• Senior Accountant 4

    UCLA Health (Los Angeles, CA)


    Description

    Take on a key leadership role within a world-class, award-winning health system. Ensure the efficient delivery of award-winning patient care. Take your career in an exciting new direction. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.

     

    We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Accountant to support the Assistant Director of Accounting with both technical and general accounting functions.

    Key responsibilities include:

    + Ensure proper internal controls are established and maintained.

    + Overseeing the monthly financial close process, preparing journal ledger entries, identify and analyze variances of financial data, maintenance, consolidation and reconciliations of financial records.

    + Preparing financial reports

    + Managing the annual budgeting process

    + Conducting monthly budget analysis and reconciling accounts

    + Maintaining reconciliations of cash collections to the general ledger and accounts receivable systems

    + Reconciliation of other various accounts and subsidiary systems

    + Additionally, may be assigned the responsibility of providing training, guidance, and assistance to other employees.

    + Handling special projects as needed

     

    Salary Range: $86,400 - $184,800/annuallyQualifications

    We're seeking a detail-oriented and self-directed individual who has:

    + Seven years or more of extensive knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a working knowledge of fund accounting and healthcare accounting required

    + CPA and MBA preferred

    + Skill in managing the maintenance of accounting systems and in producing financial reports

    + Ability to analyze accounting processes and practices and recommend necessary changes to improve accuracy, compliance and efficiency

    + Demonstrated working knowledge of computerized general ledger and subsidiary systems with an understanding of the flow of information and the ability to recommend enhancements and modifications as necessary

    + Skill in utilizing spreadsheets and word processing applications to prepare reports and presentations, to analyze financial data and prepare communications to various university personnel

    + Skill in analyzing information, practices or systems to identify problems, identify patterns, trends and relationships, formulate logical and objective conclusions, recognize alternatives and their implications, and prepare reports

    + Demonstrated competence in accounting and business practices to advise department personnel regarding pertinent issues

    + Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff within the Accounting department, with other office personnel and with outside departments

    + Ability to evaluate impact on workload of projects and to meet specified deadlines

    + Ability to work independently in setting priorities to ensure that responsibilities are carried out in an accurate and timely fashion

    + Ability to adjust working hours and, if necessary, work overtime to meet the needs of the office and reporting deadlines

     

    UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.