ACCOUNTANT

The Accountant is responsible for completing various accounting activities within the financial accounting department.
This position requires a strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the accountant should be able to apply these concepts in practice.
This includes, but is not limited to tasks such as, proposing journal entries, performing account reconciliations, performing financial analysis, and researching accounting and IRS guidance.
The accountant should be action oriented and have problem solving skills which include using rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions and to look beyond the obvious, by not stopping at what appears to be the first answer.
They should be able to solve problems effectively and in a timely manner.
They should be motivated to continuously improve their skill set which includes but is not limited to being committed to and actively participating in internal and external training sessions and other self-development sessions they can complete on their own.
The accountant must be able to deal with ambiguity which includes effectively coping with a complex and rapidly changing environment.
They should also be able to learn on the fly and strive to meet the challenges of unfamiliar tasks.
The accountant should have excellent interpersonal skills that include excellent written and verbal communication necessary to maintain effective communication within a variety of settings with internal and external customers.
They should have interpersonal savvy to be able to interact and communicate with various individuals at different levels within the organization ranging from staff to senior executives.
The accountant should have productive work habits and strong time management skills, to make effective and efficient use of their time.
The candidate must be flexible with work hours to meet the demands of a constantly changing environment Additionally: Understands fixed asset capitalization and depreciation principles Responsible for assigning an activity number and account category to each capital pool request, upon appropriate approval, as set forth by the Premier Health Capital Acquisition policy Ensure each purchase is assigned to the correct capital activity for tracking against budget Prepare and analyze weekly and monthly reports to ensure capital assets are within budget or obtain the necessary contingency funds to cover any unfavorable variances Make any and all necessary journal entries related to capital additions and adjustments Meet regularly with hospital end users to review committed expenditures against available budget Analyze monthly depreciation for reasonableness and assist in budgeting depreciation for future years Able to use professional judgment to apply capitalization principles to acquisitions and services Ability to balance multiple tasks and deadlines independently Able to adapt to quickly changing deadlines and informational requests from PH employees outside the Finance department Prepare depreciation forecasts and assist the Budget Department with corporate allocations and distribution to accounting units Identify process improvements and propose ideas for streamlining processes and reporting procedures Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related business field required.
Masters Preferred.
Licensure: CPA preferred Certification: N/A Experience:2-3 years Accounting or Finance experience preferred.