Senior Staff Accountant

Brattleboro Retreat; Brattleboro (VT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brattleboro Retreat seeks a Senior Staff Accountant to join the Finance team, reporting directly to the Director of Finance & Accounting. This role supports accurate financial reporting, monthly close, and audit preparation.

Responsibilities include leading journal entries, reconciliations, grant reporting, and coordination with auditors. Advanced Excel and healthcare financial systems experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Minimum of five years in accounting, including financial close and statements.
• Healthcare accounting or financial-management experience preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, reconciliation, audit support, budgeting, cash management, and analysis.
• Advanced Excel and experience with GL/financial reporting systems; Meditech preferred.
• Ability to analyze complex financial information and communicate conclusions clearly.
• Strong organization, prioritization, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews complex journal entries and reconciliations.
• Supports monthly close and financial reporting processes.
• Owns significant portions of the monthly close.
• coordinates grant and external reporting.
• Leads audit liaison to the Controller.
• Balances daily cash and projections; assists grant reporting.
• Supports annual budget development and variance analysis.
• Trains and provides backup coverage for staff.

Skills

Financial analysis

Internal controls

Audit liaison

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Excel

Meditech

Job description

Description

Job Summary:

The Senior Staff Accountant is a key member of the Finance team and reports directly to the Director of Finance & Accounting. This position supports the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the Brattleboro Retreat’s financial reporting and plays an important role in the monthly close, general ledger management, account reconciliations, audit preparation, and financial analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares and reviews complex journal entries and reconciliations.
• Completes internal/external reports, and external surveys on a timely basis (grant reporting, responsibility reports, etc.).
• Owns significant portions of the monthly close process.
• Reviews selected work prepared by other accounting staff.
• Investigates complex discrepancies and recommends corrective action.
• Serves as lead audit liaison below the Controller.
• Coordinates assigned grant and external reporting.
• Leads cross-training and backup coverage.
• Balances fixed assets to the general ledger.
• Reconciles bank statements.
• Performs miscellaneous billing and collections.
• Maintains daily cash balances, cash projections.
• Completes financial reporting for government grants.
• Assists finance leadership with annual budget of organization.
• Works with finance department peers to train, develop talent, and ensure backup coverage for critical tasks.
• Works with external auditors and provides proper documentation and support for financial information to promote efficient audit. Serves as the lead audit support staff to the Controller.
• 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.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

May be required to perform duties of lesser, equal or greater responsibility. Other duties as assigned as discussed with manager.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field required. An equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including experience participating in a financial close and preparing or reviewing financial statements.
• Healthcare accounting or financial-management experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, account reconciliation, audit support, budgeting, cash management, and financial analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with general-ledger and financial-reporting systems. Experience with Meditech or a comparable healthcare financial system is preferred.
• Ability to analyze complex financial information, identify root causes, exercise sound judgment, and communicate conclusions clearly to financial and nonfinancial audiences.
• Excellent organization, prioritization, written communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills; ability to manage multiple deadlines while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.