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