Junior Accountant

The Junior Accountant is responsible for supporting the accounting team with day-to-day financial operations. This role maintains accurate audit ready financial records, prepares reports, and ensures compliance with accounting policies and standards.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Codes, reviews and posts vendor invoices, as needed.
• Performs audits and regular follow-ups to ensure all invoices are processed timely and accurately.
• Prepares and maintains bank and general ledger account reconciliations and investigates variances for correction.
• Processes bank/check related functions, such as deposits, voids, cancels, reissues, bank lookup, file processing, balancing and controlling.
• Reviews weekly check runs.
• Performs various administrative tasks, as needed (i.e.: answering telephones, filing, and performing vendor maintenance).
• Prepares and posts general journal entries, as necessary.
• Prepares and posts VCC transactions.
• Continuously reviews AP processes to ensure efficiency, and makes recommendations for improvement, as needed.
• Assists with month end close, as directed.
• Ensures new vendor enrollments are complete and comply with Company policies.
• Reviews all contracts are ensures they are entered in the system and appropriate journal entries are generated.
• Provides general support to the accounting team, as needed.
• Maintains confidentiality and security of data.
• Ensures vendors are paid timely and in accordance with invoicing terms.
• Maintains “audit-ready” vendor files, as per departmental standards.
• Develops and maintains reports, as directed.
• Checks and responds to work e-mail on a regular basis throughout the workday.
• Participates in and complete all required trainings and in-services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study WITH at least three (3) years of progressive accounting experience, OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Must have knowledge of Internet and Microsoft Office software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook).
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, including exceptional customer service.
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with doctors, clinical staff, other co-workers and the public.
• Must be able to work individually as well as within a team.
• Must be able to follow both verbal and written instructions.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule.
• Must be able to multi-task and prioritize.
• Must demonstrate extreme attention to detail.
• Must possess strong organization skills.
• Must be able to problem solve and use reasoning.
• Must be able to meet predefined quality standards.
• Must maintain and project a professional attitude and appearance at all time.
• Must have a working knowledge of the healthcare field and medical specialty, as well as medical terminology.
• All staff are expected to have a strong desire to provide excellent customer service; to comply with the rules and regulations of those organizations to which we are accountable; to have high ethical and professional standards of conduct; and to have an attitude of wanting to continuously improve their own professional performance.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years’ prior experience working with accounting software.
• Prior experience working in a related position within the healthcare field.
  
  

Driving/Travel

The employee must have reliable transportation. While the primary workplace may be closest to the employee’s home, work assignments could be in any of the Company’s locations.

Compensation And Benefits

• Pay Range: $65,000/year - $75,000/year
• PTO: Up to 96 hours in first year (pro-rated based on start date)
• Holidays: 7 (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Day)
• Retirement: 401(k) with employer match
• Health Benefits: Medical (single and family), Dental (single and family), Vision (single and family)
• Other Company-Paid Benefits: Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Basic Life/AD&D, Employee Assistance Program
• Other Voluntary Benefits: Voluntary Life, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity