Accountant III

Full Time
Pasadena, TX 77505
Posted
Job description
Overview

Patients Medical Center (PMC) provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services—wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women’s services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Responsibilities

Responsible for certain accounting Functions for the assigned location/facility in accordance with CHI St. Luke’s policies and generally accepted accounting principles. The accounting Functions include: month-end close process, recording cash activities; journal entries; account reconciliation’s; account analysis, and other assigned tasks. Reporting responsibilities include: monthly reporting and analysis for assigned departments and/or entities; assistance for certain business units for operations inquiries and budget support. Assists with the development of tools and processes to develop internal controls, work flow processes, and desk manual procedures.

1. Participates in the month end close process to ensure transactions are recorded timely and Accurately. Documents all work in the general ledger to provide reliable audit trail.
2. Reviews all intercompany activity to ensure proper postings and balances.
3. Prepares all third party billings in a timely manner.
4. Proactively interacts with key management personnel to gather information, resolve issues and/or problems and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
5. Prepares account reconciliations on a timely basis.
6.Assisting Manager/Director in initiating and improving processes and procedures to enhance productivity and efficiency.
7.Prepare journal entries to reflect adjustments or corrections to the general ledger
8.Responds to questions about posted transactions and Ensures that relationships among accounts and other accountants are understood as transactions are processed.
9.Prepares analysis and assistance to department directors and management for assigned areas of responsibility.
10.Assists with preparation of operating or capital budget for assigned entity or areas of responsibility.
11. Performs budget versus actual analysis for assigned areas. Report variances to business leaders and assist with development of action plans for improved performance.
12. Serve as subject matter experts for various financial activities relating to close, billing or reporting.
13. Participate in year-end financial statement audits for assigned areas of responsibility.
14. Assists with various special projects and duties or analysis to ensure performance objectives are met.
15. Communicates with manager and director regarding work performed, status of open issues, expectations regarding timelines, etc. and promotes transparency in all work products
16.Assists in training managers on accessing their reports/tools to help administer their respective areas of responsibility

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree- Accounting or Finance

Minimum Experience:

  • Five to seven years of experience in accounting, with progressive responsibilities and including three to five years appropriate experience in specialty area (depending on location, i)e) grant accounting, financial reporting, inventory and asset management, system maintenance and infrastructure )

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Good skills in reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
  • Able to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
  • Able to effectively present information and respond to common inquiries or complaints from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
  • Excellent skills in working with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
  • Able to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
  • Good skills in solving practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
  • Able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
  • Intermediate knowledge of automated accounting systems and general computer applications such as Microsoft Office suite applications
  • Advanced skills and knowledge of Excel

Pay Range
$28.64 - $44.39/hour

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