Accounting Specialist

Job Purpose & Position Overview

The Accounting Specialist will report to the Financial Accounting Manager. The successful candidate will be hands-on and assist in developing an internal team to support the following areas: payroll completion, data transfer, reconciliation of bank accounts with GL, workflow optimization, report development, general ledger, and journal entry completion. The Accounting Specialist will play a critical role in ensuring compliance of the accounting systems and finance department operations as the Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System (WCHS) continues to enhance its quality of programs. This is a tremendous opportunity to maximize and strengthen the internal efficiency and capacity of a well-respected, high-impact organization. 

Specific Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate general ledger in real time to ensure management has up to date financials for decision making.
• Perform month end and year end close process.
• Perform general ledger entries.
• Manage and monitor WCHS’s fixed asset and inventory process.
• Complete assigned balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Assist with special projects as they arise in the accounting team.
• Assist Financial Accounting Manager during the year end audit process by providing information to external auditors.
• Assist with generating financial statements.
• Provide timely and accurate department financial statements with meaningful variance analysis.
• Researches and resolves accounting errors and discrepancies.
• Oversee bank reconciliations.
• Maintain and design Power BI, power queries, and power app workflows to automate interface process to accounting system.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Duties listed are intended as an illustration of various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from this position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment.

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, or business administration with a concentration in accounting or financial management.
• Minimum five years’ work experience in accounting/finance; healthcare accounting or finance is a plus.
• Exceptional skills in Microsoft Excel and proficient in other Microsoft Office programs
• Knowledge and understanding of fiscal management including analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and identification of cost centers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage project from conceptual stage through completion.
• Ability to operate computers and office management software.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, or business administration with a concentration in accounting or financial management.  
• Experience in Tribal and/or Indian Health Service fiscal management is a plus.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local funding and grant requirements, and familiarity with community resources preferred.
• Knowledge of GASB lease accounting principles.
• Financial statement audits highly preferred.
• Proficient with SQL.
• Experience with Meditech EHR system.
• Experience with Sage Intaact accounting system.

Training Requirements:

• Must attend all department meetings and other training courses as directed by Financial Accounting Manager.

Physical Requirements:

• Normal to light office work which includes the ability to lift up to 10 lbs.
• Regularly required to walk, stand, and sit for extended periods of time and use hands to operate computer keyboard, phone, and various office equipment.
• While performing daily duties, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

Mental Requirements:

• Reading, writing, calculating
• Above average social interaction skills
• Reasoning/Analysis
• Works with minimal to no supervision

Language Requirements:

• Must possess the ability to read, write, and speak the English language fluently.
• Must be able to continually and effectively employ professional verbal and written communications skills.

Certificates, Licenses & Registrations:

• All applicants will comply with 45 CFR 1301, Subpart D, Section 1301.31, C and D, which require all prospective employees to sign a declaration prior to employment regarding all arrests and convictions of child abuse or violent felonies and to comply with PL 101-630 and PL 101-637 regarding criminal records check.

Please note the position description duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.