Staff Accountant

We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join a healthcare-focused finance team in White Plains, New York on a Contract basis. This role supports core accounting operations, including financial reporting, reconciliations, payroll-related entries, and month-end close activities for a multi-entity environment. The ideal candidate brings strong general ledger experience, confidence working with financial systems and Excel, and the ability to manage priorities in a fully onsite setting.

Responsibilities:

Cash Receipts Oversight

• Manage petty cash account receipts, daily cash report, prepare reimbursement form for approval.
• Reconciles and coordinates correction of cash differences with PARs and Director of Finance and posts correcting entries to appropriate GL accounts.
• Reconciles patient accounts receivable and patient credit balance accounts and reports/coordinates correction of differences with appropriate Patient Account Representatives.
• Prepares A/R management reports, including A/R Aging Summaries and Bad Debt reserve calculation.
• Record daily cash receipts in GL and prepares monthly bank and investment statement reconciliations and submits to the Finance Director for review and approval.

Other Accounting Duties

• Prepares monthly G/L journal entries, statistical reports, assists with financial statements, G/L account analysis, other supporting schedules and yearly budgets.
• Reconciliation between affiliated entities, management fee computation, cost reports, and government reports.
• Prepare payroll journal entries; reconcile quarterly and annual payroll tax with GL and W-2's.
• Maintains fixed assets schedules and depreciation, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses and other GL accounts.
• Assists the Finance Director with month-end and year-end closing. Performs A/P function for selected accounts and may be a back- up for other A/P accounts as required.
• Participates in the annual audit with the independent accounting firm, and other government audits as requested.
• Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
• Supports the Finance Director and the CFO with other department activities as needed.
• Assumes other duties, as assigned.