Job Description

Nashville General Hospital is hiring for a Senior Accountant for Finance as a full-time job in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Senior Accountant is primarily responsible for the coordination of accounting functions in the department including maintaining the General Ledger and supporting schedules, assisting with payroll and budget preparation, and maintaining required records and reports. This position also performs monthly financial analyses, coordinates month-end closing processes, and assists in the preparation of monthly financial reports.

Senior Accountant Roles and Responsibilities:

• Performs accounting duties in a proficient and efficient manner. This includes the maintenance and reconciliation of General Ledger accounts.
• Manages fixed assets, Nashville General Hospital Foundation, payroll (including checks and ACH), and vendor payments and taxes as assigned.
• Maintains schedules and posts appropriate journal entries to GL. Reconciles GL account to schedules for assigned accounts.
• Prepares and presents reports for assigned departments, including monthly expense and productivity variance reports.
• Research, analyze, prepare, and reconcile data for assigned department budgets.
• Reconciles lease schedules to GL and posts any correcting journal entries.
• Assists in the preparation of monthly financial reports.
• Assists in designing meaningful and realistic action plans for the implementation of process improvement ideas. Performs monitoring of throughput metrics as needed.
• Ensures assigned accounts are reconciled in a timely manner and prepared for year-end audit.
• Maintains accounting records in an orderly and neat fashion.
• Works closely with Accounts Payable for proper accruals.
• Serves as a facilitator and analyst to assigned hospital departments/teams on the use of process improvement tools and analytical techniques, and statistical applications.
• Assists in year-end and other audits as needed.
• Trains others on various aspects of accounting procedures as needed.
• Serves as back-up for Treasury Manager functions.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 3 years Accounting experience required.
• Proficient in independent account reconciliation without direction or training.
• Demonstrates a consistent strong capacity to work autonomously, while also effectively following guidance from team members.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field strongly preferred.
• Associate's degree with significant relevant experience may be substituted for Bachelor’s Degree.
• Multiview/Oracle experience preferred.
• Hospital Accounting experience preferred.

About Nashville General Hospital

Nashville General Hospital (NGH) is Nashville’s original community- based hospital. Joint Commission accredited, NGH readily accommodates a wide range of needs from emergency services and acute care to ancillary and ambulatory services. NGH continues to maintain its strong commitment to the healthcare needs of Nashville and Davidson County underserved, while also providing care to all segments of the community.

Our benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance within first 31 days of employment
• Programs to reduce share of deductible and total out-of-pocket expenses
• Metro Health Incentive Program - Access to high quality healthcare without incurring out-of-pocket expenses
• Short and Long-Term Disability - up to 60% of eligible weekly pay
• Life Insurance - Metro provides you with basic life and AD&D coverage equal to $50,000 ($32,500 if you are age 65 or older), at no cost to you.
• Retirement Plan - eligible up to IRS max limits and includes company contribution
• Shift and Weekend Differential Pay Offered on Nights and Weekends
• Tuition Reimbursement for employee and dependents
• 12 paid holidays - any holiday worked is another holiday banked
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Free Parking for all employees

Join our team at Nashville General Hospital. Apply today!