Staff Accountant

Summary

Chapters Health System is committed to providing outstanding patient care and customer service in its communities. The Staff Accountant performs day-to-day accounting and financial management functions, including cash monitoring, journal entries, account reconciliations, fixed asset and prepaid accounting, financial reporting, and audit and government survey support.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Company professionally at all times through care delivered and/or services provided to all clients
• Comply with all State, federal and local government regulations, maintaining a strong position against fraud and abuse
• Comply with Company policies, procedures and standard practices
• Observe the Company's health, safety and security practices
• Maintain the confidentiality of patients, families, colleagues and other sensitive situations within the Company
• Use resources in a fiscally responsible manner
• Promote the Company through participation in community and professional organizations
• Participate proactively in improving performance at the organizational, departmental and individual levels
• Improve own professional knowledge and skill level
• Advance electronic media skills
• Support Company research and educational activities
• Share expertise with co-workers both formally and informally
• Participate in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement activities as appropriate for the position
• Assists with reviewing on-line banking activity daily and updating the daily cash receipts log and monitoring positive pay
• Assists with the preparation of the monthly: (1) bank reconciliations for all bank accounts (2) journal entries for assigned GL accounts and (3) account reconciliations and roll-forwards for assigned GL accounts
• Reviews all capital expenditure requests for accuracy, submits for appropriate signature and updates the corresponding capital expenditure request log
• Maintains fixed asset system; including records depreciation
• Prepares the account reconciliations for all fixed asset accounts
• Prepares and submits annual Tangible Personal Property tax returns for all locations
• Handles accounting for the prepaids and maintains the system prepaid module
• Prepares account reconciliations for the prepaid accounts
• Monitors and handles any necessary tasks related to the postage accounts
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Journal entries for Accruals and Reclasses
• Accounting for the internal Pharmacy including collection of data used for journal entries, inventory control, accruals, variance analysis
• Recording monthly Debt, Bond, and Intangible Asset journal entries
• Compiling the monthly Legal and Consulting details for further analysis
• Prepares monthly financial supplemental schedules
• Reconciliation of Balance sheet accounts
• Quarterly and Annual government surveys
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1 year or less of hands-on experience with general ledger and related subsystems
• Skill in 10-key by touch
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Computer skills appropriate to the position
• Strong customer service skills, written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Solid critical thinking and organizational skills
• Knowledge and competency in accounting and analysis
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements appropriate for the position
• Satisfactorily complete competency requirements for this position
• This position requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer of employment is made, as well as on-going compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy
• All Chapters Health System employees performing services for Florida affiliates are submitted through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse to verify eligibility after a conditional offer of employment is made as well as ongoing eligibility
• 1 year accounting experience preferred; full-time internships may be considered

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1 year or less of hands-on experience with general ledger and related subsystems
• Skill in 10-key by touch
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Computer skills appropriate to the position
• Strong customer service skills, written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Solid critical thinking and organizational skills
• Knowledge and competency in accounting and analysis
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements appropriate for the position
• Satisfactorily complete competency requirements for this position
• This position requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer of employment is made, as well as on-going compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy
• All Chapters Health System employees performing services for Florida affiliates are submitted through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse to verify eligibility after a conditional offer of employment is made as well as ongoing eligibility

Nice to Haves

• 1 year accounting experience preferred; full-time internships may be considered