What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director of Accounting - Accounting Services - Hybrid position at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)?
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.
ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.
Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.
ANTHC offers a competitive and comprehensive Benefits Package for all Benefit Eligible Employees, which includes:
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.
Summary
The Senior Director of Accounting provides organization-wide leadership, governance, and strategic direction for ANTHC's accounting and related financial operations. The position is accountable for the integrity of consolidated financial reporting; accounting policy and technical guidance; internal controls; financial close; audit and tax compliance; and the governance, compliance, and financial integrity of accounts payable, payroll, and related financial operations. This role involves strategic planning, policy development, risk management, financial reporting, and leadership within the department; and collaborates with senior management and external stakeholders to support decision-making, improve processes, and maintain financial integrity.
The position provides functional leadership to accounting and financial leaders and establishes system wide accounting standards, policies, controls, and practices across ANTHC. The Senior Director serves as a senior accounting and financial advisor to the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), executive leadership, and other organizational leaders on complex accounting, financial reporting, risk, compliance, and strategic financial matters.
The Senior Director leads accounting transformation and process improvement initiatives, including automation, standardization, system optimization, and redesign of financial processes to improve efficiency, internal controls, data integrity, and service delivery. The position collaborates with senior management, other departments, external auditors, tax advisors, professional advisors, agencies, partners, and other external stakeholders to support organizational decision-making and maintain financial integrity.
Responsibilities
Plans, organizes, and directs general ledger accounting functions and provides functional leadership and oversight to accounting and financial leadership across the organization, including collaboration with divisional CFOs, financial planning and analysis, divisional controllers, grants leadership, and other finance leaders to ensure consistent application of accounting policies, financial controls, reporting standards, and organizational objectives.
Partners with the CAO to establish and execute the strategic vision for ANTHC's accounting functions and provides leadership in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of accounting policies, procedures, standards, and practices.
Provides organization-wide accounting and financial governance by establishing accounting standards, policies, controls, reporting expectations, reconciliation requirements, financial close expectations, and financial practices applicable across ANTHC
Maintains organizational accountability for the integrity, accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of ANTHC's consolidated financial reporting. Establishes appropriate accounting controls, reporting standards, reconciliation requirements, financial close processes, and review procedures necessary to ensure reliable and timely financial information.
Ensures the integrity of accounting data produced by ANTHC's enterprise resource planning financial system, including appropriate review of accounting coding, monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, and evaluation of estimates used for month-end reporting.
Ensures compliance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IRS regulations applicable to tax-exempt organizations, Uniform Guidance requirements, applicable payroll regulations, contractual requirements, and other financial and regulatory requirements.
Provides executive oversight of internal controls within the CFO Division and collaborates with Compliance and other organizational divisions on organization-wide internal controls, audits, risk management, and remediation activities. Identifies and mitigates financial risks and ensures timely resolution of control deficiencies and audit findings.
Provides executive accountability for the timely and accurate completion of ANTHC's external audit and IRS Form 990 processes. Coordinates with external auditors, tax preparers, advisors, and other professional service providers and serves as a primary accounting liaison to ensure effective communication, resolution of issues, and timely completion of required activities.
Provides leadership in responding to audit findings, developing management responses, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring timely remediation of identified deficiencies.
Provides executive functional leadership for financial systems supporting accounting, financial reporting, payroll, and accounts payable. Establishes business requirements, evaluates proposed system enhancements, oversees system implementations and optimization, and ensures system functionality, data integrity, internal controls, and reporting capabilities support organizational needs.
Leads organization-wide accounting transformation and process improvement initiatives, including automation, standardization, system optimization, and redesign of financial processes to improve operational efficiency, internal controls, data integrity, and service delivery.
Provides accounting leadership and technical guidance during the annual organizational budgeting process and ensures alignment between budget development, accounting practices, financial reporting, and organizational objectives.
Develops and communicates technical accounting guidance on complex accounting, tax, financial, and regulatory matters, including researching and applying authoritative accounting literature to practical situations and preparing technical accounting memoranda, policies, and guidance as needed.
Stays informed of changes in accounting regulations, tax requirements, financial reporting standards, technology, and industry best practices and evaluates appropriate actions to maintain compliance and support continuous improvement.
Provides executive leadership and oversight of accounting functions through subordinate directors, managers, and other financial leaders. Establishes goals and priorities, assigns responsibilities and projects, develops staff skills and training plans, and provides coaching, counseling, and performance feedback.
Supports the development of accounting and financial leadership capabilities and promotes consistent practices, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the organization.
Represents ANTHC in external contacts with partners, agencies, outside counsel, auditors, tax advisors, and other professional stakeholders as required. Supports ANTHC leadership in developing and achieving current and long-range organizational goals and objectives.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Other Information
KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS
A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or related field required.
Minimum Experience Qualification
Non-supervisory – Ten (10) years progressively responsible accounting or financial management experience within not-for-profit healthcare finance or public accounting providing financial/accounting consulting services to complex healthcare or nonprofit organizations.
TO INCLUDE
Supervisory – Seven (7) years of employee supervision while in healthcare finance or public accounting.
Preferred Certification
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – active or inactive status
Preferred Education Qualification
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) or Masters of Accounting (MAcc) is preferred.
ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.
Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.
ANTHC offers a competitive and comprehensive Benefits Package for all Benefit Eligible Employees, which includes:
- Medical Insurance provided through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program as a Tribal Employee, with over 20 plans and tiers.
- Cost-Share Dental and Vision Insurances
- Discounted Pet Insurance
- Retirement Contributions with Pre-Tax or Roth options into a 403(b).
- 401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year of employment, ANTHC will begin making matching contributions of up to 5% of your eligible pay, based on your own contributions. In addition, you may be eligible for an annual discretionary contribution of up to 3% from the employer.
- Paid Time Off starts immediately, earning up to 6 hours per pay period, with paid time off accruals increasing based on years of service.
- Eleven Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave or miscarriage/stillbirth eligibility after six months of employment
- Basic Short/Long Term Disability premiums, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance are covered 100% by ANTHC, with additional options for Short-Term Disability Buy-Up Coverage and Voluntary Life for yourself and your family members.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care.
- Ancillary Cash Benefits for accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness.
- On-Site Child Care Facility with expert-designed classrooms for early child development and preschool.
- Employee Assistance Program with support for grief, financial counseling, mental/emotional health, and discounted legal advice.
- Tuition Discounts for you and your eligible dependents at Alaska Pacific University.
- On-Site Training Courses and Professional Development Opportunities.
- License and certification reimbursements and occupational insurance for medical staff.
- Emergency Travel Assistance
- Education Assistance or Education leave eligibility
- Discount program for travel, gym memberships, amusement parks, and more.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.
Summary
The Senior Director of Accounting provides organization-wide leadership, governance, and strategic direction for ANTHC's accounting and related financial operations. The position is accountable for the integrity of consolidated financial reporting; accounting policy and technical guidance; internal controls; financial close; audit and tax compliance; and the governance, compliance, and financial integrity of accounts payable, payroll, and related financial operations. This role involves strategic planning, policy development, risk management, financial reporting, and leadership within the department; and collaborates with senior management and external stakeholders to support decision-making, improve processes, and maintain financial integrity.
The position provides functional leadership to accounting and financial leaders and establishes system wide accounting standards, policies, controls, and practices across ANTHC. The Senior Director serves as a senior accounting and financial advisor to the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), executive leadership, and other organizational leaders on complex accounting, financial reporting, risk, compliance, and strategic financial matters.
The Senior Director leads accounting transformation and process improvement initiatives, including automation, standardization, system optimization, and redesign of financial processes to improve efficiency, internal controls, data integrity, and service delivery. The position collaborates with senior management, other departments, external auditors, tax advisors, professional advisors, agencies, partners, and other external stakeholders to support organizational decision-making and maintain financial integrity.
Responsibilities
Plans, organizes, and directs general ledger accounting functions and provides functional leadership and oversight to accounting and financial leadership across the organization, including collaboration with divisional CFOs, financial planning and analysis, divisional controllers, grants leadership, and other finance leaders to ensure consistent application of accounting policies, financial controls, reporting standards, and organizational objectives.
Partners with the CAO to establish and execute the strategic vision for ANTHC's accounting functions and provides leadership in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of accounting policies, procedures, standards, and practices.
Provides organization-wide accounting and financial governance by establishing accounting standards, policies, controls, reporting expectations, reconciliation requirements, financial close expectations, and financial practices applicable across ANTHC
Maintains organizational accountability for the integrity, accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of ANTHC's consolidated financial reporting. Establishes appropriate accounting controls, reporting standards, reconciliation requirements, financial close processes, and review procedures necessary to ensure reliable and timely financial information.
Ensures the integrity of accounting data produced by ANTHC's enterprise resource planning financial system, including appropriate review of accounting coding, monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, and evaluation of estimates used for month-end reporting.
Ensures compliance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IRS regulations applicable to tax-exempt organizations, Uniform Guidance requirements, applicable payroll regulations, contractual requirements, and other financial and regulatory requirements.
Provides executive oversight of internal controls within the CFO Division and collaborates with Compliance and other organizational divisions on organization-wide internal controls, audits, risk management, and remediation activities. Identifies and mitigates financial risks and ensures timely resolution of control deficiencies and audit findings.
Provides executive accountability for the timely and accurate completion of ANTHC's external audit and IRS Form 990 processes. Coordinates with external auditors, tax preparers, advisors, and other professional service providers and serves as a primary accounting liaison to ensure effective communication, resolution of issues, and timely completion of required activities.
Provides leadership in responding to audit findings, developing management responses, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring timely remediation of identified deficiencies.
Provides executive functional leadership for financial systems supporting accounting, financial reporting, payroll, and accounts payable. Establishes business requirements, evaluates proposed system enhancements, oversees system implementations and optimization, and ensures system functionality, data integrity, internal controls, and reporting capabilities support organizational needs.
Leads organization-wide accounting transformation and process improvement initiatives, including automation, standardization, system optimization, and redesign of financial processes to improve operational efficiency, internal controls, data integrity, and service delivery.
Provides accounting leadership and technical guidance during the annual organizational budgeting process and ensures alignment between budget development, accounting practices, financial reporting, and organizational objectives.
Develops and communicates technical accounting guidance on complex accounting, tax, financial, and regulatory matters, including researching and applying authoritative accounting literature to practical situations and preparing technical accounting memoranda, policies, and guidance as needed.
Stays informed of changes in accounting regulations, tax requirements, financial reporting standards, technology, and industry best practices and evaluates appropriate actions to maintain compliance and support continuous improvement.
Provides executive leadership and oversight of accounting functions through subordinate directors, managers, and other financial leaders. Establishes goals and priorities, assigns responsibilities and projects, develops staff skills and training plans, and provides coaching, counseling, and performance feedback.
Supports the development of accounting and financial leadership capabilities and promotes consistent practices, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the organization.
Represents ANTHC in external contacts with partners, agencies, outside counsel, auditors, tax advisors, and other professional stakeholders as required. Supports ANTHC leadership in developing and achieving current and long-range organizational goals and objectives.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Other Information
KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS
- Knowledge of Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC, and Alaska Native culture(s) and politics preferred.
- Knowledge of innovative and proactive and proactive management techniques.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
- Skill in managing multiple priorities and tasks concurrently and meeting deadlines.
- Skill in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with others.
- Skill in operating a personal computer utilizing a variety of applications – especially Microsoft Excel.
- Skill in operating computerized accounting systems.
- Skill in efficient and effective functioning of financial processes or procedures.
- Skill in providing effective leadership, including providing training, development and feedback to personnel.
- Skill in accurately compiling accounting data.
- Skill in problem solving and looking analytically at topics.
- Skill in creativity and resourcefulness to effectively manage accounting functions.
A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or related field required.
Minimum Experience Qualification
Non-supervisory – Ten (10) years progressively responsible accounting or financial management experience within not-for-profit healthcare finance or public accounting providing financial/accounting consulting services to complex healthcare or nonprofit organizations.
TO INCLUDE
Supervisory – Seven (7) years of employee supervision while in healthcare finance or public accounting.
Preferred Certification
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – active or inactive status
Preferred Education Qualification
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) or Masters of Accounting (MAcc) is preferred.