Job Summary
The Accounting Manager is responsible for the accounting, financial reporting, financial management, and business operations of AU Dental Associates, Inc. (AUDA). The position serves as the primary accounting and financial resource for AUDA and manages full-cycle accounting activities, including general ledger accounting, month-end and year-end close, account reconciliations, financial statement preparation, internal controls, and audit support. The position also manages the AUDA operating budget, financial forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis. The Accounting Manager works closely with the Director of Business Operations and DCG financial leadership and collaborates regularly with the Director of Patient Financial Management and related clinical revenue-cycle teams to ensure that AU Dental Associates financial activity is appropriately supported, reconciled, controlled, reported, and integrated with the comprehensive financial management of the Dental College of Georgia.
Responsibilities
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING:
-Manage AUDA's full-cycle accounting activities, ensuring timely and accurate recording and reporting of financial transactions.
-Manage GL activity, including preparing, reviewing, and posting journal entries and accounting adjustments to accurately reflect AUDA financial activity.
-Manage month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring transactions are recorded in the proper period and financial records are complete and accurate.
-Prepare and review complex account reconciliations, including balance sheet, bank, cash, receivable, payable, and intercompany accounts.
-Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and supporting schedules, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
-Prepare financial analyses and management reports to evaluate performance, identify trends and variances, and support decision-making.
-Prepare accounting estimates, accruals, allocations, and other calculations required for financial reporting.
-Reconcile clinical revenue, collections, receivables, adjustments, refunds, and related revenue-cycle activity to AUDA accounting records and financial reports, coordinating resolution of discrepancies with appropriate revenue-cycle teams.
-Ensure the integrity of accounting records and supporting documentation and resolve discrepancies and reporting issues promptly.
STRATEGIC SUPPORT:
-Support DCG financial leadership in evaluating AUDA financial performance and identifying strategies to strengthen revenues, control costs, improve operating results, and support long-term financial sustainability.
-Prepare financial analyses, forecasts, business cases, and other strategic information to support leadership decisions regarding AUDA operations and initiatives.
-Analyze clinical revenue performance, trends, variances, receivables, collections, and related financial activity in collaboration with Patient Financial Management and other appropriate teams to identify financial risks, opportunities, or areas requiring additional review.
-Monitor and resolve complex accounting, financial, and business issues affecting AUDA and recommend solutions based on financial analysis, professional accounting judgment, and operational considerations.
-Collaborate with Financial Operations Managers and other Business Operations leaders to ensure appropriate coordination among AUDA accounting, the AUDA operating budget, personnel funding, and the comprehensive financial management of DCG.
-Assist with special projects and ad hoc financial or operational analyses as requested by leadership.
BUDGET, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS:
-Manage development of the annual AUDA operating budget with the Director of Business Operations, DCG financial leadership, and Financial Operations Managers.
-Monitor AUDA financial performance and prepare budget-to-actual analyses, forecasts, projections, and recommendations regarding revenues, expenses, staffing, contractual commitments, and resource allocation. Review historical financial performance, clinical revenue trends, expense patterns, and operational activity to identify financial risks, opportunities, and strategies to support operations and financial sustainability. Coordinate with Financial Operations Managers to ensure AUDA budget activity, personnel funding, financial commitments, and other activity are incorporated into the DCG budget and financial planning processes. Provide financial and business operations support to AUDA and DCG leadership and coordinate with the Director of Patient Financial Management and clinical revenue-cycle teams regarding processes affecting AUDA financial performance, accounting, and reporting. Review and support AUDA contracts, purchasing activities, operational initiatives, and business processes with DCG and university offices, and recommend improvements that strengthen financial controls, improve efficiency, or reduce operational risk.
INTERNAL CONTROLS, COMPLIANCE, AND AUDIT:
-Develop, implement, document, and monitor internal controls for AUDA accounting, reporting, cash management, disbursements, clinical revenue-related processes, and financial activities.
-Ensure AUDA accounting activities are conducted in accordance with university policies, accounting principles, organizational requirements, and internal controls.
-Work with Patient Financial Management and clinical revenue-cycle teams to evaluate and support business processes, procedures, and internal controls affecting AUDA clinical revenue, collections, receivables, adjustments, refunds, and financial activity.
-Coordinate audit activities, including schedules, documentation, account reconciliations, and responses to auditor requests.
-Serve as resource for accounting and financial matters related to AUDA audits, reviews, internal controls, and financial reporting.
-Identify accounting, financial, and operational risks affecting AUDA financial accounting and reporting, including those arising from revenue-cycle processes, and recommend corrective actions, process improvements, or additional controls.
-Develop and maintain AUDA accounting policies, procedures, and documentation supporting consistent financial practices, segregation of duties, accurate financial reporting, and organizational continuity.
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT:
-Manage and monitor financial systems, accounting processes, and reporting tools used to record and report AUDA financial activity.
-Ensure financial information is accurately recorded and appropriately reconciled among accounting systems, banking records, clinical revenue-cycle information, management reports, and other financial data sources.
-Develop and maintain accounting schedules, reports, templates, and analytical tools necessary to support accurate financial reporting and effective management decision-making.
Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows, revenue-related financial processes, reporting processes, system utilization, and financial data integrity.
-Prepare and present training to appropriate DCG and AUDA staff regarding accounting procedures, financial processes, internal controls, and systems affecting AUDA.
OTHER: Perform all other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field with five years of progressively responsible accounting or financial management experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Proficient in QuickBooks Online Accounting Software
Preferred Experience
Experience with full-cycle accounting, financial statement preparation, internal controls, audit support, and healthcare revenue-cycle financial processes.
Experience in academic healthcare, clinical administration, healthcare finance, faculty practice, or another complex operating environment.
Working knowledge of Augusta University policies, procedures, and applicable financial systems.
Strong accounting, financial management, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to present complex financial information clearly and collaborate across accounting, budgeting, revenue-cycle, and business operations functions.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, fiscal administration, regulatory compliance, and clinical revenue-related financial processes.
SKILLS
Strong accounting and financial management skills, including preparation and analysis of financial statements, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, and complex financial reports; expertise in Microsoft Excel and Word; strong problem-solving, organizational, prioritization, and communication skills.
ABILITIES
Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to manage full-cycle accounting and financial reporting processes, analyze financial and clinical revenue performance, reconcile complex financial data, exercise independent professional judgment, and communicate effectively with financial and non-financial stakeholders.
Shift/Salary/Benefits
Shift: Days/M-F (Work outside of normal business hours may be required)
Pay Band: B15
Salary: Minimum $82,800/annual - Midpoint: $105,600/annual
Salary Minimum (Min-Mid or list up to the budgeted amount which should not be more than the midpoint)
Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position
Recruitment Period: 10/20/2026-Until Filled
Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.
Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.
Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!
