Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Full time: Day Shift

Intro and job overview: Join our KBBH team and find meaningful work, inspiring colleagues, career growth, great compensation, and excellent benefits.

Located in beautiful Southern Oregon.

Join an outstanding multi-disciplinary team including an on-staff psychiatric team and licensed clinical staff. Klamath Basin Behavioral Health is an accredited NHSC facility.

The NHSC Loan Repayment Program is open to licensed primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health providers who are employed by accredited sites.

Senior Accountant Benefits and Pay range:

• Salary: $59,862.54 – $74,828.18 DOE
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan
• Paid Vacation & Wellness Days
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

Senior Accountant Responsibilities and Qualifications: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• Responsible for month end operations to ensure accurate and timely financial statements to the Board of Directors.
• Maintain the general ledger, prepare tax returns, assist with audit preparations, and perform other accounting duties as assigned
• Make recommendations based on analysis and status of reserves, assets, and expenditures
• Analyze complex financial reports and records.
• Review journal entries of other finance staff to ensure accuracy.
• Train and mentor junior staff.
• Document and monitor internal controls in support of auditing team.
• Coordinate more complex accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments.
• System manager and Power User for accounting software system, responsible for determining enhancements, access and role definition, and system maintenance of key elements.
• Serves as support for the Controller position and the Chief Operations Officer.

Senior Accountant Education: Must meet one of the requirements to qualify:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Or a combination of Associates Degree and two years accounting experience.

Senior Accountant Experience: Experience to demonstrate the competencies to identify precipitating events:

• Experience with Accounting systems and software, the use of computers and business machines.
• Possess demonstrated knowledge and skills related to overall office functioning and business record organization.
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with staff, clients, and personnel from related community agencies.

Senior Accountant Competencies: To perform the job successfully, and meet standards of professionalism, this individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; able to read and interpret written information.
• Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; displays orientation to profitability; demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; aligns work with strategic goals.
• Conflict Resolution - Encourages open communications; confronts difficult situations; maintains objectivity; keeps emotions under control; uses negotiation skills to resolve conflicts.
• Achievement Focus - Sets and achieves challenging goals; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; measures self against standard of excellence; recognizes and acts on opportunities.
• Judgement - Displays willingness to make sound decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; develops realistic action plans.

Other Considerations: Klamath Basin Behavioral Health celebrates diversity and is committed to creating inclusive and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, genetic information, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and veteran's status. or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Our employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and agency need.