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Changing health care
to improve quality of
life for all.

Beth Israel Lahey Health’s roots in providing top-quality health care date back nearly a century. We're fully committed to ensuring our patients receive the care they deserve. As a leading healthcare provider throughout New England, we aim to change the current state of health care for the better and make lasting improvements that guarantee access to our services.

Staff Accountant

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Organization Facility: Beth Israel Lahey Health - Non Executive Category: Accounting Job ID: JR44901 Date posted: 03/19/2024
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Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

The Accountant will be responsible for journal entry processing, account analysis, statement preparation, review of budget variances and assisting with audit follow up for BILH entities.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities may include some or all of the following:

  • Prepares entities’ financial statements on a monthly basis. These financial statements are as follows: Balance Sheet, Statement of Operations, Accounts Receivable Statement, Cash Forecast, Variance Analysis, and Account Analysis.
  • Prepares journal entries and accruals to make the entities’ General Ledger reflect annual operations in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
  • During the year-end external audit, assists with the preparation of support schedules used by external auditors.
  • Prepares analysis of cash receipts and disbursements daily for use by Fiscal Services Management in making investment decisions.
  • Investigates variances from budget on assigned operating accounts. Performs detailed analysis of activity in various General Ledger accounts including bank accounts and accounts receivable aged trial balances.
  • Assists with reconciliation of physical inventories; from the inventory count and input, reconciliation to General Ledger, determines reasons for differences and prepares inventory statements.
  • Reviews vendor invoice coding and makes necessary accounting adjustments to ensure correct posting of expenses.
  • Prepares analysis for departmental requests on an as needed basis and provides follow up communication with entity’s personnel.
  • Assist with the preparation of supporting schedules utilized by the tax department.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:Associates degree in Accounting or Finance; Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, preferred.

Experience:0-2 years’ related work experience required.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills: Working knowledge of Workday Financial Accounting Systems is a plus.

FLSA Status:

Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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Why join Beth Israel Lahey Health?

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a difference and explore your potential, Beth Israel Lahey Health is the place you belong. Our system includes a network of hospitals, physician practices, outpatient centers, and other healthcare facilities and we offer a broad range of careers in direct patient care, environmental services, registration, finance and many other fields. We are focused on providing compassionate and personalized healthcare with a strong reputation for clinical excellence and research and offer diverse opportunities for career growth and development. Conveniently, we have many locations in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire.

At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we see you for all that you are – your experience and your dreams. Explore our open opportunities and find out why so many have already chosen to join our team.

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