Senior Accountant, Hospital Operations, Full Time - Days

About the position

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Senior Accountant for the hospital clinical operations team. This position will be primarily a work from home opportunity with the requirement to come onsite 1-2 days per week to our Burr Ridge facility. You may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area. The Senior Accountant, Hospital Operations will be responsible for preparing monthly journal entries, reconciling accounts, documenting business transactions, and maintaining a sound internal control structure for health systems hospital operations. In addition, this role will be responsible for supporting internal and external audit activities. The Senior Accountant will also be a key business partner to the operations they support, providing relevant and timely information related to financial results. The Senior Accountant is expected to partner with other members of the finance team to support budgeting, financial analysis and adhoc report requests.

Responsibilities

• Perform month end close responsibilities including the timely and accurate preparation and posting monthly journal entries in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Prepares monthly account analysis and reconciliations in a timely manner to ensure high quality financial statements; responsible for reconciliation remediation and ongoing transaction quality including explanation of key monthly variances for actual and budget
• Provides monthly financial reporting and analysis to operational leaders and Sr. management providing clear and concise information on financial performance
• Support internal, external and other regulatory audit activities including preparation of the audit work papers, account reconciliation and preparation of audited financial statements
• Recommends changes and improvements to monthly close process and accounting processes to increase efficiencies and accuracy and reliability of financial statement reporting including the expansion and use of our ERP and the use of artificial intelligence
• Provides mentorship and support to junior staff grow and develop
• Performs special projects and tasks as assigned management to support the growth of the department
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and concepts including Revenue, Prepaids, Accruals, Inventory, etc.
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and compliance requirements.
• Proficiency in financial analysis, reporting tools, use of excel and other analytical tools.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work independently and as a team to solve problems and raise issues and drive continuous improvement
• Attention to detail and ability to work accurately under tight deadlines.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced computer skills required including knowledge and proficiency with spreadsheet and database programs.
• Knowledge of large scale, complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and the impacts of how transactions flow
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills; able to take complex information and present it in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential and be able to articulate issues in a precise, substantive manner.

Nice-to-haves

• CPA or CFA certification