Job Opportunity: Accountant
- Job ID: 57253
- Entity: Lifespan Corporation
- Location: Corporate Headquarters, Providence, RI
- Work Type: Full Time
- Hours Per Week: 40.00
- Shift: Day
Summary:
Under the general direction of Manager Accounting Operations, the Accountant performs a variety of professional accounting duties to maintain general accounting systems for Lifespan and its affiliates. This role involves preparing accounting and finance-related reports from financial data.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare journal entries for assigned accounts, ensuring timely recording of all account activity, corrections, adjustments, and closing entries.
- Review trial balances to identify and resolve input and accounting errors, reconciling assigned accounts and preparing necessary account analyses and reports.
- Verify internal consistency, completeness, and mathematical accuracy of repetitive accounting documents, consulting with senior personnel on problems or discrepancies.
- Maintain and reconcile cash accounts, preparing daily cash reports for Lifespan’s affiliates.
- Collaborate with department managers to review accounting-related data and address accounting issues and questions.
- Maintain capital asset ledger for Lifespan’s affiliates, including preparation of monthly reports, analyses, and reconciliations.
- Coordinate with Financial Operations and Information Systems personnel to update, reconcile, and report assigned areas of responsibility.
- Assist in preparing schedules and analyses required for annual financial statement audits, interacting with audit staff to respond to inquiries.
- Fulfill requests for data from external agencies, auditors, etc.
- Seek and develop methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness of financial operations through Lifespan’s Service Quality Initiative, initiating improvements to processes and reports.
Basic Knowledge:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Computer literacy, especially in spreadsheet and word processing programs.
Experience:
- One year of professional accounting experience, preferably in a health care environment.
Other Information:
- Work is performed in a typical office environment requiring extended periods of sitting.
- Lifespan is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Lifespan is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Location:
Corporate Headquarters, Providence, RI
Union:
Non-Union
