Director, Accounting

Lawrence General Hospital

$110K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration/management or 10+ years of accounting experience, preferably in healthcare.
  • Experience with 3rd party reimbursement in healthcare is a plus.
  • Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel and strong skills in Microsoft Word.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
  • Proactive learner with strong career ambitions.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and adhere to the Fiscal Services department's goals aligned with strategic and operating plans.
  • Take ownership of monthly and annual financial statement preparation, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
  • Oversee compliance with debt and Sox regulations, implementing improvements in internal controls.
  • Review all balance sheet accounts quarterly and account reconciliations for audit purposes.
  • Plan and delegate work assignments, ensuring proper training and evaluation of staff.
  • Coordinate year-end audits and external audit reviews, ensuring timely documentation and compliance.
  • Supervise preparation of payroll and non-payroll tax returns, maintaining compliance in financial reporting.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development in a healthcare-specific accounting environment.
  • Supportive work culture focused on continuous improvement and internal controls.
  • Engagement in strategic planning processes along with senior leadership.
  • Access to annual audits providing continuous learning opportunities.
Full Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:

Supervise and oversee various functions of the accounting department.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Adhere to and establish Fiscal Services department goals and objectives consistent with Merrimack Health strategic and operating plans, including the annual operating plan (AOP).
  • Ownership of the monthly financial statements for Merrimack Health.
  • Ownership of the annual audited financial statements and related footnotes.
  • Adheres to monthly financial statement preparation timelines.
  • Ensure compliance with debt compliance reporting.
  • Will stay in compliance with Sox regulations.
  • Continually improving and implementing internal controls via policies and procedures
  • Will work with the General Accounting Manager and Accountants to review all balance sheet accounts quarterly.
  • Reviews all account reconciliations for audit purposes.
  • Review complex accounting reconciliations.
  • Review departmental budget-to-actual revenue and expense performance.
  • Plan and delegate work assignments, train, supervise, and evaluate staff.
  • Coordinate and prepare for year-end audits and periodic external audit reviews.
  • Ensure staff maintain records and prepare reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
  • Supervise the preparation of all non-payroll tax returns for the Merrimack Health entities including 990s, MA PCs, 1120s, 355s, and 1065s.
  • Supervise the preparation of all payroll-related federal and state tax returns for Merrimack Health.
  • Review weekly and biweekly payroll processes.
  • Coordinate the renewal of all annual insurance policies for Merrimack Health.
  • Ensure compliance with local, state and federal reporting requirements in the areas of financials statements, taxes, property, grants and corporate annual returns.
  • Perform periodic audits of accounting, payroll and accounts payable.
  • Document and update fiscal policies, procedures, and narratives on a timely basis.
  • Participate in the preparation of the annual operating budgets for Merrimack Health.
  • Other duties and special projects as assigned by the ACFO, CFO or CEO.
  • Ensures timely submissions EMMA and Sam's.gov.
  • Ensures timely submission for BSAS grants
  • Coordinates all audits single case, grants, 5500's and insurance data is done timely with auditors and insurance carrier.


EDUCATION AND RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Required:
    1. A bachelor's degree in business administration / management or a minimum of 10+ years of experience in accounting, preferably in a healthcare setting.
    2. Helpful to have experience using 3rd party reimbursement and Healthcare.
    3. Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills and strong Microsoft Word skills
    4. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
    5. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
    6. Must be extremely well organized and capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously under tight deadlines.
    7. Must have an "always willing to learn" mentality and have strong career ambitions.

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Lawrence General Hospital

More Legal & Accounting Jobs

Find similar Director, Accounting jobs: