Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant page is loaded## Senior Accountantlocations: Salt Lake City, Utahtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR58752**About the Opportunity**Pennant Services, Inc. seeks a talented and energetic GL Accountant. This candidate will play a key role in our growing company, as it serves the needs of our rapidly-expanding heath care services client base across the United States. Qualified candidates must have a degree in accounting or finance and have obtained or is currently pursuing their CPA license. The General Ledger Accountant will have a variety of routine and non-routine accounting functions with significant responsibility for the month end close process and balance sheet review and analysis for numerous locations. ***This position is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.*****Duties & Responsibilities*** Responsible for the general ledger month-end close of 10-12 locations.* Review and follow-up of monthly financial results with field locations and Controller.* Prepare general ledger entries as needed to ensure completeness and accuracy of the financial results for month-end close. Generate and review operating statements, compare actual results to historical trends and investigate and explain variances; analyze key accounts.* Review vendor invoices for accuracy, appropriate coding and accrue when necessary.* Ensure deadlines for month-end close and financial reporting requirements are met and all accounting and reporting activities are performed in accordance with GAAP.* Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliation of selected asset and liability accounts for accuracy.* Responsible for compiling all supporting documentation for balances in these accounts* Maintain and monitor applicable SOX controls including contact with centers to ensure completeness.* Provide support to internal and external auditors as required.### The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.**Job Requirements** (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)* 1-4+ years of relevant experience in an accounting function is required* Bachelor’s degree in accounting* CPA or CPA candidate preferred* Solid analytical and technical accounting skills* Strong Excel skills preferred* Sage experience preferred* Must be a strong team player and leader, highly motivated and able to work under pressure during peak periods* Skilled nursing healthcare experience a plus**Additional Information**We are committed to providing a competitive Total Rewards Package that meets our employee’s needs.From a choice of medical, dental and vision plans to retirement savings opportunities through a 401(k), company match and various other features, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. We believe in great work and we celebrate our employees' efforts and accomplishments both locally and companywide, recognizing people daily through our Moments of Truth Program. In addition to recognition we believe in supporting our employees' professional growth and development. We provide employees a wide range of free e-courses through our Learning Management System as well as training sessions and seminars.**Compensation:** Based on experience.**Type:** Full Time**Location:** Hybrid in Sandy, UTFor this position you would be working at the Service Center for at least 2 days a weekPennant Service Center7440 S Creek RdCottonwood Heights, UT 84093If interested in this position, please submit a resume for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!**About The Pennant Group**We are proud to be affiliated with the Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG). Pennant was created in 2019 in connection with The Ensign Group, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ENSG) spin-off of its home health, hospice, and senior living businesses. Ensign was formed in 1999 with the goal of establishing a new level of quality care within the skilled nursing industry. The name “Ensign” is synonymous with a “flag” or a “standard,” and refers to Ensign’s goal of setting the standard by which all others in its industry are measured. The name “Pennant” draws on similar imagery and themes to represent our mission of becoming the “Ensign” to the home health, hospice and senior living industries. We believe that through our innovative operating model, we can foster a new level of patient care and professional competence at our independent operating subsidiaries and set a new industry standard for quality home health and hospice and senior living services. You can learn more about The Pennant Group at employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at Services is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding senior living, home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Pennant Services now operate more than 115 senior living, home health, hospice, and home care operations across 14 Western states and we are growing! These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world-class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on-site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day-to-day care and business issues in their individual agencies. More information about Pennant is available at else that sets us apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resources – our people! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, “CAPLICO”:Customer Second Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Celebrate Ownership By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, our employees feel valued and excited about their impact on our service center team members and operational partners. Our culture fosters excellence both personally and professionally and promotes development that leads to continued success.We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr