[Hiring] Staff GL Accountant @GHX

Role Description

The Staff GL Accountant is an individual contributor responsible for executing general ledger accounting processes and supporting accurate, GAAP-compliant financial reporting on the expense side of the business. This role partners with the Accounting Manager and cross-functional teams to maintain the integrity of the general ledger, prepare balance sheet reconciliations, and support timely and accurate close deliverables. This individual demonstrates strong technical and analytical capabilities, contributes to process improvements, and supports the monthly close, audit, and ongoing GL operations. This role is expected to operate independently within the GL function, applying strong technical judgment to analyze and resolve moderately complex accounting matters, and escalating only novel, high-risk, or judgmental issues to the Accounting Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3–5 years of corporate accounting experience, or 2–3 years of public accounting experience
• Demonstrated experience independently owning general ledger accounting processes and account reconciliations

Requirements

• Own month-end and quarter-end close activities for assigned expense accounting areas, independently identifying and resolving issues that arise during the close process.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for assigned accounts, ensuring compliance with company policies, robust supporting documentation, and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare journal entries related to expense accruals, prepaid assets, reallocations, reserves, and other significant accounting transactions.
• Lead the expense accrual process for assigned functions, partnering with business leaders to gather support and independently record period-end obligations.
• Perform variance and flux analyses for assigned accounts, independently identifying drivers, evaluating business impact, and presenting findings and recommended actions to accounting leadership.
• Review expense transactions to ensure proper recognition, classification, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and internal accounting policies.
• Interpret and apply accounting guidance and internal policies to routine and non-routine transactions, independently resolving unusual items and escalating only complex or judgmental matters requiring management input.
• Conduct research on technical accounting matters and lead the implementation of new accounting policies within area of responsibility.
• Support internal and external audit requests by preparing supporting schedules and gathering documentation for assigned accounting areas.
• Independently identify process inefficiencies and control gaps across the GL function and lead the design and implementation of improvements.
• Lead process improvement initiatives focused on standardization and automation across the GL function, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive adoption.
• Maintain and update accounting procedures and process documentation for assigned areas.
• Perform assigned internal control activities and maintain supporting documentation, ensuring compliance with GAAP, SOX requirements, and company policies.
• Build working relationships with Finance, FP&A, Operations, Procurement, HR, and other business partners to gather information, resolve accounting questions, and influence process and control changes.
• Serve as a resource and informal mentor to junior accounting staff, reviewing their work and providing guidance on GL accounting and reconciliation best practices.
• Collaborate with team members to promote consistency in accounting practices and documentation.
• Participate in special projects and other accounting priorities as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Accident and life insurance
• 401k matching
• Paid-time off
• Education reimbursement

Company Description

Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) enables better patient care and billions in savings for the healthcare community by maximizing automation, efficiency and accuracy of business processes. GHX is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using our world-class cloud-based supply chain technology exchange platform, solutions, analytics, and services. We bring together healthcare providers and manufacturers and distributors in North America and Europe - who rely on smart, secure healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate their business processes and make more informed decisions.

It is our passion and vision for a more operationally efficient healthcare supply chain, helping organizations reduce - not shift - the cost of doing business, paving the way to delivering patient care more effectively. Together we take more than a billion dollars out of the cost of delivering healthcare every year. GHX is privately owned, operates in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and employs more than 1000 people worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is in Colorado, with additional offices in Europe.