Staff Accountant

2000 Montefiore Health System, Inc.; South Broadway (WA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Health System, Inc. is seeking a Staff Accountant to support the monthly and year-end close, perform account analyses, and prepare financial schedules and reports. The role emphasizes accurate reporting and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The Staff Accountant will manage accruals, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and audits while ensuring internal controls and proper documentation. Priority is precision, timeliness, and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 1-3 years accounting or finance experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel and Access.
• Knowledge/experience with SAP or other major accounting systems.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Strong problem solving, urgency, and accuracy.
• Flexible and adaptable; maintain confidentiality.
• Collaborates effectively with MMC departments.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly expense accrual analysis and reporting by preparing and reconciling expense-related general ledger accounts.
• Execute recurring and non-recurring accrual journal entries, close schedules, and perform variances analysis.
• Investigate and explain unusual fluctuations to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Perform monthly balance sheet analysis, investigate variances and reconcile items.
• Share clear findings with management and business partners.
• Maintain the fixed asset subledger, including additions, disposals, and depreciation.
• Reconcile the fixed asset ledger and support capital project accounting and reporting.
• Support intercompany accounting activities, including intercompany transactions and eliminations.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests and maintain internal controls.
• Ensure transactions are properly coded per accounting policies.
• Partner with internal departments to resolve questions and improve processes.

Skills

Excel

Access

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Confidentiality

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

City/State: Tarrytown, New York Grant Funded: No Department: FA Close Supervisory 1 Work Shift: Day Work Days: MON-FRI Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM-5 PM Scheduled Daily Hours: 7.5 HOURS Pay Range: $56,000.00-$70,000.00

Job Summary

The Staff Accountant supports the financial reporting function through hands‑on involvement in the monthly and year‑end close, including account analysis, data review, and preparation of financial schedules and reports.

Essential Functions

• Own monthly expense accrual analysis and reporting by preparing and reconciling expense‑related general ledger accounts using vendor KPIs, contractual terms, and trend analysis.
• Execute recurring and non‑recurring accrual journal entries, prepare close schedules, validate system reports, and perform budget‑to‑actual and month‑over‑month variance analysis.
• Investigate and explain unusual fluctuations to ensure accurate, complete, and timely financial reporting in accordance with organizational accounting standards.
• Perform monthly balance sheet analysis, investigate variances and unusual fluctuations, and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Share clear findings and explanations with management and business partners as needed.
• Maintain the fixed asset subledger, including asset additions, disposals, transfers, and depreciation.
• Reconcile the fixed asset ledger to the general ledger and support capital project accounting and reporting.
• Support intercompany accounting activities, including preparation and reconciliation of intercompany transactions, eliminations, and settlements.
• Ensure intercompany balances are accurate and resolved in accordance with established policies.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests by preparing supporting documentation, reconciliations, and explanations.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and documentation standards.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the financial system(s) and chart of accounts structure; ensure transactions are properly coded and recorded in accordance with accounting policies.
• Partner with internal departments to resolve questions and correction needs, and take a forward‑thinking approach to using system tools and technology to improve accounting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Required
• 1-3 years of accounting and/or finance experience
• Preferred Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, specifically but not limited to Excel and Access Required
• Knowledge and experience with SAP or other major accounting systems strongly desired.
• Effective written and verbal communication in a clear and concise manner.
• Good problem solving and decision making ability.
• Sense of urgency, timeliness and accuracy is a must.
• Must be flexible and adaptable
• Able to maintain confidentiality of all payroll and financial information.
• Collaborates effectively with all MMC departments, management, and peers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Montefiore Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Montefiore Health System, Inc. will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Montefiore

Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve.

Montefiore's state‑of‑the‑art facilities include the internationally‑recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise.

An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits.

Check out our comprehensive benefits available to you when you join our outstanding team!

To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. To be a premier academic medical center that transforms health and enriches lives.