General Accountant

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job 

• Actively participates as a collaborative member of the finance team ensuring effective communications on financial activities throughout the organization. 

• Works collaboratively and effectively with corporate departments such as Compliance, Information Systems, Legal, and other departments that provide support services to SEARHC. 

• Controls expenses without compromising quality. 

• Is responsible for ensuring the integrity of key financial reporting systems including fixed assets. 

• Supports financial operations integration of new business units for the Consortium as well as the implementation of new technologies. 

• Works with key organizational stakeholders to continuously improve the end user experience with accounting processes, which may include grants and fixed assets. 

• Supports annual external audit and is directly responsible for collaborating with auditors in compiling schedules for fixed assets, grant expenditures, and other analyses. 

• Ensures timely and accurate preparation of monthly financial reports. 

• Understands reporting of general accounting, which may include grant accounting, fixed asset accounting, and accounting for patient revenues. 

• Assists and supports, as needed, all annual audits including the annual financial statement audit. 

• Works with Accounting Manager to establish policies, procedures, and internal controls. 

• Works with Accounting Manager to develop and lead fixed asset tracking process to assure proper FA accounting procedures including cost tracking, performance, and reporting.   

• Leads a culture of continuous improvement. 

• Is an active part of month-end financial activities including accounting for patient revenues, grant revenues, and reconciliations of subsidiary accounting modules. 

• Communicates and performs all responsibilities in a manner that supports, promotes, and integrates the SEARHC mission, vision, goals, and objectives.  

• Externally, develops strong, values-based relationships with external auditors, reimbursement consultants, bank representatives, investment advisors, actuaries, other financial advisors, vendors, community affiliations, tribal organizations, consultants, and other resource and health care providers.  

• Internally, has Consortium‐wide impact on budget creation and execution, financial policy direction, reporting, and regulatory interpretation. 

• Interacts with the SEARHC Boards of Directors as well as all levels of leaders and employees.  

• Participates in other key strategic and tactical projects and initiatives as assigned by the Director/Controller. 

• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required 

Experience Required 

Knowledge of 

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 

• Collaboration 

• Ethical standards 

• Sound judgment 

• Professional integrity 

Skills in 

• Building and maintaining collaborative relationships across all functions and levels within the organization 

• Drawing connections between related activities 

• Exhibiting flexibility while influencing others to improve processes and implement changes 

• Anticipating needs of those that Finance serves, responding quickly to requests, providing helpful guidance and support, monitoring, and following up as required 

• Outstanding oral and written communication 

• Producing concise, incisive, logical PowerPoint presentations and written documents.

Ability to 

• Identify trends that require attention 

• Work in a sometimes stressful, fast-paced, demanding environment 

• Navigate successfully in a complex environment while simultaneously managing several projects/activities 

• Communicate with all levels of the organization comfortably 

• Present to internal and external audiences 

• Align and integrate the Finance Division’s goals with the organization’s goals 

• Effect changes through influence, working closely with departments throughout SEARHC 

• Operate with a sense of urgency with rapid response capabilities on constricted timelines 

• Manage multiple projects at one time with varying levels of prioritization 

• Understand changing healthcare market dynamics, translate them into actionable strategy, and implement strategy to achieve pre-set objectives 

• Analyze and interpret professional journals, financial reports, and legal documents 

• Investigate and interpret financial data, regulations, and best practices and then apply them to executable and enforceable policy 

• Promote development and maintenance of appropriate systems to ensure efficient processes.