Job Title: Accounting Specialist
Reports To: ControllerPosition Category: Full Time
Under the supervision of the Controller, the Accounting Specialist will be responsible for all administrative duties related to the Foundation, Waterfront Drive, invoicing and collecting hospital/school payments.
Essential duties:
- Deposit Foundation checks and work with laboratory staff on accounting reports
- Process AP Foundation checks via the Sage system
- Deposit Waterfront Drive checks
- Process AP/dividend checks for Waterfront Drive via the Sage system
- Process the annual 1099 forms for the Foundation and Waterfront Drive
- Manage monthly closing process for Foundation and Waterfront Drive
- Send hospital and school invoices on a weekly/monthly basis
- Follow-up with vendors regarding delinquent payment
- Process payments and post them accurately to the general ledger
- Post cash receipts daily for UOI in Sage
- Perform BCBS monthly report
- Sort PO Box mail
- Assist with month-end close and accounting processes for UOI and ancillary companies with team members
- Additional duties assigned by the CEO and Upper Management
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field with a strong foundation in financial principles
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, OneDrive, etc.
- Ability to work independently
- High Level of attention to detail, research analysis and analytical skills, and effective communication/customer service skills
- Decision making and problem-solving resolution skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with all employees
- Performs independently within the department’s policies and practices
- Must be able to travel to all sites if/when necessary.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and OneDrive
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Strong attention to detail, research, analysis, and analytical skills
- Effective communication and customer service skills
- Decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with all employees
- Ability to travel to all sites when necessary
What We Do
Teachers, Healers, Innovators University Orthopedics in Providence, Rhode Island, is a regional referral center for patients with back and neck pain, joint pain, sports medicine problems, shoulder pain, hand problems, hip and knee pain, and foot and ankle injury. The orthopedic center includes more than 65 board-certified orthopedic surgeons who are fellowship-trained, the highest level of medical training in the U.S. These specialists are clinical professors on the faculty of Brown University’s medical school as teachers of other new physicians, and leading the way with clinical research of the latest advances in orthopedic surgery and injury prevention. Our affiliation with Brown Alpert Medical School enables new orthopaedic surgeons to learn the most advanced surgical techniques by working hand in hand with the experienced spine surgeons, hand surgeons, joint replacement surgeons, foot & ankle surgeons and sports medicine specialists at University Orthopedics.
