What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Accountant position at Cornerstone Caregiving?
Job Title: Corporate Accountant
Status: Exempt
Employee and Fringe Benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Unlimited PTO with supervisor approval
- Phone Stipend
What We Do:
Cornerstone Caregiving is passionate about helping seniors age in place in a setting and manner of their choosing. We believe seniors deserve the opportunity to age in a healthy, dignified environment. As a leading, nationwide home care organization serving seniors in more than 400 locations, Cornerstone remains committed to providing the highest quality of care to those that cared for us.
Job Description:
The Corporate Accountant is a key member of the corporate finance department responsible for executing advanced accounting tasks, ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting month-end close, and driving process improvements across a fast-growing, multi-location national home-care organization. This role serves as a subject-matter expert within the accounting function and partners closely with AP, payroll, billing, etc This individual will also manage the corporate accounting function.
Key Responsibilities:
Month-End Close & Financial Reporting
- Lead and execute core components of the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
- Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations (balance sheet & key P&L accounts).
- Own complex areas such as revenue recognition timing, intercompany transactions, prepaids
- Assist with consolidated financial statements for over 400 operating locations.
- Identify and resolve variances, errors, and discrepancies.
Analysis & Support
- Perform financial analysis on trends, margins, and branch-level performance.
- Partner with operations and finance leadership to explain results and identify improvement opportunities.
- Support budgeting and forecasting efforts with accurate historical data and insights.
Internal Controls & Compliance
- Maintain strong internal controls over financial processes (supporting audits and internal audit initiatives).
- Assist with process documentation and implementation of improved accounting workflows.
- Support compliance with federal, state, and payer-specific requirements in a highly regulated healthcare environment.
Intercompany & Multi-Location Support
- Manage intercompany transactions, eliminations, and reconciliations.
- Support branch-level accounting issues escalated from payroll and billing bookkeepers.
- Coordinate with the Finance Data & Systems team on accounting automation and data integrity projects
Audit & External Support
- Prepare audit schedules and support external auditors, tax preparers, and lenders.
- Assist with lender reporting packages, covenant calculations, and year-end audit requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (Accounting required).
- CPA or CPA-eligible strongly preferred.
- 3–6 years of progressive accounting experience; public accounting or multi-unit healthcare experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of GAAP, financial close processes, and internal controls.
- Experience with multi-entity or high-location-volume organizations desired (100–400 locations ideal).
- Proficient with Excel, ERP systems (QuickBooks Enterprise, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, etc.), and data tools.
- Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and communication skills.