[Hiring] Accountant @Hennepin Healthcare

Role Description

Under minimal supervision, the Staff Accountant is primarily concerned with the accounting functions for the health care system.

• Prepares, reconciles, and analyzes routine and complex financial statements and reports.
• Prepares journal entries, difficult and complex accounting entries, transactions, and reconciliations.
• Performs routine work in verifying compliance to procedures, effectiveness of management controls, and the accuracy of accounting and other financial information.
• Conducts less complex surveys, analyses, and system and procedural studies, and recommends changes in procedures and methods.
• Prepares written documentation of work activities, such as routine work papers and audit reports, and procedures.
• Participates in the installation of new systems and procedures.
• May prepare analysis of various ledger accounts.
• May review expenditures and accounting procedures of contractual vendors and compare vendor budgets with purchase of service contracts for compliance to contract stipulations.
• Assists higher level auditors/accountants in the examination and analysis of accounting methods and procedures.
• May provide assistance, work direction, training, or supervision to employees engaged in paraprofessional or clerical accounting activities.
• May perform special projects and provide assistance to other Units, Departments, etc. on audit or accounting related matters.
• Prepares journal entries to be posted to general ledger.
• Prepares reconciliation of assigned trial balance accounts.
• Analyzes financial statements and detailed expense reports, explains variances to trend, and prepares month-end narratives.
• Assists Senior Accountant in the preparation of monthly financial statements and other financial reports.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual year-end audit.
• Assists in compiling, formulating, and reviewing fiscal budgets.
• All work is self-reviewed for reasonableness and with a complete understanding before being presented as evidenced by analysis and ability to explain your work.
• Maintains record retention and filing system.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Prepares, reconciles, and analyzes routine and complex financial activities for grants.
• Reviews and administers financial terms and conditions of grants including funder agency reporting, time and effort requirements, budgets, billing, and grant closing procedures.
• Assists higher-level auditors/accountants in the examination and analysis of grant accounting methods and procedures.
• Assists in the preparation of the grant financial reconciliations and any grant audits.
• Assists in compiling, formulating, and reviewing grant budgets.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college with a major in accounting, business administration with emphasis in accounting, or other specialty area related to the duties of the position -OR- An approved equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting preferred.
• One to three (1-3) years of general ledger experience in an automated environment preferred.

Requirements

• Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of financial reporting system.
• Demonstrates initiative and follow through.
• Must have strong spreadsheet skills (i.e., Excel).
• Attention to detail.
• Strong work ethic.
• Deemed Reliable.
• Possess Integrity.