
• Strong analytic abilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, autonomous, entrepreneurial environment.
• Results orientation with excellent follow-through.
• Ability to self-manage workflow and deliverables.
• Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer and facilitator.
• Superb personal organization skills and acute attention to detail.
• Team player: demonstrates maturity, growth mindset, flexibility, strong work ethic, and ability to build relationships across multiple audiences.
• Willingness to offer and respond positively to feedback.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Current eligibility or desire to obtain eligibility to sit for the CPA exam.
• Experience working with computerized financial accounting system, preferably Intacct and/or Ramp

Equality Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.