Senior Accountant

Health-Bridge; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HealthBridge Financial seeks a systems-oriented Senior Accountant focused on improving processes and delivering accurate financial results. You will contribute to monthly close, strengthen accounting infrastructure, and automate recurring tasks using Sage Intacct, Brex, and Amazon QuickSight.

The role requires advanced Excel skills, ownership, and the ability to operate in a fast-changing environment while maintaining close accuracy and control.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA or CPA-track preferred.
• 4-7 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills with Power Query and complex data analysis.
• Strong experience with Sage Intacct; Brex and QuickSight helpful.
• Solid understanding of month-end close, reconciliations, and GL accounting.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and close deliverables.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close with deadlines and quality.
• Maintain general ledger accuracy and investigate anomalies.
• Analyze financial data and explain variances year over year and vs budget.
• Assist with financial reporting, audits, and documentation.

Conocimientos

Advanced Excel

Power Query

Data analysis

Process automation

Month-end close

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA-Track preferred

Herramientas

Sage Intacct

Brex

Amazon QuickSight

Descripción del empleo

Location: Downtown Chicago, Hybrid Tues/Thurs

Position Summary

HealthBridge Financial is seeking a systems-oriented Senior Accountant who enjoys improving processes as much as producing accurate financial results. This role will be a key contributor to the monthly close and will help strengthen the accounting infrastructure needed to support a growing healthcare finance business. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Excel, comfortable working across systems, and naturally looks for smarter, more automated ways to complete recurring accounting work.

Core Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and other close deliverables.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close while meeting established deadlines and quality standards.
• Maintain general ledger accuracy and investigate unusual balances or activity.
• Analyze financial data and explain significant period-over-period and budget-to-actual variances.
• Support financial reporting, audit requests, and documentation requirements.

Process Improvement & Systems

• Partner with the Controller to simplify, standardize, and automate reconciliations and recurring close activities.
• Use Sage Intacct, Brex, AmazonQuickSight, and advanced Excel to improve accounting workflows and reporting.
• Build andmaintainautomated schedules, data transformations, and reconciliation tools.
• Document accounting processes andidentifyopportunities to remove manual handoffs and duplicate work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountingor related field; CPA or CPA-track preferred.
• 4-7 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query, pivot tables, complex formulas, and structured data analysis.
• Strong Sage Intacct experience; experience with Brex and AmazonQuickSightpreferred.
• Excellent understanding of month-end close, reconciliations, and general ledger accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to improve recurring accounting processes through automation and better system design.
• High levelof ownership, attention to detail, and comfortoperatingin a fast-changing environment.

What Success Looks Like

• Close deliverables areaccurate,timely, and well documented.
• Manual accounting work declines as recurring tasks become more automated.
• Reconciliations and schedules are scalable, easy to review, and easy tomaintain.
• Issues areidentifiedearly and resolved with clear ownership.
• The Senior Accountant becomes a go-to resource for both accounting execution and process improvement.