Summary/Objective

Senior Accountant will provide financial leadership to Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS) and ensure the necessary performance, reporting and monitoring controls for the financial success and security of the corporation in both strategic and operational decision-making. This position is responsible for the preparation and analysis of financial statements, budgets, forecasting and grant/contract financial management. The Senior Accountant will review, design, implement and maintain an effective and sufficient financial services department to be able to provide these outcomes.

At Outer Cape Health Services, it is our very basic belief that it is people who have made Outer Cape Health Services growth and success possible and that we have been fortunate in employing people who take pride in the services we provide. Our goal at OCHS is to employ those who (1) always meet or exceed standards; and (2) care enough to ensure that whatever they do, they do well.

Essential Functions

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, maintains, and controls financial policies with respect to receipt of review, expenditures of funds and protection or the organizations assets in accordance with GAAP and other applicable regulatory requirements at the local and state, and federal level.
• Works closely with the finance department to implement IT systems integration.
• Directs and support accounting staff operations and functions ensuring that systems are in place to guarantee efficiency, timeliness, and accuracy.
• Ensures completion of annual audit and tax filings within the required timelines for communication with CEO and Board of Director, appropriate filing and dissemination to financial partners.
• Lead, plan, design, review, and maintain annual budget including forecasting, and budget updates.
• Review and update various grant/contract proposal budgets.
• Prepares monthly analysis of grant/contract budget to actual to monitor spending, communicating with program staff regarding under/overspending within budget categories to ensure grant/contracts are spent out.
• Monitors spending within the budget, communicating with Management on budget-to-actual analysis.

• Applies a working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations while verifying documents for completeness and compliance with government and private agencies.
• Research, recommend and write procurement policies and procedures to comply with federal regulations. Provides training to OCHS staff on procurement policies and procedures.
• Develops policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal Uniform Guidance and other grant related rules and regulations. Makes recommendations to Controller for adherence to Federal and HRSA guidelines.
• Implements budget into accounting software and monthly financial statements.
• Prepares financial reports for internal and external partners.
• Calculates and completes monthly federal grant draw downs and reconciles funding-to-expenses.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual audit, Form 990, and CT-12.
• Assist finance team in preparing special reports or projects requiring research, interpretation, or auditing of financial data.
• Demonstrates continued effort to streamline work processes and decreased turnaround time.

Additional Duties

• Provides consultation regarding OCHS policies, procedures, and daily operations.
• Consistently provides effective and timely communication to the Controller regarding daily activities, and projects.
• Integrating IT/Systems to improve accounting productivity and accuracy.
• Prioritizes both internal and external deadlines, communicating with the Controller and OCHS leadership on incremental progress.
• Demonstrates cooperation and teamwork.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with all levels of co-workers and external partners.
• Demonstrates compassion, kindness and understanding to all.
• Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation.
• Respectfully takes direction from the CEO.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Active CPA license preferred
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive financial and personnel data.
• Hands-on experience with accounting and financial management software.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Be a critical thinker, who finds solutions to problems and makes appropriate decisions.
• Ability to ensure fiscal responsibility and understand payment terms.
• Knowledge and thorough understanding of current operations, programs, grants, goals and objectives.
• Ability to analyze complex financial, analytical and grant data.
• Knowledge of GAAP, financial, and accounting concepts and principals.
• Advanced proficiency of Sage Fixed Assets and Excel.
• Advanced proficiency of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).
• Ability to communicate professionally both orally and in writing.

Preferred Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• Experience working in non-profit or with a Federally Qualified Health Center.
• Epic software experience.

Physical and Mental Job Requirements

• Exposure to:
  • Radiation
  • Chemicals
  • Hazardous waste
  • Acidic or harsh substances
  • Infectious bacteria/viruses
  • Infectious diseases
  • Blood-borne pathogens
  • Bodily fluids

• Use of and/or subject to:
  • Vehicle
  • Light equipment
  • Heavy equipment
  • Moving mechanical parts
  • Computers/monitors
  • Confined spaces
  • Vibration
• Physical requirements:
  • Occasional lifting/carrying up to 25 lbs
  • Occasional motor control
  • Frequent bending
  • Occasional squatting
  • Occasional kneeling
  • Occasional reaching
  • Frequent standing
  • Frequent sitting
  • Frequent walking
  • Frequent fine motor control
  • Frequent repetitive motion
  • Occasional finger dexterity
  • Occasional grasping/holding
  • Frequent handwriting and typing
  • Frequent visual perception
  • Frequent visual inspection
  • Frequent hand/eye coordination
    • Frequent color distinction
  • Frequent hearing
  • Frequent speaking
  • Frequent smelling
• Mental requirements:
  • Understand and apply routine verbal and/or written instructions
  • Understand and apply non-routine verbal and/or written instructions
  • Understand complex problems and collaborate to explore alternative solutions
  • Organize actions to complete sequential and/or routine tasks
  • Organize and prioritize individual work schedule to manage multiple patients, tasks, and/or projects
  • Organize and prioritize the work schedules of others to manage multiple patients, tasks and/or projects
  • Make decisions that have an impact on the individuals work
  • Make decisions that have an impact on the immediate work units operations and/or services
  • Make decisions that have significant impact on a departments credibility, operations, and/or services
  • Make decisions that have an impact on the health and wellbeing of patients
  • Communicate and exchange routine/basic information
  • Communicate and explain a variety of information
  • Communicate in-depth information for the purpose of interpreting, and/or negotiating
  • Communicate complex medical information to patients and patient families
  • Memorization/concentration
  • Learning/knowledge retention
  • Preparing/analyzing numerical figures
  • Analyzing/examining/testing data
  • Emotional/behavioral self-regulation
  • Interacting with others

Work Environment

The functions of this role are conducted in an office environment.

Hours of Work

• This position is full-time
• Typically, full-time salaried employees work 40 hours during a [Monday through Friday or Sunday through Saturday] workweek. However, this is a salaried position. Therefore, the full time individual is expected to work as required to complete the duties of the position. This may mean hours beyond 40 per week are required.

AAP/EEO Statement
Outer Cape Health Services is committed to a firm policy in favor of equal employment opportunity and will abide by all applicable state and federal regulations by not discriminating against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability or veteran status. Our commitment to equal employment opportunities shall include employment, upgrading, promotion, demotion, transfer, leaves or other absences from work, layoff, compensation and benefits, selection for training or other education, professional opportunities and conflict resolution.

It is also the policy of OCHS to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of their status as woman, minority or individuals with disabilities or protected veterans, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.

Please inform us of any necessary accommodations required during the application process and/or at any time during employment.