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Overview:

Supervisor, Accounting

 
If you’re an accounting professional who wants your work to truly matter, this is the role for you. As an Accounting Supervisor in our healthcare organization, you’ll go beyond the numbers—supporting the financial foundation that enables high-quality patient care and community impact. 

You’ll lead a dedicated team, partner with thoughtful finance leaders, and navigate the unique and rewarding complexity of healthcare finance. We offer meaningful work, visible impact, and opportunities to grow your leadership skills in an environment that values collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement. 

The Accounting Supervisor oversees day-to-day accounting operations within the healthcare system, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with regulatory requirements, and adherence to internal controls. This role provides direct supervision to accounting staff, supports month-end close activities, and partners with finance leadership to maintain efficient, high-quality accounting processes across clinical and non-clinical entities. 

Essential Responsibilities 

• Supervise daily accounting operations, including general ledger, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close activities 

• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting documentation to ensure accuracy and compliance 

• Ensure adherence to GAAP, healthcare accounting standards, and organizational policies 

• Support preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and reports 

• Assist with annual audits, cost reports, and regulatory filings; serve as a key contact for auditors 

• Monitor internal controls and recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce risk 

• Provide guidance, coaching, and performance management for assigned accounting staff 

• Coordinate workload distribution and prioritize deadlines to meet reporting requirements 

• Collaborate with finance, revenue cycle, supply chain, payroll, and operational leaders to resolve accounting issues 

• Support system initiatives such as new entity onboarding, system conversions, or process standardization 

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree (Required) 

Certification/Licensure 

• Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) (Preferred but not required) 

Experience 

• 1 year of supervisory experience (Required) 

• 5 years of related experience (Required) 

• Experience with client server based financial systems (Preferred) 

• Healthcare and/or public accounting experience (Preferred) 

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.