Accountant - FT - Days - Accounting

DHR Health; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, is seeking an Accountant to support daily financial operations under the Accounting Director. The role involves reconciling cash accounts, preparing journal entries, and assisting staff with routine duties.

Evening or weekend availability may be required, and bilingual English/Spanish is a plus. The position emphasizes accuracy, adherence to accounting standards, and effective communication with internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Auditing, or Finance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Occasional evening or weekend work may be required.
• Bilingual – English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records and reports.
• Post journal entries and perform reconciliations.
• Establish accounts and classify entries.
• Reconcile cash accounts to bank records.
• Assist Accounting staff with other duties.

Skills

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

Communication skills

Bilingual: English/Spanish

Evening/weekend availability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Auditing, or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Pivot Tables

Job description

US:TX:Edinburg | Financial Services | Full Time

Description

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

Under the Direction of the Accounting Director, Accountant will support the overall operations by performing a variety of accounting clerical tasks. Candidate will be exposed to basic accounting procedures and principles. Reconcile various cash accounts to bank records by identifying errors in posting or omissions by applying appropriate accounting standards. Receive, research, and resolve variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status. Files, maintain, and distribute accounting documents, records and reports. Assist Accounting staff with other duties as assigned.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Accounting, Auditing, or Finance required
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Occasional evening or weekend work may be required
• Bilingual – English/Spanish.

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

• One (1) year of progressively responsible financial or fiscal control work in a Hospital, preferred but not required.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel including complex formulas and Pivot table functions.

Responsibilities

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices.
• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards
• Prepares and posts various journal entries to designated accounts for reconciliations and adjustments
• Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other information:

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES

(Chain-of-command)

1. (Director of Accounting)

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA)

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

• Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
• Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.
• Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.
• Pulling hand over hand
• Pushing
• Repeated bending
• Stooping/Bending
• Reaching above shoulder
• Climbing Stairs
• Climbing Ladders
• Dual simultaneous grasping
• Depth Perceptions needed
• Ability to see
• Identify Colors
• Operating office equipment
• Operating mechanical equipment
• Ability to read and write
• Ability to Count
• Ability to hear verbal communication without aid
• Operating Personal Vehicle
• Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication
• Other: Ability to deal with stress

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences of shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable __________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________