Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Accountant - We Serve. We Grow. We Achieve.

MISSION : To provide clinical excellence with outstanding patient experience while ensuring that all members of the community have access to quality, comprehensive, patient-centered health care.

COMPANY INFORMATION :

As a federally qualified health center (FQHC) we serve all people with quality healthcare, dignity, and respect. We envision a seamless health care delivery system that is proactively responsible for the medical, dental and psychosocial needs of underserved individuals, children and families residing in Kalamazoo County.

POSITION SUMMARY :

Under the direction of the Controller, the individual within this role will design and implement a data-management and reporting process to perform a variety of professional accounting functions involving project budget development, fiscal interpretation and analysis, reconciliations, reviews of multiple accounts and transactions, management of pre- and post-award accounting and reporting, and monitoring of compliance with required deliverables. A command of data, and the manipulations necessary to create enhanced visibility, transparency, and previously un-contemplated reporting capabilities, is a strong desire of the organization’s in recruiting for this new role.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Develop a command of available data to enable insightful, encompassing view of Grant and other funding sources to drive any compliance implications, and enable better decisions about current reporting needs, and forward-looking financing decisions.
• Design and implement protocol for flow of financial information throughout the Finance function, such that needed documentation, whether quantitative or qualitative, is appropriately tagged, and thus easily searchable.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports to donors as required.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports on grants for internal management purposes.
• Advise on post-award spending and commitment activity.
• Create reporting capabilities that will enable / drive all compliance implications.
• Develop and communicate reports supporting project status, as necessary / applicable.
• Create effective forecasting and decision aides.
• Enable and drive grant closeout.
• Submit final reports and certificates.
• Compile information and documents needed for audit inquiries.
• Serve as a resource on grant administration and overall technical resource to Controller and other financial leadership.
• Assist in the preparation of grant proposals
• Ensure grants are set up properly and cost-sharing requirements are fulfilled.
• Participate in and contribute to process improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Assist in development of monthly (or quarterly, as applicable) preparation of financial reporting package for departmental leaders, Board of Directors, and Finance Committee.
• Assist in the development of pertinent financial and utilization reports needed for presentation to the Board of Directors and other users as required.
• Work effectively and efficiently with multiple sub-functions of Finance, and other departments outside of Finance, including Human Resources, Quality, and others.
• Demonstrate thorough command over accounting software capabilities.
• Produce Financial Status Reports for grants to all agencies.
• Ensures compliance with all grant reporting requirements.
• Assist with the preparation of annual budget, including budget analyses, as necessary.
• Assist in audits as required.
• Produce grant financial reports.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Controller and other financial leadership.
• Participate as a member of the accounting team and attend all departmental and staff meetings as required.

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