Director Of Accounting Jobs

Ascend Healthcare is committed to providing fully integrated, quality psychiatric and behavioral health services in a compassionate, convenient, and affordable manner. We work with external partners to provide services to patients across the country through integrated psychiatric medication management, substance use disorder treatment, counseling services, peer support and care coordination for seamless patient care. We believe in a "no wrong door" treatment model which finds ways to say "yes" to any patient referral rather than a multitude of exclusionary criteria found elsewhere. This approach reflects our values of improved patient and clinician experience, better outcomes, and lower costs.

Ascend Healthcare seeks an exceptional accounting professional to join the Accounting Department to support our CFO and to support and execute the day-to-day general accounting, payroll, and tax processes. You will provide your accounting savvy in support of highly-detailed, and sometimes complex, accounting challenges as the organization grows. Ascend is a fast-paced environment, so partnering with Ascend team members across the organization will be critical. Ascend is proud to have created an environment that embraces the collaborative team concept where our overriding mission and vision is providing quality team-based care to our patients and this role is a vital member within our team-based approach.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure payroll is processed accurately and timely in coordination with Human Resources
• Responsible for month-end and year-end general accounting books close
• Partner with external CPA firm to ensure all necessary and appropriate federal, state and local tax registrations and filings are completed and paid
• Participate in accounting program implementations and process definition
• Support CFO and external CPA firm for annual audit
• Coordination and organization of corporate legal documentation, including but not limited to: customer contracts, vendor contracts, W-9 forms, securities and financing contracts, etc.
• Support annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes by partnering with budget owners to help them understand their financial results
• Monthly preparation of internal financial reports for leadership and Board members.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 year degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent and solid understanding of GAAP
• 5+ year proficiency with any major ERP system
• 5+ year proficiency with Microsoft Excel (highly advanced Excel skills), knowledge of Google cloud system a plus.
• 3+ years managing staff
• 5+ years of increasing responsibility in problem solving and data analysis skills (e.g. reporting, reconciliations, analysis and review of financial data entry)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-state tax reporting
• Experience with identifying and implementing process improvements
• Experience with multi entity accounting, including consolidations and the use of elimination entries
• Experience with implementing accounting systems – budgeting and reporting, ERP, procurement and inventory

Job Type: Full Time

Job Setting: Remote

Starting Salary: $100,000/year

Have the benefits of working from home plus our company provides excellent salary, benefits, paid time off and truly believes in a team approach to care!