Accountant, Lead General Accounting - Mostly Remote MUST Live in COLORADO

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Job Summary
Under limited supervision, the Accountant, Lead performs professional level accounting work, processes financial transactions of various levels of complexity, prepares financial statements and reports in accordance with GASB accounting standards and undertakes a proactive role during external audit activities.
Essential Functions:

• Prepares and analyzes monthly financial statement and reports. Performs data preparation and journal entries supporting month end close process (10%)
• Analyzes and verifies data to reconcile accounting transactions; posting adjustments. (10%)
• Cash Book management and reconciliation; daily posting of cash transaction and month end closing of Cash module and reconciliation of Bank accounts. (15%)
• Audits and proofs reports to verify accounting information. (10%)
• Communicates accounting transaction requirements to other departments to establish quality accounting processing standards; explains procedures. (5%)
• Reviews general ledger (G/L) activity regarding receivable and payables to ensure all activity is properly recorded. (10%)
• Verifies accounts by reconciling transactions; investigating and resolving discrepancies. (10%)
• Identifies and remediates process inefficiencies by partnering with groups across the Finance and related business and operation areas. (10%)
• Analyzes balance sheet and variance for assigned accounts. (10%)
• Prepares required reports and financials for external audit and addresses audit queries. (10%)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Accounting and Finance Required
• Master's Degree Accounting, Finance or Business Administration preferred

Work Experience:

• 4-6 years Professional Accounting Experience Required
• Healthcare Experience Preferred
• Bond Accounting Experience Preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Customer Service - Interacts with team and business partners in a friendly and professional manner, works to resolve issues quickly and effectively, and is knowledgeable about products and services.
• Decision Making - Specifies goals and obstacles to achieving those goals, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses the best alternative in order to make a determination, draw conclusions, or solve a problem.
• Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, cooperation, concern, and politeness to others and relates well to different people from varied backgrounds and different situations.
• Mathematical Reasoning - Solves practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical and statistical techniques.
• Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Reading - Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
• US GAAP knowledge, hands on experience in applications of GASB standards. Knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting and auditing sufficient to be able to establish, maintain, understand and interpret various accounting systems, for general purposes or to assist others.
• Knowledge of mathematics sufficient to be able to perform statistical computations and prepare reports.
• Skills in Microsoft Excel including ability to convert data into information using power query and power pivot tools. Ability to develop recurring data models for efficiency and productivity.
• Skills in application software Infor FSM, ability to generate queries and reports.
• Skills in Insightsoftware, ability to designing financial reporting

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.