JOB DESCRIPTION

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Staff Accountant for Hospital Operations. This position will be primarily a work from home opportunity with the requirement to come onsite 1-2 days per week to our Burr Ridge facility. You may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.
The Staff Accountant, Hospital Operations will be responsible preparing monthly journal entries, reconciling accounts, documenting business transactions, and maintaining a sound internal control structure for health systems hospital operations. In additional, this role will be responsible for supporting internal and external audit activities. The Staff Accountant will also be a key business partner to the operations they support, providing relevant and timely information related to financial results. The Staff Accountant is expected to partner with other members of the finance team to support budgeting, financial analysis and adhoc report requests.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance
• Minimum 2-3 years experience in financial reporting and accounting
• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and concepts including Revenue, Prepaids, Accruals, Inventory, etc
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work independently and as a team to solve problems and raise issues and drive continuous improvement
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and compliance requirements
• Proficiency in financial analysis, reporting tools, use of excel and other analytical tools
• Knowledge of large scale, complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and the impacts of how transactions flow

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• CPA or CFA certification

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