Hospital Accounting Jobs in Florida (NOW HIRING)

Location: 210 South Florida Avenue Lakeland, FL
Pay Rate: Min $66,955.20 Mid $83,699.20
Position Summary
The Senior Accountant is responsible for complex accounting, technical accounting analysis, investment and treasury accounting support, intercompany activity, consolidations, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting analytics. This role requires strong knowledge of GAAP, advanced Excel and data analysis skills, and the ability to translate detailed accounting activity into accurate journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and related analysis. The position is expected to identify root causes, support audit readiness, strengthen standard work, and assist management with technical research and analytical decision support.
Skills Essential:
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, with the ability to research and apply accounting guidance to practical business scenarios.
• Technical accounting capability in areas such as leases, investments, consolidations, intercompany accounting, accruals, allocations, and financial statement support.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, data validation, reconciliations, and structured analysis of large data sets.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, investigate variances, isolate root causes, and explain results clearly.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, documentation quality, and follow-through.
Education Essential:
• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.
Standard Work Duties: Senior Accountant
• Prepare, review, and post accurate monthly journal entries, including accruals, allocations, investment activity, intercompany entries, consolidating entries, and other complex accounting adjustments.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, including preparation of clear support, timely investigation of reconciling items, and documentation of resolution plans for aged or unusual items.
• Support lease accounting, investment accounting, consolidation, and other technical accounting areas by maintaining schedules, analyzing transactions, preparing accounting conclusions, and ensuring consistent application of GAAP and not-for-profit accounting standards.
• Assist in research of accounting, regulatory, and specialized technical guidance for new and existing business issues.
• Prepare monthly financial statement support, analytical schedules, variance explanations, and trend analyses that connect financial results to operational drivers.
• Perform intercompany analysis and allocations, including review of due to/from activity, elimination entries, allocation methodologies, and supporting documentation.
• Support management with ad hoc reporting, financial analysis, data requests, and special projects requiring strong analytical judgment and attention to detail.
• Assist with external audit, tax, and compliance requests by preparing schedules, gathering support, explaining accounting treatment, and responding timely to follow-up questions.
• Identify process gaps, control issues, reporting inconsistencies, or recurring reconciliation problems and recommend practical improvements to strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and audit readiness.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for individual knowledge, skills, performance, and behavior in accordance with hospital, division, and department standards, policies, and procedures.
Other Information
Essential Experience:
• Four or more years of related accounting experience in a large, complex, multi-entity, or multifaceted organization.
• Proven experience preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, financial analysis, and audit support.
• Demonstrated exposure to technical accounting topics, including at least several of the following: leases, investments, consolidations, intercompany accounting, allocations, accruals, or not-for-profit financial reporting.
Preferred Experience:
• Healthcare or hospital accounting experience.
• Experience with Infor or a comparable ERP system.