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POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Accounting Management Team, the Staff Accountant is responsible for preparing numerous journal entries and general ledger reconciliations including intercompany transactions for the monthly financial close, ensuring all monthly close activities are completed in a timely manner. Additionally this position performs financial trend analyses, assists in abandoned property filings, prepares various treasury functions including creating intercompany invoices and wire transfers, and supports Team Lead and Controller in annual audit requests.
Position: Staff Accountant
Department: BUMG Corporate Finance
Schedule: Full Time
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
- In conjunction with various clinical and non-clinical departments, prepare standard/adhoc journal entries including intercompany journal entries for the BUMG clinical departments, BUMG Corporate and BUAP as a part of the monthly close
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for the BUMG clinical departments including but not limit to cash, accounts payable/accruals, prepaids, other assets, other liabilities
- Reconcile and analyze monthly patient and non-patient cash posted to the G/L as a part of the monthly cash reconciliation process. This includes recording all non-patient activity identified through the cash log reconciliation
- Reconcile monthly payroll G/L interface to external invoice files by BUMG clinical department
- Analyze revenue and expense trends for the BUMG Clinical departments, BUAP, and BUMG Corporate to help understand financial performance including recording any adjusting journal entries identified during review. This also includes providing trend/variance explanations to BUMG management for monthly financial close meetings
- Work closely with BUMG Finance team to compile and prepare quarterly financial workbooks with supporting financial analysis detail; distribute monthly financial statements including related workbooks to BUMG clinical departments
- Coordinate with BUMG clinical departments to obtain supporting documentation to create non-patient accounts receivable billing invoices and apply cash collected to related outstanding invoices
- Prepare monthly intercompany invoices which includes compiling and analyzing the activity paid by BUMG Corporate and charged back to each BUMG clinical department
- Utilize BOA Cash Pro to download bank statement activity and initiate all monthly, quarterly, and annual wires
- Complete quarterly payroll audit analysis to ensure employees are paid from only one payroll
- Assist the Senior accountant in annual abandoned property filing
- Support the Team Lead and Controller in annual audit requests
- Prepare ad-hoc financial analyses/projects as requested by Accounting Management Team
- Promotes open communication, team building efforts and collaboration among team members and between departments
- Participates in employee training; actively promotes knowledge sharing within the department
- Utilizes hospital’s Values as the basis for decision making and to facilitate the hospital’s mission
- Follows established hospital infection control and safety procedures
(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).
JOB REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION:
Requires the completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
None required.
EXPERIENCE:
A minimum of 1-3 years of professional experience is required.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Strong accounting knowledge with the ability to apply GAAP principles
- Computer software experience on both a General Ledger System (G/L Lawson/Infor preferred) as well as comparable spreadsheet and word processing software (Microsoft Office Word and Excel) including the ability to understand the Lawson Accounting System and the relationship to all BMC and affiliates
- Solid communication skills to interact effectively with a number of parties outside the BUMG Corporate department which include BUMG clinical departments, BMC Account payable, BMC Treasury, and BMC Accounting
- Ability to follow directions, organize information of material for others, complete assignments as requested, ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding when needed, verify information/work and check for accuracy
- Sets up procedures to ensure high quality of work, approach tasks with “can do’ attitude, proven time management abilities, multitasking with effective priority definition, adheres to deadlines for assigned tasks
- Complete assigned tasks without follow-up from supervisor, overcomes minor process changes to still complete task
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans
What We Do
Boston Medical Center, located in Boston’s historic South End, is a private, not-for-profit, 567-bed, academic medical center and the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine.
Recognized for its high-quality, nationally ranked and comprehensive medical care for the entire family, patients have access to the most current treatment and advancements at BMC. BMC physicians lead the way in pioneering new therapies that impact the care of patients locally and worldwide.
In 2013, BMC made the decision to invest in a four-year campus redesign that includes additions to buildings, upgrades to existing structures, and an expansion of the Emergency Department. Once completed, the redesign will provide clinical workspaces with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to solve BMC's most pressing care delivery needs.
Already complete, the hospital’s Shapiro Center is Boston’s newest outpatient care facility and features a quarter-million square feet of clinic space, key support services, one of the region’s most technologically advanced pharmacies, and a bright, spacious café. Housed in a facility that provides world-class, patient-centered care at every visit, BMC doctors are among the best in their field. Many are recognized annually as “Top Doctors” in their medical and surgical specialties by publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Boston magazine.
Boston Medical Center is also the largest safety net hospital in New England and extends into the community as a founding partner of Boston HealthNet, a network of 15 community health centers throughout Boston serving more than a quarter million people annually.
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