Senior Accountant

Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

 

Job Summary

Serve as a key accounting and finance contact for various assigned business units of the Mass General Brigham (MGB) health enterprise. Work closely with all levels within the MGB network to collect, process, review, analyze & report the financial results of the operations of the assigned companies.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

- Prepare, analyze, and communicate/report the operating results of assigned companies.

- Perform detailed analyses of various general ledger accounts of assigned companies and cost centers.

- Identify exceptions and propose action steps to facilitate adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures enterprise-wide.

- Seeks and finds opportunities for improvement, providing detailed recommendations to management.

- Act as an organizational accounting liaison to functional areas within MGB Enterprise Services, such as Treasury, Financial Planning, Benefits, Capital, Customer Accounts, Cash, Investments, Patient A/R, Revenue Finance, Research Finance, and all financial staff for general ledger activity.

- Prepare a variety of recurring financial transactions, reports, and analyses related to operating financial statements, intercompany activity, and other sub ledger activity and schedules.

- Review activity for accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness, interpreting trends or deviations and making recommendations for corrective action.

- Prepare analyses of revenue and expense budget variances, providing management with explanations for current and prior year changes, and projected impact.

- Prepare monthly journal entries for assigned accounts, ensuring all activity is recorded, adjustments are calculated, and corrections are made. Ensures all assigned accounts are reconciled.

- Ensure GAAP accounting standards and MGB accounting policies are strictly followed.

- Perform balance sheet account reconciliations using reconciliation software on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis in preparation for the annual external audit.

- Participate and routinely present in monthly close meetings.

- Responds to questions and solves problems as requested by department leaders. This includes responding to questions or problems pertaining to the monthly performance reports, as well as all supporting reports used by department managers to monitor revenues and expenses.

- Performs accounting related duties such as suspense account reconciliations, proofreading of financial documents, compilation of financial schedules, and participating in special projects as requested.

- Maintains in an organized manner all on-line supporting back-up for review by external auditors. This includes journal entries, detail trial balance reports, journal entry logs, account reconciliation reports, payroll related data, and various supporting general ledger schedules.

- Perform ad hoc analyses of issues to support management inquiries for revenue and expenses, all performed within time sensitive deadlines and with a high degree of attention to detail.

 

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required. CPA or MBA is a plus.  

• At least 4-6 years of accounting experience required. Public accounting/auditing experience is a plus. 

• Healthcare experience a plus. 

• Knowledge of Workday GL/ERP systems is a plus.
   

Skills/Abilities/Competencies: 

• Experience in translating and communicating key analyses and assumptions to Senior Management for decision-making. 

• Excellent oral & written communications skills along with confidence and experience in presenting to small and large groups.

• Confidence and ability to prepare and present reports and analysis during group monthly financial close meetings with limited assistance. 

• Strong Microsoft Office and Outlook skills with intermediat