Accountant

Altus Community Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Houston is seeking an Accountant to manage treasury tasks and assist with audits. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Accounting and strong problem-solving and communication skills. This full-time role offers a fast-paced work environment focused on financial performance. A positive attitude and ability to work independently are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related degree required.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to conduct research, gather data, and present information.

Responsibilities

• Assist Treasury Manager with day-to-day treasury activities.
• Process payments and new account maintenance.
• Monitor compliance with accounting principles.
• Analyze data and communicate findings.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Job Summary

This Accountant is responsible for helping to maintain day-to-day treasury, insurance, and property tax processes set forth by the Treasury Manager and Chief of Staff. Will assist in audit of all related activities and strategies. Responsible for communicating with both onshore and offshore teams and help streamline activities related to treasury. Will collaborate with other departments on property insurance and tax, and receive exposure to corporate, healthcare, and automotive finance and accounting. Responsibilities to grow in time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assisting Treasury Manager with day-to-day treasury activities
• Payment processing
• Check approvals
• New account maintenance
• Credit card auditing
• Helping maintain active bank account, credit card, insurance, property tax and loan registers
• Working with banks to satisfy loan covenants
• Monitor compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures
• Conduct ad-hoc projects. Analyze large volumes of data and communicate findings
• Utilize critical thinking to tackle complex problems
• Identify processes that could impact financial performance and implement solutions

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related degree required
• Adept at problem-solving, including identifying issues and finding solutions with minimal direction
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Above average computer literacy, e.g. MS Word and Excel (pivot tables, vlookup)
• Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills
• Effective attention to detail and accuracy, able to monitor own work for quality and thoroughness
• Able to conduct research, gather data, and organize information to present data in a meaningful way
• Able to work independently and as part of a team with minimal direction
• Displays a positive, team player attitude willing to take on additional roles/responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and help resolve issues
• Works well in a fast-paced environment
• Highly driven and self-motivated with a passion for continuous improvement
• Displays integrity and commitment to excellence in all work

Language, Mathematical, and/or Reasoning Ability

• Ability to read and interpret documents. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak with stakeholders.
• Ability to perform and check mathematical calculations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

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.

• Ability to adapt, learn and deliver as required with little training
• Able to adjust or move objects up to 25 pounds
• Willingness to travel (As Needed)

Work Environment

• A fast-paced, high performance work environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing

Industries

• Accounting