Accounting Operations Manager
Title: Accounting Operations Manager
Industry: Healthcare
Location: West LA
Overview: Pacific Executive Search has been engaged on a search for an Accounting Operations Manager in West LA. As the Accounting Manager, you would oversee a team of Senior Accounting Analysts and Accountants, ensuring timely and accurate financial reports and reconciliations. This role offers the opportunity to develop strong leadership skills, gain in-depth knowledge of financial processes, and build relationships with internal and external partners in the healthcare industry.
You would be excited about the chance to work for a fast-growing healthcare company with over $1.3 Billion in annual sales and a commitment to career advancement and hands-on training. This position will allow you to demonstrate your knowledge of accounting standards, manage high volume and complex issues, and contribute to inter-departmental goals for efficiency and effectiveness. Joining this organization would be a great next step in your career to acquire new responsibilities, enhance your financial expertise, and make a meaningful impact in the healthcare industry.
Description:
**Responsibilities**
- Demonstrate understanding of accounting standards and regulations.
- Understand corporate structure and accounts.
- Oversee and review fixed asset detail, depreciation schedule, and account roll-forwards.
- Review monthly operating expense trend reports and annual budgets for assigned centers/departments.
- Review account trend and detail information prepared by Senior Accounting Analysts and Accountants.
- Maintain journal of questions, responses, and action items for each location.
- Recommend modifications to policies, procedures, and system applications for efficiency.
- Provide review comments to Senior Accounting Analysts for accurate variance explanations.
- Contribute to inter-departmental goals and recommend modifications for efficiency.
- Perform cross training of responsibilities to ensure coverage of account reconciliations and analysis.
- Act as primary financial liaison between operations and finance.
- Communicate effectively with peers, supervisors, and operations regarding accounting policies and procedures.
- Create workflow documentation for financial processes and procedures.
- Support standardized policies and procedures for financial processes and accounting reconciliation.
- Manage high volume and complex issues.
- Adhere to deliverables checklist for report accuracy.
- Review and ensure accurate balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Prepare balance sheet supporting schedules as requested.
- Ensure accurate general ledger journal entries prepared by Senior Accounting Analysts and Accountants.
- Identify and prevent errors in work.
- Understand and adhere to internal control policies.
- Manage time effectively and adhere to close schedule.
- Provide information requested from auditors promptly.
**Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Previous experience as an Accounting Manager in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent computer skills with experience in accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Solid knowledge of key financial concepts such as budgeting, forecasting, and financial statement preparation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong quantitative, problem-solving, and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to manage employees and multitask large projects.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license preferred but not required.