Controller

Controller

Pay Rate: $99,000 - $141,000

Shift: Monday-Friday

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Strong understanding of payroll accounting and AP workflows, including risk controls and processing design.
• 2 years of working in healthcare, specifically a hospital.

Plusses

• Master's in Accounting

Job Description/Job Duties

• Provide functional leadership and supervision for all accounting staff, including the Accounts Payable Coordinator, Payroll Coordinator, Staff Accountant, and Senior Accountants, ensuring effective finance operations and process execution.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to deliver timely, accurate, and complete financial statements in compliance with GAAP and applicable state and federal requirements.
• Oversee general accounting activities, including general ledger management, revenue recognition, accounts payable and accounts receivable support, and all related reconciliations.
• Ensure consistent application of accounting policies, procedures, and sound bookkeeping practices across the accounting department.
• Analyze complex financial data, identify and resolve discrepancies, and provide clear, actionable financial reporting to leadership, including Board‑level support as needed.
• Attend monthly Finance Committee meetings and prepare and maintain detailed meeting minutes.
• Oversee payroll accounting processes to ensure payroll is accurate, fully supported, properly recorded in the general ledger, and reconciled in a timely manner, with prompt issue identification and resolution.
• Ensure all payroll rules are aligned with employee contracts, including collective bargaining agreements.
• Partner with the Office of Talent Management to ensure accurate and timely employee data flow (including hires, terminations, job changes, and leave activity) and to strengthen end‑to‑end internal controls that reduce payroll error risk.
• Design, implement, and maintain pre‑ and post‑payroll verification and review controls, including reconciliations, exception reporting, and documentation standards to minimize manual errors and rework.
• Oversee accounts payable workflows to ensure invoices are processed accurately and on time, in alignment with approval policies, contract terms, and cash management priorities.
• Strengthen invoice routing and approval processes, matching and validation procedures, vendor file controls, and exception handling to reduce payment delays and errors.
• Implement efficiency improvements and develop clear standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reduce processing cycle time, prevent duplicate or incorrect payments, and improve throughput, particularly during staffing transitions.
• Maintain and continuously enhance the organization’s internal control framework through documentation, staff education, monitoring, and ongoing improvements.
• Evaluate and document accounting policies and emerging reporting issues, preparing written analyses (“white papers”) and audit‑ready documentation to support key accounting judgments and controls.
• Coordinate external audits and provide required reporting support, including tax‑related items, as applicable to the organization.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, internal policies, and payer or government reporting requirements.
• Maintain and improve internal controls over financial reporting, cash handling, payroll accounting, and disbursements.
• Provide accounting and reporting support for treasury‑related activities and investment reporting, including performance analysis against benchmarks where applicable.
• Provide accounting support and coordination for Medicare and Medicaid cost report preparation and related audit requests, ensuring accurate data inputs, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.

Pay: $99,000.00 - $141,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $99,000 - $141,000