Full-Time Senior Accountant

Redwoods Rural Health Center is seeking an Senior Accountant to join our team. After successful completion of the training period, this role will shift to a hybrid work schedule, combining on-site and remote work.

The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of accounting principles, a proven record of advising on business and tax matters, and a passion for excellence. In this role, you'll collaborate with our team, lead special projects and will be responsible for a company’s financial procedures, records and statements for compliance with laws and regulations.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Analyzing complex financial reports and records
• Overseeing billing and ensuring accuracy
• Overseeing the vendors' payments and ensuring accuracy
• Performing variance analyses and preparing account reconciliations
• Assisting with bank, financial, and tax audits
• Documenting and monitoring internal controls
• Coordinating more complex accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and alert the CFO if necessary.
• Coordinate semi-annual audits and assist the CFO in running audits.
• Reconcile accounts monthly to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
• Delegate financial responsibilities to the accounting team
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other documents.
• Supporting month-end and year-end close
• Preparing financial statements, journal entries and account reconciliations
• Assessing internal controls, including risk assessments and reviews of risk areas
• Collaborates closely with the Finance Director and/or CFO in the development of annual operational, capital, and federal budgets that support the organization’s long and short-range plans and objectives and reflects the board approved strategic plan.
Supervising accounting staff

GENERAL LEDGER
• Perform month-end closing procedures
• Research and correct any out-of-balance situations between the GL and sub-ledger
• Analyze, amortize, and reconcile prepaid accounts
• Prepare assigned journal entries
• Prepare assigned general ledger reconciliations
• Review general ledger reconciliations prepared by others
• Prepare monthly commissions.

ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS
• Oversee the parcel billing, payments, and reconciliations
• Review and approve AP payments
• Review and release wire/ACH payments
• Oversee Grants Receivables and related activities
• Evaluate policies and procedures annually to ensure that they are relevant
• Assists the Finance Director and/or CFO in identifying undesirable trends and potential business opportunities.
• Complete special projects and reports, as requested by the Finance Director and/or CFO.
• Identify and implement technology, automation, and outsourcing opportunities to drive efficiency

QUALIFICATIONS
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a similar major is required
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in accounting or finance, preferably in a healthcare setting

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES
• Knows the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Demonstrates strong technical accounting skills
• Shows strong leadership skills and manages a growing accounting team

INTERPERSONAL
• Listens and communicates well with staff, leadership, providers, and patients
• Accepts constructive criticism well. Provides constructive criticism in an appropriate manner
• Works well under pressure and maintains a positive and productive energy-level
• Shows professionalism and poise when dealing with patients, providers, and co-workers
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and a commitment to providing excellent service.

COMPETENCIES
• To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.
• Problem-solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems promptly and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
Interpersonal Skills—the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new thing
• Quality control—the individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality; and
Adaptability-the individual adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, and can deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events

ANNUAL PAY AND BENEFITS
• Annual compensation $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year depending on qualifications.
• Four-day, 10 hours per day work week (not all positions will qualify for 4 days a week benefit)
• 4% retirement match
• Paid holidays, paid vacation, paid sick time benefits as outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family

To learn more about the position or start the application process, please go to https://www.rrhc.org/job-opportunities and complete the application located at the top of the page and email to the address shown in the job post. Email the completed application in addition to your CV through this post or mail to PO Box 769, Redway CA 95560.