What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisor, Accounting position at Kaiser Permanente?
Job Summary:
This supervisory level employee is primarily responsible for overseeing financial transactions, the completion of analyses and internal and external audits, internal and external reporting, and complex audit activities while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Pursues professional growth by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative relationships; training and developing talent for growth opportunities; delegating tasks and decisions; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; supporting execution of performance management guidelines and expectations; ensuring team collaboration; providing team members feedback; and mentoring and coaching to drive performance improvement.
- Supervises and coordinates daily activities of designated work team or unit by monitoring the execution and completion of tactical action items and work assignments; ensuring all policies and procedures are followed; delegating tasks to meet short term objectives; aligning team efforts and measuring progress in achieving results; identifying and recommending improvement opportunities; and removing obstacles that impact performance.
- Supports financial transactions by preparing complex 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 reviewing complex accounting activities prepared by others.
- Conducts external reporting of Company financial information externally by completing and reviewing reports and analyses for statutory reporting to external agencies (e.g. IRS, Census Bureau, NAIC, FTC).
- Supports financial analyses by examining operational statistics to explain financial results, inform decision-making and take action to pursue efficiencies and quality financial outcomes; responding to ad hoc request for analysis; establishing data gathering methods; and developing expertise in data origination.
- Communicates financial results by presenting conclusions about areas of accountability to appropriate levels of management in verbal and written form, documenting positions and processes in support of process improvement, knowledge retention, and audit requirements; and provides consulting services to individuals without finance training.
- Participates in finance system design, implementations, enhancements, and continuous improvements by understanding flow of transactions through source systems; validating ongoing configuration decisions; reviewing systems in area of expertise to ensure that new systems, upgrades, and other system maintenance activities do not impact operations, financial statements, or leadership decision making.
- Monitors Company financial information by completing and reviewing standard and/or ad hoc reports (e.g., balance sheets, income statements, volume reporting, trade spending reports, day sales inventory, Brand Contribution Statements, analysis spreadsheets, operating capital, allowance for loan losses); and documenting and reviewing 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 complex audit schedules and reviewing complex information and/or documentation for submission to internal and external auditors, and the Tax department.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business, or related field AND Minimum five (5) years accounting or related business experience. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
- N/A
Salary : $96,800 - $125,290
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