Healthcare General Accountant: Payroll, Assets & Analytics

Cahaba Medical Care; Centreville (AL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cahaba Medical Care seeks a General Accountant to handle General Accounting, Payroll, Fixed Assets, and Pharmacy accounting, with a focus on accuracy and compliance. You will also support cash flow, AP/AR, and month-end close tasks across departments.

Responsibilities include preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, contributing to audits, and assisting in budgeting. This role requires integrity, confidentiality, and strong Excel/Sage Intacct proficiency.

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years of experience in the Accounting profession.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting or other business-related field.
• Indisputable reputation for integrity.
• Disciplined sensitivity regarding confidential information.
• Critical thinking to ask appropriate questions and recognize questionable transactions.
• Collaborative disposition.
• Passion for Cahaba Medical Care’s Core Cultural Competencies.
• Advanced skill and proficiency with accounting software.
• Functional with spreadsheet software in manipulating large data sets.
• Functional in Sage Intacct accounting software.
• Familiarity with BILL A/R and A/R software.
• Experience with Ramp Credit Card software.
• Expertise in Pharmacy accounting including operating in Liberty software.
• Experience with Google Sheets including graphing features.

Responsibilities

• Serve the organization’s accounting requirements including General Accounting, Payroll, Fixed Assets accounting, and Pharmacy accounting primarily, with a supporting role related to Cash Management, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable
• Book entries related to leases, notes, mortgages, and other liabilities
• Maintain revenue recognition standards as they relate to patient revenue, grant revenue, donations, and all other revenue streams
• Support daily cash management efforts including ongoing reconciliations of all bank accounts, tracking of donations, and accounting for credit card transactions
• Participate in month-end and year-end accounting activities
• Support the annual financial audit, providing requested data and analyses
• Enter and analyze statistical data including patient encounters and other accountability metrics
• Participate in annual physical inventory of the Foundation’s inventory and its fixed assets, producing reports and analyses
• Function as the resident expert related to synchronization of accounting systems (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Cards, General Ledger)
• Maintain rigid adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Adhere to all internal controls including regular reconciliations of balance sheet accounts
• Assist in developing annual operating budgets and other forward-looking strategic analyses
• Maintain job procedures for assigned tasks and functions
• Contribute to cross-functional projects and objectivesAssist leadership with special projects and information requests
• Model Cahaba Medical Care’s Core Cultural Competencies
• Perform other requests and responsibilities as assigned by leadership

Skills

Accounting

Integrity

Confidentiality

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Business-related field

Tools

Sage Intacct

Ramp Credit Card software

Liberty

Google Sheets

Excel

BILL A/R

A/R software

Job description

Cahaba Medical Care seeks a General Accountant to handle General Accounting, Payroll, Fixed Assets, and Pharmacy accounting, with a focus on accuracy and compliance. You will also support cash flow, AP/AR, and month-end close tasks across departments.

Responsibilities include preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, contributing to audits, and assisting in budgeting. This role requires integrity, confidentiality, and strong Excel/Sage Intacct proficiency.