Accounting Analyst III

Job Summary:

This individual contributor is primarily responsible for supporting financial transactions and analyses, internal and external reporting, and internal and external audits while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; providing occasional mentoring to team members; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; creating plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; anticipating and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensuring all procedures and policies are followed; leveraging an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross-functionally to solve business problems; identifying and monitoring priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
• Supports financial transactions by preparing accounting activities and reconciliations leading to a complete set of accurate financial statements (e.g. journal entries, estimates, disbursements) in accordance with GAAP and company policies, and maintaining support documentation.
• Supports external reporting of Company financial information by assisting with reporting to external parties and compiling data for reports.
• Supports financial analyses by reviewing operational statistics; responding to ad hoc requests for analysis; and understanding data gathering methods.
• Supports communication of financial results by presenting information in verbal and written form; documenting processes; and explaining financial concepts to individuals without finance training.
• Supports finance system design, implementations, enhancements, and continuous improvements by understanding flow of transactions through source systems.
• Supports internal reporting of Company financial information by assisting with compiling standard and/or ad hoc reports (e.g., balance sheets, income statements, volume reporting, trade spending reports); and assisting with documentation of assets, liabilities, revenues, and operating expenses in conformity with GAAP and Company accounting policies.
• Meets requirements of policies and procedures to remain compliant (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley, KP-NCO, POR).
• Supports internal and external audits by preparing interim and year-end audit schedules; compiling information and/or documentation as required for internal and external auditors, and the Tax department.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business, or related field AND Minimum three (3) years accounting or related business experience. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One (1) year experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• One (1) year project management experience.