Accountant at Winner Regional Healthcare Center – Winner, South Dakota

Position Summary:

As the Accountant, you will serve as the leader of the Finance Department and report directly to the CFO. The Accountant will produce thorough financial-status reports for the facility and executive managers to help improve operational efficiency and aid in continued growth. The Accountant will need to be a strong communicator and skilled financial analyst to help streamline our budgeting, payroll, and financial reporting processes.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or related field

3-5 years of experience as an accountant or finance manager preferred

Preferred to have thorough knowledge and experience in the finance environment or the ability to gain knowledge of healthcare industry accounting principles.

Required Credentials (Licensure, Certification, or Registration):

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or a related field.

Employment Variables:

Normal working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Occasionally may need to work beyond normal working hours and/or weekends.

Initial Tuberculosis (TB) test and drug screening is required by Winner Regional Health. Rubella titer will also be drawn upon hire and immunization is required if no past exposure or indication of immunization.

Required to wear name tag provided by WRH and to dress in a professional manner.

Job Knowledge and Skills:

Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to deal with people in a professional manner. Good judgment and decision making ability. Ability to operate business office machines. Two to three years financial experience in healthcare setting.

Direct Supervisor:

CFO

PART II: Code of Conduct

Honesty - We will do the right thing at all times, even if it is difficult, maintaining strong, ethical practices. We protect the confidentiality of others, including patients, staff and the facility as a whole. We will take responsibility for our actions.

Expertise - We will demonstrate superior judgment, training and skill, at all times, demonstrating professionalism while doing so. We will perform all aspects of our job to the best of our ability, utilizing all resources and tools available.

Approachability - We will be non-judgmental, friendly, and open and willing to listen to everyone we come into contact with while performing our duties. We are humble and learn from others.

Respect - We will be understanding and sensitive to others’ feelings; caring and responding in a manner that sets them at ease, keeping the situation in perspective without minimizing others’ feelings or reactions. We will listen to others with full attention in a sincere, civil fashion, being careful not to be judgmental of the speaker. We maintain composure when facing conflict and avoid jumping to conclusions and defaming another’s name.

Teamwork - We willingly work together with a common approach, trusting and supporting members of our organization, using our skills and resources, sharing information to achieve a common aim.

PART III. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR LEADERS

Accountability

• Build meaningful teams and promote staff involvement.
• Respond to contract employee and/or customer concerns in a timely manner.
• Provide leadership by being available during business hours Monday-Friday.
• Develop and manage budget including revenue, expense and staffing.
• Attend and participate in continuing education, meetings and seminars.

Communication

• Develop and maintain effective communication.
• Communication effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Notify the switchboard, your department and directors of scheduled absences.

Integrity

• Make an effort to know the directors and facility employees.
• Abide by and support employees in Winner Regional Health Standards of Conduct for employees.
• Treat all employees with respect and fairness.

Mentor-Empower

• Motivate and develop employees.
• Reward and recognize employees with good judgment.
• Create an environment where all employees are valued and empowered to participate in solutions.
• Visibility of leadership during all shifts.

Organizational Understanding/Integration

• Links and coordinates with all departments/entities, works across boundaries, and builds mutually beneficial partnerships and networks.

PART IV: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Essential functions are critical or fundamental to the performance of the job. They are the major functions for which the person in the job is held accountable. Following are the essential functions of the job, along with the corresponding performance standards.

Function

Objectives

• Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions
• Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to current economic landscape
• Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points
• Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
• Maximize payroll efficiency through innovative process development
• Help train, implement, and utilize all aspects of the new accounting software (Workday) for the facility

Responsibilities

• Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs
• Overseeing the organizations daily accounting functions
• Managing the accounting, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable departments
• Establish (in coordination with CFO) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis
• Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures
• Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows
• Oversee and support finance team with dynamic leadership that creates an environment of trust and productivity
• Perform monthly reconciliations and month end financial close processes to create monthly financial statements for the consolidated entity and individual statements for Long Term Care, Hospital, and Clinics
• Coordinating activities with external auditors for all required audits (currently Financial Statement Audit, Single Audit, Employee Benefit Plan Audit, 990 for Hospital and Foundation)
• Hiring, training, and retaining accounting staff

Skills

• Strong understanding of banking processes and financial data analysis
• Working knowledge of regulations and compliance reporting
• Experience in managing payroll and a focus on streamlining accounting processes
• Exemplary history of financial project management
• Proficient in Excel

PART V: COMPLIANCE

Compliance

• Must comply with the Corporate Compliance Policy and all laws, rules, regulations and standards of conduct relating to the position.
• The contract employee has a duty to report any suspected violations of the law or the standards of conduct to the Compliance Officer or the Chief Executive Officer.

PART VI: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

General Activity

• In a regular workday, contract employee may:

Sit 1-2 Hours at a time; up to 6-7 Hours during the day

Stand 5-10 mins. Hours at a time; up to ½ hr. Hours during the day

Walk Hours at a time; up to 5-10 mins. Hours during the day

Motion

• Contract employee is required: (In terms of a regular workday, "Occasionally" equals 1% to 33%, "Frequently" 34% to 66%, "Continuously", greater than 67 %.)

Bend/Stoop Occasionally Kneel, Duration 30 sec Occasionally

Squat Occasionally Balance Occasionally

Crawl, Distance Occasionally Twist Occasionally

Climb, Height Occasionally Keyboarding/Mousing Frequently

Reach above shoulder level Occasionally

Physical Demand

Contract employee’s job requires he/she carry and lift loads from the floor, from 12 inches from the floor, to shoulder height and overhead. Contract employee’s job requires a pushing/pulling force to move a load (not the weight of the load).

Physical Demand Classification: Carrying/lifting weight and pushing/pulling force:

• Sedentary Frequently 10 lbs.
• Occasionally 25 lbs.

Sensory Requirements:

• Yes/No Explanation (if Yes)

Speech - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Yes Directing and supervising office staff and presenting financial information to Finance Committee and budget reporting to Hospital Board.

Vision (VDT) - Are there specific vision requirements for the job? Yes Computer inputting, working with numbers.

Hearing - Ability to receive detailed information through oral communications, and to make fine discriminations in sound; i.e., making fine adjustments on machine parts, using a telephone, taking blood pressures. Yes Receiving and communicating business data by phone and computer.

Environmental Factors

• Yes/No Explanation (if Yes)

Working on unprotected heights No

Being around moving machinery No

Exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity No

Driving automotive equipment No

Wearing personal protective equipment No

Exposure to atmospheric conditions (i.e. fumes, dust, odors, mists, gases, or poor ventilation) No

Exposure to extreme noise or vibration No

Repetitive motion (writing & computer inputting) Yes

Exposure to blood, body fluids and waste No

Exposure to radiation No

Exposure to other hazards (i.e. mechanical, electrical, burns, or explosives) No

Emotional/Psychological Factors

• Yes/No Explanation (if Yes)

Stress: Exposed to stressful situations Yes Making sound judgments through budget process and financial information and showing a good drop line on Income Statement.

Concentration: Must be able to concentrate on work tasks amidst distractions. Yes Daily interruptions through phone calls, questions, data needed, etc.

Must exert self-control. Yes Daily exerts self-control in all situations.

PART VI: JOB RELATIONSHIPS

Supervises

0 No supervisory responsibilities

0 Unlicensed personnel

1 Supervisory responsibility

# Direct Reports: 3

# Indirect Reports: 17

Age of Patient Populations Served

0 Neonates: 1-30 days

0 Infant: 30 days - 1 yr

0 Children: 1- 12 yrs

0 Adolescents: 13- 18 yrs

0 Adults: 19- 70 yrs

0 Geriatrics: 70+ yrs

1 All

0 Not applicable

Internal Contacts

1 Residents

1 Providers: (i.e. Physicians, Therapists, Social Workers)

1 Staff: (i.e. clinical and administrative support staff)

1 Volunteers

0 Others:

External Contacts

1 Residents

1 Families/Significant Others

1 Providers

1 Vendors

1 Community and Health Agencies

1 Regulatory agencies

1 Other: Job Applicants