Senior Accountant

ABOUT AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC:

Austin Regional Clinic has been voted a top Central Texas employer by our employees for over 15 years!   We are one of central Texas’ largest professional medical groups with 35 locations and we are continuing to grow. We offer the following benefits to eligible team members: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, 401(k), EAP, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement, Child Care Assistance, Health & Fitness, Sick Child Care Assistance, Development and more. For additional information visit https://www.austinregionalclinic.com/careers/

PURPOSE

To establish and/ or maintain the organization’s accounting principles, practices, procedures and internal controls to ensure the generation of GAAP accrual based financial statements. Carries out all duties while maintaining compliance and confidentiality and promoting the mission and philosophy of the organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Accounting:

• Sets up spreadsheets and/or other required work papers to support journal entries to the general or subsidiary ledgers.
• Organizes and coordinates the posting of entries to the general and subsidiary ledgers in order to maintain a timely close process.
• Reviews the general ledger trial balance monthly for accuracy and reasonableness.
• Reviews existing procedures for recording financial transactions to determine propriety and methods of reducing time and cost of the general ledger accounting operations.
• Reviews financial statements to ensure accuracy.
• Coordinates the monthly closing of the modules in Oracle.
• Consolidates companies.
• Makes eliminating entries.

Reporting:

• Generates accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and reports.
• Creates board reports.
• Provides special reports as required.
• Provides written monthly analysis of cost trends.

Reconciling:

• Reconciles the general ledger control accounts to the subsidiary ledgers balance on a routine basis.
• Reviews, examines and approves entries posted to subsidiary and general ledgers for accuracy and compliance with established accounting policies and procedures.
• Performs independent research into errors in coding of expenses monthly and develops correcting entries as needed.
• Reconciles accounts as assigned.

Taxes (when assigned):

• Responds to all IRS, TWC and sales tax notices and coordinate all tax filings.
• Books income tax provisions monthly.
• Coordinates and provides required tax information for the engaged tax firm to prepare quarterly tax estimates and tax returns for all companies.
• Prepares and files Franchise tax returns on a timely basis.

Other:

• Prepares audit schedules in support of the annual audit.
• Assists in identifying and resolving potential internal control issues.
• Writes accounting and computer operating procedures using established accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices.
• Makes recommendations to his/her supervisor for the continuous refinement of all accounting procedures.
• Adheres to all company policies, including but not limited to, OSHA, HIPAA, compliance and Code of Conduct.
• Regular and dependable attendance.
• Follows the core competencies set forth by the Company, which are available for review on CMSweb.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Gains an understanding of the allocation process as well as the data that drives the GAAP/ EAR allocations to ensure allocation results are accurate and in line with financial reporting goals of the Company.
• Gains an understanding of the flow of data throughout the organization. There are multiple entities, multiple data sources and multiple systems- each of these must be well understood in order to be successful in this position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience
Required: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or finance. At least four (4) years of experience in financial statement preparation and reconciliation. Experience with building complex spreadsheets using Excel and Access.

Preferred: Experience working in a multi-specialty physician practice. Oracle experience. CPA license preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Oracle preferred.
• Advanced Access and Excel skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent interpersonal & problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to engage others, listen and adapt response to meet others’ needs.
• Ability to align own actions with those of other team members committed to common goals.
• Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with Windows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to perform job duties in a professional manner at all times.
• Ability to understand, recall, and communicate, factual information.
• Ability to understand, recall, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
• Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
• Ability to apply common sense in performing job.
• Skill in analyzing and interpreting financial records.