Senior Accountant

SWCHC, Inc.

Bridgeport (CT)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Retirement plan (403B)

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability options

Life Insurance

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job summary

SWCHC, Inc. is seeking an experienced Accountant to ensure the integrity of financial records, record transactions, consolidate accounts, and prepare essential financial statements for management and external auditors.

The role requires a Bachelor’s or higher in Accounting/Finance with 2+ years in nonprofit health care, plus experience with healthcare grants and Acumatica. Strong deadlines, independent work, and confidentiality are essential.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or higher degree in Accounting or Finance.
At least two years in a non-profit health care setting.
Experience with healthcare grants.
Experience with accounting software, especially Acumatica.

Responsibilities

Prepare and record assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses by compiling and analyzing accounts.
Balance subsidiary accounts and reconcile transactions; resolve discrepancies.
Maintain general ledger and prepare trial balance; transfer subsdiary accounts as needed.
Summarize financial status with balance sheet, P&L, and related statements.
Assist with external audit by providing ledger data and schedules for auditors.
Analyze monthly financial statements and report variances.
Submit monthly and quarterly expenditure reports to contracted agencies.
Protect confidentiality of information and sensitive data.
Pursue ongoing professional development and stay current with accounting standards.

Skills

Accounting theory

Deadline management

Independent work

MS Office proficiency

Email communication

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Accounting/Finance

Non-profit health care experience (2+ years)

Healthcare grants experience (2+ years)

Acumatica experience preferred

Tools

Acumatica

Job description

Description

Summary: Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

All duties are subject to accommodation in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Prepares and records assets, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, resolving discrepancies.
Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, reconciling entries.
Summarizes financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts, providing information for auditors.
Assist with analyzing financial statements monthly and report on variances.
Maintains and submits Monthly and Quarterly Financial Expenditure Reports to Contracted Agencies.
Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Qualifications

Strong understanding of accounting theory
Ability to meet assigned deadlines
Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives
Proficiency with email and Microsoft Office applications
Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving and results.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's or higher degree in Accounting or Finance.
At least two years of non-profit health care organization experience.
At least two years of experience working with healthcare grants.
Experience utilizing accounting software. Acumatica strongly preferred.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

The physical requirements and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position requires the manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers, and other office equipment. The position requires the physical ability to kneel, bend and perform light lifting. This person must have the ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Generally, the working conditions are good with little or no exposure to extremes in health, safety hazards and/or hazardous materials. This person must have the ability to travel as required to work with staff.

Compensation and Benefits

In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The compensation of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation. The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

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