Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant

Visiting Nurse Service Westchester, established in 1901, is looking for a Staff Accountant to be based in our White Plains, NY headquarters. As a "destination employer", VNS Westchester is a company that is widely considered a highly desirable place to work, where people actively seek out employment opportunities due to its reputation for career growth, positive work culture, competitive benefits, and strong brand image, essentially making it a "dream company" within the industry for potential employees to aspire to join and stay at long-term. We are an organization that is well known in the community as a desirable place to work. VNS Westchester is a place current employees consider their home away from home. At Visiting Nurse Service Westchester, that is our mission, to maintain our standing as a destination employer. We have one of the top benefits packages in the industry! "WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE!"

Responsibilities:

• Perform and assist with our day to day operational accounting and monthly and annual close process
• Prepare monthly journal entries for assigned areas of responsibility
• Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations, review journal entries and conduct financial statement analytics
• Drive continuous improvement and reduce cycle time in the monthly close process through the increased utilization of technology and tools, development of standard operating procedures and other efficiency measures
• Support preparation and distribution of monthly accounting management reports and statistical analysis
• Conduct detailed P&L/budget reviews/analyses
• Collaborate with and support external auditors for annual audit
• Strengthening the company's internal control environment and control processes.
• Business partnering with clinical and operations staff to facilitate variance explanations.
• Record daily cash receipts in GL and prepares monthly bank and investment statement reconciliations.
• Prepares monthly G/L. journal entries, statistical reports, assists with financial statements, G/L account analysis, other supporting schedules and yearly budgets.
• Reconciliation between affiliated entities, management fee computation, cost reports, and government reports
• Prepare payroll journal entries; reconcile quarterly and annual payroll tax with GL and W-2's
• Maintains fixed assets schedules and depreciation, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses and other GL accounts
• Assists with month-end and year-end closing
• Performs A/P function for selected accounts and may be a back-up for other A/P accounts as required
• Participates in all audits as requested
• Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data
• Support payroll and assist as needed in all payroll processes
• Track donations and grants
• Scanning AP and GL documents
• Provide billing and collection support

Qualifications:

• Bachelors' Degree in Accounting or related field
• 5 plus years Accounting experience
• Takes initiative and demonstrates intellectual curiosity
• Strong knowledge and understanding of GAAP accounting policy
• Ownership of accounting operational processes and experience with automation of operational processes
• Advanced Excel skills required with knowledge of Financial Edge accounting systems a plus but not required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional organizational skills, timeline management skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a dynamic work environment across multiple geographies
• Requires strong leadership skills to guide teams and facilitate collaboration
• Ability to engage peers from across the organization and direct/indirect reports
• Ability to multi-task in and adapt to an extremely high growth and fluid environment

Salary Range: $60k to $80k Benefits: - Medical - Dental - Vision - Pension - Long Term Disability - Short Term Disability - Life Insurance - 403B Annuity - Generous PTO