Healthcare Staff Accountant: GL, Grants & Audit

Brattleboro Retreat; Brattleboro (VT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Brattleboro Retreat is seeking a Staff Accountant to support day-to-day accounting, monthly close, general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, financial reporting, and audit preparation. The role offers growth in a complex healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable handling financial data, with opportunities to develop technical knowledge within our finance team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field required.
• Minimum of two years of accounting experience, including supporting the preparation of financial statements and related schedules.
• Demonstrated knowledge of account reconciliations, audit support, cash management, and financial analysis.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with general-ledger and financial-reporting systems. Experience with Meditech or a comparable healthcare financial system is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Posts general journal entries (accruals, pre-paid, etc.).
• Completes internal/external reports, and external surveys on a timely basis (grant reporting, responsibility reports, etc.).
• Balances fixed assets to the general ledger.
• Reconciles bank statements.
• Performs miscellaneous billing and collections.
• Works with external auditors and provides proper documentation and support for financial information to promote efficient audit.
• Provides secondary support in absence of other staff accountant and/or accounts payable positions.
• Responsible for reporting to hospital finance leadership any deficiencies, suspicions of fraud, and suggestions for improvement in the accurate and timely reporting of financial information.
• Abides by all hospital policies regarding the use and communication of confidential information.
• Demonstrates effective management of time and good attendance.
• Exhibits a positive, team-oriented, respectful attitude and willingness to collaborate and cooperate with others.
• Responds to requests for information/projects by managers in timely manner.
• Maintains daily cash balances, cash projections.
• Completes financial reporting for government grants.

Skills

Accounting

Excel proficiency

Financial analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Meditech

Job description

Brattleboro Retreat is seeking a Staff Accountant to support day-to-day accounting, monthly close, general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, financial reporting, and audit preparation. The role offers growth in a complex healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable handling financial data, with opportunities to develop technical knowledge within our finance team.