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ADVANCE YOUR CAREER WHILE SAVING LIVES

Our Blood Institute is actively seeking qualified candidates for new position in our growing Finance team that will be responsible for a broad scope of accounting and financial duties.

In the role of Senior Accountant, you will contribute to the financial management of a mid-sized (>$100M in revenues) mission driven non-profit organization. Some of the routine duties include reconciling general ledger account balances and assisting in month-end and year-end close processes. A successful senior accountant candidate must have excellent analytical skills, a thorough knowledge of accounting principles, extensive experience with automated ERP (financial systems) and analytical experience of multi-location/cost center financial statements and budgets.

The Senior Accountant will play a key role in maintaining the company's accounting software applications and functions to ensure appropriate stewardship of the community's resources. Candidates must have experience collaborating with a team of financial professionals and a commitment to customer service.

If you are looking to reinvent yourself in an exciting new bio-tech organization that is truly on the leading edge of its industry...then this could be the perfect job for you. Not only will you be joining the World's Best Blood Bank, you will truly be working to secure the future of our operations and helping us save lives every day.

We are located near downtown OKC (901 N. Lincoln Blvd) on the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center campus, with free parking!

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Pay: Competitive salary based on education and/or experience

Benefits: Health, dental, vision, life insurance, long term disability, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, holiday pay, etc.

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or Finance required
• CPA or CMA preferred
• 5+ years general ledger accounting experience
• Proven experience as a Chief/Senior Accountant, Financial Controller, or Accounting Supervisor
• Advanced MS Excel skills, including but not limited to pivot tables and formulas such as VLOOKUP
• Strong innovative problem-solving capabilities with the ability to take on a new perspective using existing solutions
• Excellent communication (written/oral) and interpersonal skills with the ability to interface comfortably at all levels both internally and externally
• Self-starter with the ability to work under pressure independently and as part of a team
• Ability to think strategically and act proactively
• Excellent time and self-management skills, able to prioritize and multitask to meet deadlines
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent quantitative, analytic, and deductive reasoning capabilities

Primary Responsibilities:

• Preparing and posting journal vouchers relating to various general ledger accounts
• Identifying, recording, and posting monthly, quarterly, and year-end accrual entries
• Maintaining fixed asset ledgers, depreciation calculations, and history
• Tracking prepaid expenses and prepaid insurances
• Preparing monthly account reconciliation reports of various balance sheet accounts & income statement accounts as assigned by controller/management
• Preparing supplemental management reports when requested by management
• Overseeing and maintaining the functionality of the accounting software applications by developing new reports through the use of Pivot Tables or VLookup and troubleshooting software problems when they arise
• Supporting the implementing of process improvement initiative in the accounting department
• Activities relating to year-end financial audit including preparation of audit work papers and financial reports for examination by outside auditors
• Support month-end and year-end close process and documenting critical processes
• Providing accounting/financial support to other departments and special projects when needed
• Completing historical financial and budget analysis