Accounting Analyst- Lease Accounting/Tax Team

Talent Elite Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage

Health Savings Account with employer"s

Wellness dollars

401(k) Employer Match

Free imaging services for you and your

Job summary

Talent Elite Group's healthcare client in West LA is seeking an on-site Accounting Analyst to join the Lease Accounting/Tax team. This temp-to-hire role offers growth opportunities within a publicly traded radiology group.

You will reconcile accounts, develop policies, and lead process improvements while coordinating with auditors and cross-functional partners. The role emphasizes budgeting, forecasting, SOX controls, and automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• GAAP knowledge and applying GAAP to financial statements.
• 4+ years of professional accounting experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, reconciliations and financial statements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly reconciliations and flux analysis for balance sheet accounts.
• Develop and document accounting policies and procedures.
• Lead process improvement initiatives and cross-functional projects.
• Interact with internal and external auditors and support SOX controls.
• Collaborate with AP to ensure proper coding and sub-ledger reconciliations.
• Assist review of fixed assets and capitalization policies.
• Prepare journal entries with clear descriptions for audit trail.
• Support budgets and analytical commentary for operations review.
• Automate and improve day-to-day accounting processes.

Skills

GAAP expertise

Budgeting & Forecasting

Account reconciliations

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains

Job description

Our Healthcare client is seeking an Accounting Analyst to join their company This person will be part of the Lease Accounting/Tax team. This is a publicly traded multi-unit radiology group that offers excellent growth potential! Role is based on site in West LA.

***This role is also open to Temp-to-Hire candidates***

Accounting Analyst Responsibilities

• Prepare account reconciliations and related analysis of various balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis and document flux analysis on our overall analytical review (OAR) for all comparable periods.
• Develop and document policies and procedures.
• Work collaboratively to develop and lead process improvement initiatives.
• Interact with internal and external auditors.
• Participate in and/or lead various projects, meetings, and/or other accounting functions as assigned by management.
• Collaborate with AP ensuring expenses are properly coded, overseeing recommended payment reports, sub-ledger reconciliations.
• Assist in review of fixed asset accounts to ensure proper account coding and compliance with capitalization policy.
• Help implement accounting policy and procedures to support best practices.
• Follow and comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for financial statements.
• Record and research all financial information for analysis.
• Prepare and provide monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and related analytical commentary for review with the operations team.
• Support day-to-day accounting and operations with an emphasis on automation and improving current processes.
• Partner with cross-functional business partners and third parties to foster working relationships, support company initiatives, and assist with ad hoc projects.
• Participate in required SOX compliance control testing.
• Analyzing important variances among actual, budget and forecasted data and providing detailed explanations related to underlying causes.
• Analyze, recommend and implement process improvement opportunities that enhance the efficiency of the accounting and finance processes while also increasing the informative value of the content provided to our internal operations team and joint venture partners.
• Manage high volume and complex issues.
• Act as the primary financial liaison between operations and finance including but not limited to inquiries related to payroll, accounts payable, contracting and revenue reimbursement and at all times adhering to all accounting policies and procedures.
• Prepare journal entries that provide descriptions that add clarity as to "why" the entry is being recorded that cannot be gleamed from the journal entry inputs already identified by the system.

Accounting Analyst Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• 4+ years of professional experience in fast–paced environment.
• Must have an understanding of key financial concepts such as budgeting, forecasting, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Possess strong quantitative and analytical skills with attention to details, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrations strong work-ethic and high-level of accountability.
• Ability to analyze high volume of transactions/data.
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently and as a team member with minimal daily direction from management to accomplish objectives and deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills, Pivot Tables, Vlookups.
• Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains is a plus.

We offer comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision coverages, Health Savings Accounts with employer funding, Wellness dollars, 401(k) Employer Match, and free services at any of our imaging centers for you and your immediate family.