Senior Accounting Analyst

Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated

 

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.  We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.

 

 

Job Summary

Role Overview:

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 assumpt