The accountants are responsible for financial reporting, reconciling and analysis for companies affiliated with Billings Clinic and/or other unrelated entities. They are responsible for preparing monthly financial statements for presentation to boards of directors. Perform other professional accounting duties and act as resources in the resolution of complex accounting problems. Works with external vendors to ensure financial statement audits, tax returns and cost reports are completed and filed timely. Responsible for performing a variety of financial analyses.

Essential Job Functions

• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission vision and values of Billings Clinic and department/service. Responsible for promotion of, and adherence to, the elements of Billings Clinic’s Code of Business Conduct and corporate compliance program.
• Assists with the implementation and maintenance of related financial planning/analysis and accounting compliance issues. Assures and monitors compliance with applicable legal, state and/or federal requirements and/or regulatory standards. (Resource Management, Accounting, Accounting Compliance)
• Develops and maintains the financial records for all entities, affiliations and/or other unrelated entities, including preparation of journal entries, data entry, adjustments, and preparation of monthly financial statements with analysis and reconciliation of accounts. (Resource Management, Accounting, Financial Record Maintenance)
• Responsible for systems maintenance and report generation. (Resource Management, Accounting, System Maintenance)
• Assists with independent third party and regulatory auditors in conducting audit(s), preparing tax returns(s) and cost report(s). (Resource Management, Accounting, Audits)
• Prepares quantitative and qualitative analyses and a variety of special projects. Summarizes financial information for formal presentation, including interpretation of data and supporting recommendations based on findings. Identifies the data required and the internal/external means to gather that data (i.e., proforma analysis of Billings Clinic business ventures, affiliate changes, and/or new ventures, operating budgets, RVU’s, etc.). (Resource Management, Accounting, Analyzes Data)
• Assists affiliates when needed in gathering and maintaining grant data for purposes of reporting and requesting funds. (Resource Management, Accounting, Maintains Grant Data)
• Responsible for calculation of the contractual and accounts receivable reconciliation on a monthly basis between general ledger and other information systems. Assists with the determination of the correct contractual percentages to be used to compute the related expense. (Resource Management, Accounting, Accounts Receivable Reconciliation)
• Responsible for communication with other staff and departments regarding accounting research and resolution. Make decisions initiating account adjustments. Acts as a resource to affiliate sites accounting staff to answer accounting related questions and inquiries. (Resource Management, Accounting, Problem Solving)
• Completes accurate financial questionnaires, surveys, and reports for affiliates by stipulated deadlines. (Project Management, Finance, Analyzes)
• Responsible for reconciliation of all cash and investment accounts for the facility and ensuring reconciling items are fixed by others when necessary.
• Responsible for reconciling all balance sheet accounts and ensuring financial statements presented are complete and accurate picture of the facilities financial standing at the date of the statements.
• Processes capital requests. Assigns and verifies appropriate classification of capital versus operating purchases. Distinguishes capital verses operating leases. Accounts for purchases, dispositions, and transfers including depreciation and gains/losses on sales. Componentizes construction projects determining classification of building, fixed equipment and moveable equipment and assigns appropriate lives to capitalized assets
• Works with affiliate staff to reconcile completed capital construction projects. Creates and maintains spreadsheets of fixed assets for reconciliation between general ledger and fixed asset system. Researches and resolves discrepancies.
• Acts as a financial resource for affiliate staff to assist in understanding financial information to help them make the best business decisions possible.
• Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve quality.
• Responsible for maintaining knowledge of current activity regarding legal and regulatory changes and ensure related compliance.
• Maintains application and/or system files that impact the department. Coordinates closely with Information Services and Human Resources in the design, updates, scheduling, and problem resolution.
• Identifies needs and sets goals for own growth and development; meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements.
• Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental, and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Four (4) year/Bachelors degree in business or accounting
• CPA or other advanced business certification preferred

Experience

• Three (3) years progressively responsible professional experience; healthcare/non-profit related auditing or accounting experience preferred