Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care, committed to making communities healthier. The Staff Accountant I will support the Lifepoint Business Services team by recording journal entries, assisting in month-end close processes, and conducting journal entry analysis to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Support the site liaison, local facility, HSC, and other LBS teams to record journal entries, ensure journal entries contain proper approval and support, and ensure journal entries are recorded correctly
- Assist the site liaison team through month-end close process to ensure journal entries are recorded according to month-end close schedules as documented in the month-end close checklists
- Manage the monthly journal entry volume for a range of facilities or general ledger accounts
- Support Site Liaison and other LBS teams with journal entry analysis, including providing support for entries
- Support general ledger, subledger, and journal entry analysis as needed, including ability to use reporting tools such as OTBI to query transactions to perform necessary research and analysis
- Review and scrutinize journal entries for appropriateness and accounting validity
- Assists operations in accordance with close checklists during the month-end close process
- Identify continuous improvement initiatives
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- 1-2 years of experience preferred
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs
- Ability to work with mathematical and algebraic concepts such as probability, statistical inference, and forecasting
- Ability to apply and analyze concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
- Frequent use of electronic mail, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, graphics, etc
- Ability to create, maintain and incorporate simple functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations to support business objectives
- Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills
- May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship
- Previous experience in an accounting role is preferred but not required; internships or related coursework may be considered
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation preferred
Company Overview
Lifepoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.lifepointhealth.net.
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