Accounting Manager

The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.  

The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!

About The Health Management Academy:

The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.  

The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Controller & Vice President, Accounting, the Accounting Manager has overall responsibility for accounts payable including travel and expense reporting, payroll processing including state and local tax compliance, general ledger accounts reconciliations, journal entries, vendor contract management, and assists with special projects.

Primary Job Duties:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external vendor invoice and employee reimbursement processing and payments
• Lead assigned monthly close activities including the following:
• Manage prepaids and accrued liabilities in coordination with department leads to ensure accurate expense capture and appropriate allocation of expense with variance analysis in alignment with departmental budgets and forecasts
• Update and maintain fixed assets and intangible depreciation and amortization schedules
• Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance. Communicate any material discrepancies and unexpected activity to the Controller.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure that financial information is accuratelyreflected in the appropriate accounting period
• Ensure the timely and accurate reporting of financial data, in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Provide oversight of Treasury function - bank accounts, and credit card accounts including monthly review of reconciliation of these accounts Work in coordination with Human Resources to manage the Academy’s employee benefits administration
• Oversight of processing of payroll, benefits, and payroll taxes
• Management of the preparation and filing of the company’s tax and other compliance forms as it relates to payroll 
• Manage the Corporate Credit Card and Expense program, issuing, maintaining, and closing accounts, managing spending limits, and ensuring reconciliation of expenses.
• Perform financial analysis and prepare financial reports to support decision-making
• Assist with annual departmental budgeting and ongoing forecasting.
• Supervise and direct accounting staff in the areas of AP, Payroll and assigned General Ledger responsibilities
• Research accounting issues for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles as necessary.
• Assist with building, implementing, and documenting new policies and procedures to improve the department’s ability to process transactions more efficiently and accurately.
• Support Controller with interim and annual external audit process and third-party tax return preparation.
• Performs other job duties, as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance field and minimum of 5-7 years directly related full-time work experience
• Supervisory experience required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, required
• Proficiency with NetSuite, Paylocity, FloQast and Ramp preferred
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, standards, and regulations including working knowledge of US GAAP, required.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Paylocity, and invoice and AP software such as Ramp bill pay and expense management
• 1-3 years public accounting or internal audit

Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:

• Collaborative
• Customer-focused
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Team approach to working with others and ability to multi-task
• Process and documentation oriented with the ability to drive a project to completion
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Self-directed and resourceful
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner with varying levels within the Company.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Technical and Financial aptitude

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, and distance vision, and the ability to work with screens or monitors for prolonged periods of time. This position is primarily a sedentary job where the team member will be seated for the majority of the day.

Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:

The Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Academy will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The Academy’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities in our organization.