Financial Reporting Accountant, Sr.

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics in Salt Lake City seeks a senior accounting professional to manage a complete set of accounts, prepare financial statements, and support internal and external reporting. You will ensure GAAP compliance and align with GASB and FASB standards while collaborating with finance leaders across University Accounting Department.

This role requires a strong background in governmental and fund accounting, grants, and research, with responsibility for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance, or equivalency.
• Four years of financial accounting experience.
• Demonstrated spreadsheet and database skills.
• Knowledge of GAAP, GASB, and FASB considerations.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and verifies complex accounting, statistical, and narrative statements and reports requiring extensive analysis and interpretation of data.
• Establishes and maintains departmental accounting procedures, recommends revisions to improve efficiency.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly and interim financial reports including journal entries, balance sheets, income/expense statements, and cash flow analyses.
• May train, supervise, and evaluate clerical or professional staff.
• Reviews proposed regulations and recommends alternatives to minimize fiscal impact.
• Performs monthly expense variance analysis.
• Prepares consolidations, inter-company transactions and reconciliations.
• Ensures accounting procedures conform to GAAP and GASB/FASB requirements.
• Develops and implements process improvements in accounting and financial reporting.
• Acts as internal business partner to operations and finance leadership.
• Assists with year-end audits and compliance activities.

Skills

Spreadsheet skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Governmental accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance

Job description

Overview

Top candidates will demonstrate knowledge with governmental accounting, fund accounting, research, and grants.

3 days per week minimum in office.

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position performs high-level professional accounting work and is responsible for the management of a complete set of accounts, preparation of financial statements and reports on University-wide accounting systems. This position exercises considerable judgment in maintaining accounting procedures and the preparation of statements and reports.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Prepares and verifies a variety of complex accounting, statistical, and narrative statements and reports requiring extensive analysis and interpretation of data.

• Establishes and maintains departmental accounting procedures, makes recommendations on the implementation of accounting system revisions to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

• Responsible for monthly, quarterly and interim financial reports which includes review and approval of journal entries, preparation of financial statements such as balance sheets, income and expense reports, and cash flow analyses for individual entities and consolidated enterprise reports.

• May train, supervise, and evaluate clerical staff; may supervise professional staff.

• Reviews and analyzes proposed and new regulations, prepares recommendations regarding alternatives available to minimize fiscal impact.

• Performs monthly expense variance analysis.

• Prepares consolidations, inter-company transactions and reconciliations.

• Ensure company accounting procedures conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requirements as appropriate.

• Responsible for developing and implementing process improvement initiatives relating to accounting and financial reporting.

• Functions as internal business partner to operations including finance directors and executive directors of the various entities as well as the University Accounting Department.

• Assists with periodic reviews, year-end audits and compliance activities in support of external auditors and the internal finance operation.

• Aids the controller and assistant controller in researching and documenting the organization's accounting position on technical subject matters.

• Special projects as requested.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated spreadsheet and database skills.

• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving, human relations and effective communication skills.

• Demonstrate knowledge with governmental accounting, fund accounting, research, and grants.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance, or equivalency.

• Four years of financial accounting experience.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements

Far Vision, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Sitting, Speaking

Multi-lingual Candidates Welcomed

To inquire about this posting, email: [e-mail]

EEO Statement

University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, a part of The University of Utah, values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patient populations.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, a part of The University of Utah, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran's status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.

To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics Human Resources office at 801-581-6500. If you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator's office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at: www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/ Online reports may be submitted at oe o.utah.edu/

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