Senior Accountant

Overview:

Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. This client is a locally based, nonprofit healthcare organization. Their health system includes two hospitals, a 100-provider primary and specialty care medical group, a cancer center; and a new medical fitness center.

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Fairfield, CA, 94534

Duration: 3 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

JOB SUMMARY:

Duties:

• A Senior Accountant works under minimal supervision to produce and analyze accurate and timely financial statements for all assigned client, divisions, and/or general ledger accounts.
• A Senior Accountant manages a specialized area of concentration as assigned.
• Concentration areas include, but are not limited to, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivable, Capitation, Costing and Accounting for Affiliates.
  
  

Skills:

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES

• Manages area of concentration: includes related general ledger subsystem, software, and related reporting.
• May involve supporting the preparation of related budget schedules.
• Fixed Asset concentration assesses and prepares ROI proforma for capital requisitions that require board approval.
• Prepares advanced monthly journal entries.
• Reviews, analyzes, and interprets assigned monthly financial statements, reports and all related sub-schedules for use by management.
• Prepares monthly account analysis and reconciliation of all assigned general ledger accounts.
• May include cross review of other concentrations.
• Assists outside consultants with the preparation of annual audit and tax reports and prepares requested schedules.
• Evaluates and implements appropriate internal control procedures to assure that the financial transactions of the corporation are appropriately and accurately recorded in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Assists management with other duties as assigned to meet business needs.
  
  

Education:

• B.S. in Accounting or equivalent experience. CPA preferred.
  
  

Experience:

• 5 or more years hospital accounting experience, with prior experience related to area of concentration.
  
  

Skills:

• Able to work effectively under tight time constraints.
• Must be able to analyse complex accounting and operational problems and be able to recommend viable solutions to those problems.
• Must be able to initiate procedural changes in response to changes in the external environment.
• Demonstrated ability to apply generally accepted accounting principles.
• Demonstrated ability to make appropriate independent judgments on subjective accounting estimates.
• Must be able to assess the reasonableness of the results of their own work and/or the work of their subordinates.
• FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• ACCOUNTING
• ACCOUNTANT
  
  

P.C. Skills:

• Expert level Windows and Office (emphasis in Excel).
• Concentration software experience including StrataJazz, Keane (NTT), Kaufman Hall, Easy Cap or others.
• Demonstrated ability to work with Lawson general ledger systems.
  
  

Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High comfort level with dealing with all levels of management, including Senior Management
  
  

Physical Effort:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Sitting for long periods; use of computer and calculator.
  
  

Other:

• Requires a high comfort level with taking initiative and responsibility, high energy and productivity and the ability to manage details in an organized work style.
• Must be able to manage time and changing priorities effectively.
  
  

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.