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Senior Financial Accountant

Health Care Service Corporation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Nov 06, 2024

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Job Summary This position is responsible for closing the monthly books and reviewing and/or performing analysis and preparing financial statements and reporting for HCSC or one or more highly complex, risky, and visible subsidiaries. Overseeing accounting activities and project managing critical processes and important deliverables for the department. Performing challenging or especially complex accounting that may require sophisticated processing, contractual, and/or accounting understanding or that impact multi-million-dollar accounts.

Job Description

  • Analyze and research trends to determine applicable intervention activities.
  • Gather and analyze key divisional performance metrics and communicate these metrics from detail to summary level. Make presentations to all levels of management within the organization.
  • Handle complex business/financial models/business case cost estimation and benefit determination and forecasting. Build new complex models. Differentiate savings between models effecting the same operation.
  • Review analysis of financial reports prepared by team, i.e. variance analysis, staffing analysis, corporate reporting of Budget. Actual, metric reporting. Present and advise all levels of management within Internal Operations and the Corporate Portfolio on budget to forecast as well as review budget for accuracy.
  • Review existing models for accuracy and build new complex models in regards to cost structure and funding processes. Analyze cost saving opportunities by reporting and measuring against metrics to assess the financial success of the program.
  • Create quarterly IT capital forecasts for the enterprise. Create quarterly forecasts for IT core budgets.
  • Perform and review the monthly company-wide reconciliation of the purchasing data to the asset database.
  • Perform and review the annual inventory and reconciliation process.
  • Maintain up to date knowledge of IT receiving, shipping, Hardware/Software asset tracking contracts, workflows and practices. Ensure asset transfers are performed and asset records maintained.
  • Perform special studies, develop reports and recommendations and participate in the analysis of corporate projects and programs.
  • Coach and mentor team members in business knowledge and skill development.
  • Collaborate and assist staff in their development which enables them to successfully complete assignments

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor's in Accounting or Financeand at least 3 years' accounting experience; OR 6 years of accounting experience.
  • Keen analytical skills and very detail-oriented.
  • Ability to work independently and multi-task.
  • Auditing accounts to ensure they are in balance, cash has been allocated and aging is current.
  • Clear, concise written and oral communication with good grammar and word choice.
  • Ability to read and interpret financial and membership reports.
  • Intermediate to Advanced MS Word and Excel knowledge.
  • Monthly preparation of account reconciliations and research of any variances that arise due to reconciling items.
  • Serve as point of contact for various projects that impact the Bank Reconciliation team and Ad hoc inquiries from Regulators where copies of checks are requested.

PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Degree in Accounting or Finance.
  • Intermediate MS Word, Advanced Excel and Access and writing/interpreting MS SQL queries.
  • CPA/MBA or working towards CPA/MBA is preferred but not required.

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HCSC Employment Statement:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employment / Affirmative Action employer dedicated to providing an inclusive workplace where the unique differences of our employees are welcomed, respected, and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Base Pay Range$53,500.00 - $118,100.00
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