Description

General Purpose:

The Accountant is responsible for various accounting functions on behalf of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA and will contribute to the overall financial health of the organization through meticulous attention to detail and effective financial management.

Essential Functions:

• Manage and reconcile accounts receivable ledger, ensuring accurate recording and tracking of customer payments, credits, and outstanding balances.
• Initiate and conduct collections calls and emails to follow up on overdue payments and maintain positive relationships with customers to expediate the resolution of outstanding accounts receivable.
• Collaborate with internal teams to investigate and resolve accounts receivable discrepancies and assist with supplier portal setup.
• Maintains the fixed asset system and schedules and prepares monthly depreciation calculations.
• Maintains publication inventories and unit cost calculations.
• Reconciles assigned balance sheet accounts on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis and upholds a best practice of clearing all reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Completes daily revenue recognition batch processing in CRM.
• Prepares and enters journal entries, as necessary
• Prepares monthly membership renewal billing.
• Completes lockbox cash posting and prepares refund report.
• Acts as backup to accounts payable functions.
• Serves as backup to payroll functions.
• Prepares audit and tax schedules, as necessary.

• Other duties as required and necessary to ensure the success of the organization.

Supervisory duties:

• None.

Qualifications

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Ability to consistently promote, support, work, and act in a manner in support of MGMA’s mission, vision, and values.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain a positive attitude and interpersonal relationship building across multiple departments and with our membership and executive partners.
• Knowledge of principles and procedures of accounting practice and basic financial analysis.
• Intermediate MS Excel skills.
• Knowledge of and experience with MS Dynamics (Great Plains), ADP, and/or B1360.

• Ability to identify problems, research alternatives, and achieve solutions.
• Ability to work independently and to exercise judgement and creativity.

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree required Accounting or closely related field is preferred.

Experience:

• Two (2) or more years accounting experience is required.
• Experience in a non-profit organization is preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications:

• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must live in Denver or the surrounding areas and be able to commute to the corporate office as requested.
• Must provide the necessary documentation to prove applicant is a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or a foreign national with authorization to work in the United States.

Working environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is generally performed in an indoor, professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

Physical Activities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees in this role, to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, employee is regularly required to successfully interact and accurately exchange information using the following suite of verbal and non-verbal communication skills critical to expressing oneself and conducting professional interactions on behalf of the business:
• Ability to read, write, edit
• Ability to converse, discuss, convey
• Also includes interactive engagement with software applications, computer graphics, and the ability to conduct internet research.

• While performing the duties of this job, employee is regularly required to successfully navigate scenarios requiring the following observational abilities:
• Ability to perceive, identify, recognize
• Ability to detect, determine, discern, judge
• Ability to assess, estimate, compare
• This is a largely sedentary role, so employee must be able to remain in a sedentary position while focusing for extended periods of time throughout the workday. Position also requires occasional movement inside the office to access file cabinets, printers, etc. While performing the duties of this job, employee is regularly required to successfully navigate scenarios requiring the following operational abilities:

• Ability to operate PC/keyboard and other office productivity equipment
• Ability to position self to traverse/navigate around typical office setting
• Ability pull/push, lift, open/close, grasp/manipulate, transport up to 10lbs.