Controller

Methodist Family Health, Inc.; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Methodist Family Health seeks an experienced accounting professional to maintain general ledgers for multiple entities and coordinate audits. You will prepare financial statements, reconcile ledgers, manage fixed assets in MAS, and support compliance with GAAP and federal/state requirements. Strong communication and teamwork are essential.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in not-for-profit/healthcare GAAP, budgeting for multi-company operations, and CPA preferred; MS Office proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• At least five years' experience with not-for-profit and healthcare GAAP accounting.
• Budgeting experience for a $30-$40 million multi-company operation preferred.
• CPA preferred.
• Excellent communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain general ledgers for assigned companies.
• Produce monthly and annual financial statements to management and Board.
• Reconcile G/L to sub-ledgers and approve weekly accounts payable.
• Coordinate revenue adjustments with Billing Department Director during month-end closings.
• Maintain fixed asset module in MAS and ensure sub-ledgers reconcile.
• Maintain permanent records for financials, setup, taxes, and Medicaid per diem correspondence.
• Support Accounts Payable as needed.
• Coordinate audits with independent auditors and prepare tax information for filings.
• Communicate internal control policies and GAAP/compliance standards.

Skills

Not-for-profit GAAP experience

Excellent communication

Team player

Auditory/visual abilities

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

MAS accounting system

Job description

Responsibilities

Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the general ledgers for each assigned company.

Produce, distribute, and communicate monthly and annual financial statements to management, department directors, and Board of Directors consistently with the timeline established by management.

Reconcile general ledger accounts to sub-ledgers and supporting details on a monthly basis and approve weekly accounts payable for disbursement.

In conjunction with month end closings, coordinate with Billing Department Director to obtain and record revenue and contractual allowance adjustments. Maintain analysis and reports of trends to supplement analysis of the monthly and annual financial statements.

Maintain and review monthly transactions to the fixed asset module in MAS and ensure sub-ledger reconciles to each company’s general ledger.

Maintain permanent file records for assigned companies. Records should include all pertinent business documents that relate to financials, organizational set up, notes payable, mortgages, deeds, titles, taxes and Medicaid per diem correspondence.

Provide support to Accounts Payable Specialist as needed.

Communicate and coordinate annual financial statement and A-133 compliance audits with independent auditors. Responsible for providing all items for the assigned companies and working with independent auditors to address questions. Assist in the preparation of requested tax information to facilitate timely filings of the various returns.

Prepare and communicate internal control policies and procedures throughout the Continuum. Set professional standards and communicate the importance of Yellow Book, A-133 contract compliance standards for federal and state grants, GAAP, and all other related regulations relating to accounting throughout the Accounting Department and Continuum.

Perform other necessary tasks as assigned by the CEO and CFO.

Qualifications

At least five years' experience working with not-for-profit and healthcare GAAP accounting and related financial statements required; additional experience preferred.

Knowledge and experience with annual budgeting process for a $30-$40 million sized multi-company operation preferred.

CPA preferred.

Enthusiastic "team player" a must.

Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written.

Significant knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications.

Must have good auditory and visual ability.

Requires the ability to sit and stand for long periods of time and intermittently walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach with hands and arms.

Must be physically capable to receive verbal and written directions. Must be physically capable of sitting and standing for several hours at a time.

Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability. Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls.

Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment.

Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items.

Must be willing and able to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health.

Flu vaccination is mandatory and required for all positions (subject only to qualified exemptions).

Job descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be all-inclusive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

When an employee performs two or more different jobs, for which different straight time hourly rates are established, the employee will be paid during overtime hours at a rate not less than one and one-half time the hourly rate established for the type of work he or she is performing during the overtime hours.

Level One - Full Access: Ongoing regular access to PHI of all forms while the employee is on duty and performing within the scope of his or her job as defined by the employee's job description, and Policy and Procedure. "Such access must be for cause, consistent with job responsibilities and related to patients, claims, audits, reviews and other legitimate business purposes." (e.g. Physicians, nurses and other clinicians)

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