Manager Accounting

$90,000 - $125,000/Yr

Surgical Care Affiliates - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

10,001+ employees

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Manager of Accounting at SCA Health is responsible for overseeing the accounting staff and ensuring effective financial reporting and compliance for clients. This role involves managing the growth and development of the accounting team, establishing financial systems for new clients, and coordinating various financial processes including budgeting, audits, and tax returns. The position aims to enhance operational efficiency and support the company's mission of delivering high-quality specialty care.

Responsibilities

• Manages and supervises accounting staff to ensure effective staffing model for existing business.
• Hires and works to retain staff consistent with maximizing ratio of staff to clients for optimal efficiency.
• Prepares performance reviews for entire accounting department.
• Manages growth and development of staff, provides leadership and fosters challenging environment that allows employees to grow personally and professionally.
• Motivates, leads, rewards, develops, promotes and disciplines employees.
• Manages and directs staff to ensure timely and accurate financial and statistical reporting to clients and boards.
• Responsible for establishing financial systems and controls for new clients to create a seamless integration with accounting systems and reporting requirements.
• Manages the coordination and preparation of client budgets, capital budgets and forecasting.
• Manages the coordination of year-end independent reviews/audits.
• Manages the coordination of all appropriate tax returns, such as federal, state, property, and sales/use tax returns for all clients.
• Maintains appropriate supporting documentation for all clients to ensure proper accounting of transactions.
• Maintains retention policy for accounting and tax files.
• Oversees completion of Business Valuations for clients.
• Oversees client banking and other financial institutional relationships including loans, lease financing and cash management.
• Assists development of new business projects including financial forecasts.
• Responsible for identifying process improvements within the accounting department.
• Assists Payer Contracting with financial analysis of payer agreements, reimbursements and terms for negotiation purposes.
• Assists Business Office and Materials Management Operations including inventory control; inventory observations; accounts receivable, billing collections, and client IT systems.
• Assists in quarterly training sessions and presentations with administrators on financial and operational matters.
• Assists with special projects as requested by clients and management.

Requirements

• BS or BA in Accounting from an accredited university or college required.
• CPA, MBA preferred.
• Seven years accounting/finance experience with a minimum of four years supervisory experience required.