Accounting Supervisor

Description:

Providence St. Joseph Health is calling a Accounting Supervisor to our location in Portland, OR. This position will be remote for the remainder of 2021 and may pivot to a hybrid model in 2022 working a combination of in office and remote. We are seeking candidates that are available in commute distance to the office in Portland, OR.

We are seeking a Accounting Supervisor who will be responsible for supervising certain functional areas to ensure deadlines are met and that new policies and/or standardizations are implemented in a timely and efficient manner, takes a lead role in performing varied and intensive professional financial tasks in support of Providence Health Plans. Provides staff support in preparation, coordination, submission, and presentation of assigned projects. This includes specialized entry, examination, computation, verification, maintenance, reconciliation, reporting, and analysis of accounting and financial related data in support of general accounting, cost accounting, budgeting, and strategic initiatives. Manages multiple projects occurring at the same time within the department.

Supervises staff including hiring, assigning work, development planning, evaluating performance, training, providing direction, discipline and responding to complaints or grievances.

This role will lead the operating expense accounting functions including: reporting and analysis, cost accounting, benchmarking, and partnering with business users.

In this position you will have the following responsibilities:

• Takes the lead role in performing a variety of analytical and technical assignments within the Finance department including but not limited to the areas of general accounting, financial reporting, cost accounting, and budgeting:
• Demonstrates knowledge of accounting principles, and terminology.
• Ensures accounting control procedures are being followed for assigned areas.
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality.
• Maintains a high degree of attention to detail.
• Performs and provides direction, training, and assistance in data collection, evaluation, entry and maintenance in specialized computer system/s, Microsoft Excel and Access as necessary:
• Collects and enters accurate data in and successfully transfers data between systems as necessary.
• Performs maintenance of systems tables and structures as required.
• Leads the team in proactively auditing and reviewing records and source documentation to identify discrepancies or inaccuracies in data, makes or recommends corrections needed to ensure data integrity. Actively seeks new methods of improving departmental quality of output:
• Demonstrates proactive measures by alerting appropriate staff of irregularities and potential problems.
• Follows through with corrections in data flow and/or system enhancements as needed.
• Delivers accurate data analysis to customers. Produces reports on software applications as requested. Conducts 1:1 meetings, small group meetings, or group presentations as deemed appropriate. Leads and presents educational and informational sessions when necessary:
• Uses effective presentation methods (content, style, and delivery) to ensure the audience fully understands the analysis.
• Ensures the design and development of analysis clearly supports the customer’s ability to understand and take necessary actions.
• Consistently meets established time constraints.
• Coordinates and reviews supporting schedules for timeliness and accuracy.
• Maintains high standards of accuracy and efficiency with limited resources:
• Demonstrates initiative to participate in project and team functions and expand knowledge of the department.
• Demonstrates ability to efficiently use department resources.
• Demonstrates flexibility in meeting unexpected work fluctuations.
• Develops and maintains effective professional relationships with all levels of PHP staff:
• Demonstrates a professional attitude.
• Provides knowledge and cooperation necessary to create an atmosphere of trust and good public relations with all levels of staff.
• Serves on ad hoc committees and task forces in support of PHP initiatives.
• Supervises staff including hiring, assigning work, evaluating performance, training, providing direction, discipline and responding to complaints or grievances:
• Mentors staff.
• Coordinates workload.
• Evaluates job performance.

Qualifications:

Required qualifications for this position include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent educ/experience
• 5 years Accounting or financial analysis experience, extensive experience in personal computers, including spreadsheet, database, and general ledger applications as well as Microsoft Office Suite. Master degree can be substituted for required experience
• Work record demonstrates personal integrity, veracity, and trust

Preferred qualifications for this position include:

• Supervisor experience
• 1 year Cost accounting experience

About Providence in Oregon.

As the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, Providence offers exceptional work environments and unparalleled career opportunities.

The Providence Experience begins each time our patients or their families have an encounter with a Providence team member and continues throughout their visit or stay. Whether you provide direct or indirect patient care, we want our patients to feel that they are in a welcoming place where they can be comfortable and free from anxiety. Our employees create the Providence Experience through simple, caring behaviors such as acknowledging and welcoming each visitor, introducing ourselves and Providence, addressing people by name, providing the duration of estimated wait times and updating frequently if timelines change, explaining situations in a way that puts patients at ease, carefully listening to their concerns, and always thanking people for trusting Providence for their healthcare needs. At Providence, our quality vision is simple,

"Providence will provide the best care and service to every person, every time."

Providence is consistently ranked among the top 100 companies to work for in Oregon. It is also home to two of our award-winning Magnet medical centers. Providence hospitals and clinics are located in numerous areas, ranging from the Columbia Gorge to the wine country to sunny southern Oregon to charming coastal communities to the urban setting of Portland. If you want a vibrant lifestyle while working with a team highly committed to the art of healing, choose from our many options in Oregon.

We offer comprehensive, best-in-class benefits to our caregivers. For more information, visit

https://www.providenceiscalling.jobs/rewards-benefits/

Our Mission

As expressions of God’s healing love, witnessed through the ministry of Jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

About Us

Providence is a comprehensive not-for-profit network of hospitals, care centers, health plans, physicians, clinics, home health care and services continuing a more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable. Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day

Job Category: Non-Clinical Lead/Supervisor/Manager

Location: Oregon-Portland

Other Location(s): Oregon

Req ID: 325904