Position Summary

About Orlando Health:

At Orlando Health, we are ordinary people with extraordinary individuality, working together to bring help, healing and hope to those we serve. By daily embodying our over 100-year legacy, we reinforce our reputation as a trusted and respected healthcare organization that delivers professional and compassionate care to our patients, families and communities. Through our award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities, our dedicated team members serve communities that span Florida’s east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico.

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible so that you can be present for your passions. “Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.

Position Summary:

Responsible for general ledger accounting, various analyses and reconciliations, production of information used in corporate and consolidated financial statements and reports, detail review of the work of others, process improvement initiatives, liaison to external departments of accounting related issues, understanding of certain state and federal regulations, and other assignments and tasks for all areas assigned.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Analyzes general ledger accounts and independently processes journal entries affecting financial statement segments that the position is responsible for. Follows up to resolve any identified discrepancies in the general ledger accounts. Presents clear, organized, concise reports of findings regarding fluctuations in account balances.
• Reviews analysis produced by accountants and clerical staff, makes recommendations for improvement or changes; presents analyses to Finance department managers and/or directors for further review.
• Determines proper accounting under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in any area. Responsible for maintaining an understanding of all GAAP for areas of responsibility.
• Maintains complete and organized work papers, and provides to internal and external auditors as necessary, and facilitates the completion of financial statements by providing accurate information from areas of responsibility.
• Assists in planning for and coordination of year-end audit. Insures that accountants complete client assistance listing from E&Y.
• Participates in installation and testing of any new g/l related software.
• Prepares monthly and yearly internal and consolidated financials and related statistical data and reports for reporting to executive staff, board of directors and regulatory agencies.
• Advises user departments on development of new departments; acts as general ledger consultant in dealings with user departments. Advises finance managers and directors on system issues and capabilities.
• Trains new accountants and managers on use of g/l system.
• Acts as accounting liaison to various departments as assigned.
• Acts in lead role for certain processes including bank reconciliations, prepaid processing and other.
• Performs detail review of the work of accountants and clerical staff as assigned.
• Develops and maintains processes and documentation for all areas assigned
• Performs original work quality level that does not require any significant supervision or detail review. Takes complete ownership of assigned tasks with only limited supervision.
• Coordinates monthly or quarterly reconciliation for all balance sheet accounts assigned.
• Coordinates and facilitates new accounting processes as necessary.
• Ensures all assigned standard monthly statistics and journal entries are recorded and provided to financial liaisons for operations and budgeting.
• Prepares regulatory reports/surveys or supporting schedules, others in preparation of regulatory reports and surveys not specifically the responsibility of accounting.
• Completes monthly billings/allocations for medical office buildings and other lessees as assigned.
• Prepares monthly reconciliations for cash, accounts payable, accrued expenses and inter-company accounts as assigned
• Ensures all payroll hours and dollars are interfaced to the general ledger and other productivity systems as assigned. Works with appropriate individuals to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepares tax related information for vendors, calculates and assures proper accounting of sales tax liability.
• Reviews institutional accounts receivable for activity and resolution of differences.
• Assists in treasury function through resolution of NSF checks with patient business or other departments.
• Prepares all work papers associated with the hospital revenue cycle, including AR reconciliations, cost and charge payor allowances and templates, and other. Maintains complete understanding of all processes related to the revenue and contractual cycle, performs daily and monthly reconciliations, routine testing of spreadsheets, and other internal control functions. Analyzes variations from trend and communicates to others as necessary. Performs these tasks with limited or no supervision.
• Monitors investments and prepares journal entries from reports submitted by investment managers. Performs reconciliation of investments to general ledger and communicates with investment managers and Orlando Health management team as necessary
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions:

• Special projects as needed.
• Available to affiliates for coordination of financial reporting, journal entry processing, internal control analysis and process improvement.

Qualifications

Education/Training:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, finance or business field required.

Licensure/Certification:
• None.

Experience:
• Two (2) years of experience in accounting required; hospital accounting experience preferred. Direct hospital accounting or related experience may be replaced with Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or minimum one year experience in public accounting for large national CPA firm. Experience with complex general ledger system(s), Microsoft Office applications (Word, Access, and particularly proficient in Excel).