Accountant Lead Accounting Baptist Jacksonville

Baptist Health (Jacksonville); Key West (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Jacksonville seeks an experienced accounting professional to prepare internal financial statements, support schedules and footnotes for the annual audit, and ensure GAAP compliance across a complex hospital system with 200+ locations.

The role mentors team members, reviews work of other accounting staff, and supervises month-end close processes. It is described as the highest accounting role before management, requiring extensive accounting experience and sound judgement.

Qualifications

• Extensive accounting experience with GAAP interpretation.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and supervise accounting staff.
• Strong analytical and compliance skills.

Responsibilities

• Coaches and mentors team members
• Can review work performed by other accounting roles as necessary
• Supervises process flow and month end close activities
• This position is the highest level of accounting (prior to manager level)
• It requires extensive accounting experience in exercising judgement in interpreting authoritative guidance.

Job description

About Baptist Health Recognized as a top place to work in health care, Baptist Health cares for more patients in Northeast Florida than any other provider, ranking as “most preferred” for more than 30 years. We’re Jacksonville's only locally governed, faith-based, not-for-profit health system and provide a full spectrum of preventive and specialty care through 200+ locations and six hospitals. Our centers of excellence include Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute and Wolfson Children's Hospital.

This role prepares internal financial statements, assists in preparation of schedules and footnotes to assist in completion of the annual audited financial statements, interprets and implements GAAP, and provides advanced analytical, financial, accounting, and compliance support to department and leadership

• Coaches and mentors team members
• Can review work performed by other accounting roles as necessary
• Supervises process flow and month end close activities
• This position is the highest level of accounting (prior to manager level)
• It requires extensive accounting experience in exercising judgement in interpreting authoritative guidance.

Primary Location: Downtown - 841 Building 841 Prudential dr Jacksonville, FL 32207 United States of America

Baptist Health’s care for the community spans generations. Together, we’re the largest group of people in Northeast Florida focused on innovative health care for patients, improving the health equity of our neighbors, and creating a welcoming workplace for team members where everyone’s voice is heard.