Accountant
UNC Health is an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates dedicated to improving health and well-being in their communities. The Accountant role involves ensuring accurate financial data coding, recording, and reporting, while monitoring accounting activities for budget adherence and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Develops and implements fiscal strategies to achieve goals and objectives
- Prepares financial analyses for departmental and institutional planning
- Manages specific funds including preparing all reports, explanations, and schedules
- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures and make recommendations for changes as appropriate
- Monitors accounting transactions for accuracy and consistency
- Reconciles data from subsidiary systems to General Ledger
- Monitors and analyzes revenues and actual expenditures in relation to budget and makes changes to plans as appropriate
- Participates in the planning and establishment of budgets, goals and objectives
- Prepares and maintains accurate accounting records to ensure compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies as well as GAAP, GASB and FASB
- Participates in System-wide initiatives to improve operational efficiencies Processes journal entries including approval and correction of entries
- Assists with annual audit with supervision
- Assist with ACFR with supervision
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- If a Bachelor's degree: No prior experience required
- If an Associate's degree: Four (4) years of experience in accounting
- If a High School diploma or GED: Eight (8) years of experience in accounting
- Strong analytical skills
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