Senior Accountant

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work after training

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network in Allentown, PA, seeks a finance professional to uphold internal controls, ensure accurate financial reporting and manage multi-entity accounting processes. The role emphasizes GAAP compliance within a not-for-profit healthcare network.

Responsibilities include preparing entries, analyzing account data, supporting external audits and developing control policies. CPA/MBA and prior auditing experience are preferred; a bachelor’s degree in accounting or

Qualifications

• CPA/MBA preferred.
• Professional auditing experience preferred.
• Multi-entity inter-company accounting and consolidation experience required.

Responsibilities

• Reviews internal controls to assure reliability of financial statements and that accounting treatment is documented and compliant with FASB, GAAP, not-for-profit requirements and other Accounting standards.
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital or net asset account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintains financial security by ensuring appropriate internal controls are in place and working.
• Interprets new accounting guidance and evaluates its impact on financial reporting.
• Documents its treatment and develops procedures to ensure compliance if adopted.
• Researches technical accounting issues and writes internal “white papers” for complex and significant non-recurring transactions.
• Prepare annual financial audit workpapers and provide assistance to external auditors.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Audits balance sheet items to ensure they are properly supported and accounting treatment is consistent and accurate.

Skills

Auditing experience

Internal controls

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Management

Tools

Workday General Ledger

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

HOURS: Full Time, 40 hours/week, Days Mon-Fri, 8 hour work day- flexible start time with core business hours being 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM No nights, holidays, or weekends, with the exception of an occasional weekend during financial closing process when necessary to close timely. Home base location of St. Luke's Center in Allentown, PA. Remote work available for local (PA, NJ) candidates after training. Experience with Workday General ledger would be preferred, as would healthcare related accounting work experience.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reviews internal controls to assure reliability of financial statements and that accounting treatment is documented and compliant with FASB, GAAP, not-for profit requirements and other Accounting standards.
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital or net asset account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintains financial security by ensuring appropriate internal controls are in place and working.
• Interprets new accounting guidance and evaluates its impact on financial reporting.
• Documents its treatment and develops procedures to ensure compliance if adopted.
• Researches technical accounting issues and writes internal “white papers” for complex and significant non-recurring transactions.
• Prepare annual financial audit workpapers and provide assistance to external auditors.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Audits balance sheet items to ensure they are properly supported and accounting treatment is consistent and accurate.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Sitting up to minimum 7.5 hours per day.
• Continuously uses fingers and hands for data entry, etc.
• Uses upper extremities to lift up to 30 pounds.
• Frequently stoops, bends, and reaches above shoulder level.
• Hearing as it relates to normal conversation and telephone.
• Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision and peripheral vision.
• Visual monotony when reading reports and viewing computer screen.

EDUCATION:

Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Business Management preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

CPA/MBA preferred. Professional auditing experience preferred. Multi-entity inter-company accounting and consolidation experience required.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row. Learn More Here.