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Senior Accountant - New York, NY

Healthfirst
New York, NY
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Description

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the preparation, review and delivery of Healthfirst reporting of financial statements using Statutory Accounting Principles. Assures that all reporting submissions are filed on time, meets the highest standards and is supported by comprehensive documentation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Prepare monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements and regulatory reports, including footnote disclosures to financials using SAP. This includes data compilation and analysis, perform monthly GAAP-to-SAP conversion journal entries and preparation of the annual and quarterly New Jersey State Medicaid Financial Report, NJ State Supplemental Statements, NAIC Health Statements, Risk-Based Capital Report, Management Discussion & Analysis and Cash flow for external regulatory submissions.
* Respond to inquiry letters from State Regulators.
* Respond to adhoc analysis requests from management, auditors and various departments.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

* Support in the implementation of the new financial system (Microsoft AX) including conversion, mapping and validation of existing account balances from the old system.
* Develop and enhance internal controls over financial reporting to improve clarity and consistency ; documenting new processes and procedures for Model Audit Rule requirements.
* Automate the report generation & distribution and optimize the use of FRX and Atlas to enhance financial reporting functions.
* Manage communications with regulatory software vendors on software updates and issues.

Work Experience/Qualifications:

5 to 8 years of relevant experience required.

Education Requirements:

Employee is required to possess Bachelors Degree.

Technical Skills:

Employee is required to have intermediate skills in MS Excel and FRX and basic level skills in Hyperion, MS PowerPoint and Atlas.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit and key.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee constantly works in an indoor environment.

Conditions of Employment:  Employee must pass pre-employment screening which includes a background check and drug testing. Employee must present documentation to verify minimum of high school educational requirement.

Disclaimer:  The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veteran status.


Details:

Job Id: 31578078

Posted / Updated: 5/8/2012 4:30:17 AM

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