Senior General Accounting Manager

UCLA Outpatient Clinics; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Outpatient Clinics seeks a Senior General Accounting Manager to lead daily financial operations for the General Accounting Department across UCLA Health entities. You will oversee the general ledger, month-end close, financial reporting, audits, reconciliations, and complex projects while guiding a professional team.

This role collaborates with hospital departments, campus partners, and senior leadership to strengthen financial stewardship, resolve accounting issues, and ensure compliant

Qualifications

• Senior-level accounting leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger and month-end close processes.
• Experience with GASB standards and financial audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead general accounting operations and establish financial objectives that support accurate reporting.
• Manage the general ledger month-end process, including journal entries, schedules, accruals, and reconciliations.
• Oversee monthly reporting packages, including P&L and cash flow, and prepare presentations for leadership.
• Ensure reporting aligns with GASB standards and manage year-end close activities.
• Analyze revenue and expense variances and support complex accounting transactions.
• Support internal and external audits, including OSHPD reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on system implementations, upgrades, and chart of accounts changes.
• Develop and enforce departmental policies and processes; communicate with stakeholders.
• Lead and develop staff by setting goals, delegating work, and promoting accountability.

Skills

Leadership

Financial management

GAAP knowledge

Communication

Job description

Financial Services

Provide leadership for the daily financial operations of the General Accounting Department and support accurate financial reporting across multiple UCLA Health entities. As the Senior General Accounting Manager, you will oversee general ledger activities, financial reporting, accounting operations, audits, reconciliations, and complex financial projects while leading and developing a team of accounting and financial professionals. This role works closely with hospital departments, campus partners, internal and external stakeholders, and senior leadership to strengthen financial stewardship, resolve accounting issues, and support accurate and compliant financial reporting.

In this role, you will:

• Lead general accounting operations and establish financial objectives that support accurate and complete financial and statistical reporting.
• Manage the general ledger month-end process, including review of journal entries, schedules, analytical reviews, accruals, adjustments, and monthly reconciliations between the Medical Center and University general ledgers.
• Oversee monthly reporting packages, including profit and loss and cash flow reporting, and prepare financial presentations and dashboards for committees and senior and executive leadership.
• Ensure financial reporting aligns with applicable accounting guidance, including GASB 68, GASB 75, GASB 87, GASB 96, and GASB 103, and manage annual fund balance rollforwards and required year-end closing activities.
• Analyze revenue and expense variances, support complex accounting transactions, and respond to financial data requests involving new accounting guidance, agreements, projects, joint ventures, and potential acquisitions or hospital additions.
• Support internal and third-party audits, including financial statement and Uniform Guidance audits, and manage quarterly and annual OSHPD reporting requirements.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders on system implementations, upgrades, integrations, chart of account conversions, and other accounting projects, including project planning, timelines, and user acceptance testing.
• Develop and execute departmental policies and processes, identify solutions to accounting and operational issues, and communicate technical and non-technical information to stakeholders.
• Lead, develop, and retain staff by establishing goals, delegating work, monitoring performance, managing departmental resources and budgets, and promoting collaboration and accountability.

Salary Range:$108,900 to $241,500 annually