Staff Accountant Ii - Surgery

Prepares and records journal entries, reconciles balance sheet accounts. Assists in financial statements preparation and variance explanations for assigned practices/departments. Prepares supporting work-papers for the external audit. Will process cash and reconcile bank transactions each morning. Additionally, this position will assume responsibility for managing accounts payable processing (via Bill software) as well as Accounts Receivable management. Assist the accounting supervisor/manager and Director of Finance as necessary.

General Duties:

1. Completes all monthly journal entries by the 9th business day.
2. Prepares balance sheet reconciliations by the 10th business day.
3. Prepare accurate financial statements to include actual to budget variance explanations to the practice/department by the 12th business day.
4. Assist Senior Accountant, Accounting Supervisor/Manager in preparing audit schedules and tax return documentation.
5. Proactively identifies errors and issues and works to resolve them with the assistance of the Senior Accountant, Accounting Supervisor/Manager.
6. Prepare annual personal property returns and unclaimed property filings to include letter preparation and mailing.
7. Demonstrate ability to utilize Great Plains and FRX efficiently to record financial transactions and generate financial reports.
8. Assists Accounting Supervisor or Manager in the completion of internal audit requests.
9. Balances intercompany reconciliations monthly to include resolving any variances in a timely manner.
10. Performs other duties as assigned in an accurate and timely manner.
11. Completes mandatory employee health, workers compensation, HR processes and other training and requirements in required time frame to ensure compliance with all FPI rules and regulations.

Note:  The intent of this list of primary duties is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities of this job.  Incumbents perform other related duties as assigned.  Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs.

Specific duties required by the Department of Surgery for this position:

1. Prepare and record monthly journal entries as directed by the Accounting Manager
2. Process patient refunds. Prepare Dynamics integration and print checks from the accounting system. Manage check signatures and document process as directed.
3. Manages accounts receivables including reconciling of A/R and monitoring of collections. Requires knowledge of Dynamics ‘Receivables Management’ system and the bill.com A/R system. Process, distribute, edit, and follow up with all A/R documents including receivables management.
4. Assist accounting supervisor/manager in the completion of audit requests.
5. Process debit memos in Oracle Quantum software.
6. Manage accounts payables including reconciling of AP.
   1. Complete all training modules for bill.com.
   2. Manage vendor inquiries regarding payments and balances.
   3. Reconcile bill.com data to vendor statements as required.
   4. Update Personal/Profession database with all faculty expenses.
   5. Process invoices timely. Clear the inbox on a daily basis.
7. Assist with 1099 research and preparation.
8. Prepare annual unclaimed property filing.
9. Manage daily cash, including preparing of journal entries and IDX reports, updating of cash track, reconciling of IDX records and non-assessable deposits, and processing of bank deposits.
10. Support audit and budget ad-hoc projects
11. Running trial balances from GP Dynamics and summarize relevant accounting data as requested.
12. Review charge/payment/RVU or other productivity data as requested and summarize results.
13. Work with the Senior Administrator / Clinical Directors as needed to support special projects as assigned.
14. Update Microsoft Access / SQL Server tables with new monthly data and verify results as directed.
15. Serve as a backup for eUMB HR transaction processing.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline from four-year college or university
* Three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience