Staff Accountant, Hospital Operations - Full Time, Days

UChicago Medicine; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine seeks a Staff Accountant for Hospital Operations to manage month-end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting within a healthcare environment. The role partners with the finance team to deliver timely and accurate information for budget and audit activities.

This position offers primarily remote work with mandatory on-site presence 1–2 days per week at Burr Ridge, IL, and may be based outside the greater Chicagoland area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting and finance.
• 2–3 years of financial reporting and accounting experience.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and understanding of Revenue, Prepaids, Accruals, Inventory.
• Proficiency with Excel and ERP systems.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.

Responsibilities

• Perform month end close responsibilities including posting monthly journal entries per GAAP.
• Prepare monthly account analyses and reconciliations with variance explanations.
• Provide monthly financial reporting and analysis to operational leaders and Sr. management.
• Support internal, external and regulatory audit activities including work papers and statements.
• Suggest improvements to close processes and ERP usage; support budgeting and ad hoc reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Financial analysis

GAAP knowledge

Team collaboration

Regulatory familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting and finance

CPA or CFA certification

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Staff Accountant for Hospital Operations. This position will be primarily a work from home opportunity with the requirement to come onsite 1-2 days per week to our Burr Ridge facility. You may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area. The Staff Accountant, Hospital Operations will be responsible preparing monthly journal entries, reconciling accounts, documenting business transactions, and maintaining a sound internal control structure for health systems hospital operations. In additional, this role will be responsible for supporting internal and external audit activities. The Staff Accountant will also be a key business partner to the operations they support, providing relevant and timely information related to financial results. The Staff Accountant is expected to partner with other members of the finance team to support budgeting, financial analysis and adhoc report requests.

Essential Job Functions

• Perform month end close responsibilities including the timely and accurately preparation and posting monthly journal entries in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Prepares monthly account analysis and reconciliations in a timely manner to ensure high quality financial statements; responsible for reconciliation remediation and ongoing transaction quality including explanation of key monthly variances to actual and budget
• Provides monthly financial reporting and analysis to operational leaders and Sr. management providing clear and concise information on financial performance
• Support internal, external and other regulatory audit activities including preparation of the audit work papers, account reconciliation and preparation of audited financial statements
• Recommends changes and improvements to monthly close process and accounting processes to increase efficiencies and accuracy and reliability of financial statement reporting including the expansion and use of our ERP and the use of artificial intelligence
• Performs special projects and tasks as assigned by management to support the growth of the department
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting and finance
• Minimum 2-3 years experience in financial reporting and accounting
• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and concepts including Revenue, Prepaids, Accruals, Inventory, etc
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work independently and as a team to solve problems and raise issues and drive continuous improvement
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and compliance requirements
• Proficiency in financial analysis, reporting tools, use of excel and other analytical tools
• Knowledge of large scale, complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and the impacts of how transactions flow

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or CFA certification

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0FTE)
• Shift: Days 8:00am-5:00pm
• Unit/Department: Financial Reporting
• Location: Flexible Remote/ Burr Ridge, IL - In office 1-2 days a week
• CBA Code: Non-Union

About Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union. Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine.