Accountant II (Full Time, Remote, North Carolina Based)

The Accountant II is responsible for all areas relating to month end close and financial reporting.  This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.  This position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, financial reporting, and year end audit preparation.

This position will allow the successful candidate to work a schedule that will be primarily remote. While there is no expectation of being in the office routinely, they will be required to come into the Alliance Office for business and team meetings as needed.

Responsibilities & Duties

Facilitate and Complete Month End Close Tasks

• Prepare and analyze monthly journal entries ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Record journal entries into the accounting system
• Analyze expenses to ensure all assets and prepaids have been recorded accurately
• Maintain Prepaid and Asset schedules and record monthly journal entries.
• Prepare and analyze monthly accruals, reclasses and allocations
• Prepare monthly AR entries for all sources of funding ensuing accuracy and completeness
• Ensure all tasks and entries are completed by the established internal and external deadlines
• Ensure all tasks are completed in the proper order to ensure the accuracy of the financial statements.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable, Payroll and Finance to ensure accuracy of the financials
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations and research/validate balances to ensure an accurate balance sheet

Monthly Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare monthly Board Reports and analyze the financials to inform management of any extraordinary items that should be disclosed to the Board of Directors
• Calculate and analyze all contractually obligated ratios monthly ensuring ratios are calculated per contractual requirements
• Responsible for completing the contractually obligated monthly FRT Report. The report must be prepared per the guidelines provided by DHB and submitted by the established deadline
• Review and analyze the monthly FRT Report to ensure accuracy
• Research and answer questions from FRT related to the DMA Report
• Create and maintain Management Report Writer reports 
• Collaborate with the IT department on creating and maintaining supplemental reports and addressing variances in the reports

Manage and Assist in Various Financial Audits

• Assist the Accounting Supervisor with the annual financial audit preparing schedules that reconcile back to the year-end trial balance
• Responsible for the completion of the semi-annual SB208 audit
• Assist the Accounting Manager with the with the annual EQRO audit preparing schedules 

Monitor and Analyze Current Process

• Monitor and analyze current processes and schedules to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy

Minimum Requirements

Education & Experience

Required:

Associate’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field and five (5) years of accounting/auditing experience in the preparation of interpretive, analytical accounting/financial statements and reports, or in governmental financial systems.

Or

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field and three (3) years of accounting/auditing experience in the preparation of interpretive, analytical accounting/financial statements and reports, or in governmental financial systems.

Strong Excel experience required.

Preferred:  

Previous experience in a behavioral healthcare agency preferred.