Staff Accountant
Beth Israel Lahey Health is a healthcare organization seeking a Staff Accountant. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for journal entry processing, account analysis, statement preparation, review of budget variances, and assisting with audit follow-up for BILH entities.
Responsibilities
- Prepares entities’ financial statements on a monthly basis. These financial statements are as follows: Balance Sheet, Statement of Operations, Accounts Receivable Statement, Cash Forecast, Variance Analysis, and Account Analysis
- Prepares journal entries and accruals to make the entities’ General Ledger reflect annual operations in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- During the year-end external audit, assists with the preparation of support schedules used by external auditors
- Prepares analysis of cash receipts and disbursements daily for use by Fiscal Services Management in making investment decisions
- Investigates variances from budget on assigned operating accounts. Performs detailed analysis of activity in various General Ledger accounts including bank accounts and accounts receivable aged trial balances
- Assists with reconciliation of physical inventories; from the inventory count and input, reconciliation to General Ledger, determines reasons for differences and prepares inventory statements
- Reviews vendor invoice coding and makes necessary accounting adjustments to ensure correct posting of expenses
- Prepares analysis for departmental requests on an as needed basis and provides follow up communication with entity’s personnel
- Assist with the preparation of supporting schedules utilized by the tax department
Skills
- Associates degree in Accounting or Finance; Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
- 0-2 years' related work experience required
- Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications
- Ability to produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases
- Working knowledge of Workday Financial Accounting Systems is a plus
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