Controller, Accounting, Accounting Manager

Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center (BSFHC) is a 501C3 Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves all of the primary health care needs of families in the heart of North and Central Brooklyn for over 40 years. Our mission is to provide the most professional, courteous and highest quality health care, with dignity, to those we serve, especially the undeserved population, without regard for ability to pay.

• Oversee all accounting activities, reporting, and planning
• Assist with closing of accounting books on a monthly basis and make appropriate journal entries. Reconcile various accounts including payroll, employee fringe benefits, etc.
• Prepare timely monthly financial statements;
  Support month-end and year-end closing and audit processes
• Perform various account analyses for various balance sheet accounts and income and expense accounts
• Evaluate and lead the accounting, cost accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable processes
• In concert with the Chief Financial Officer and Management, communicate departmental goals and priorities. Assists in developing staff competence in new and existing areas. Assist staff, when needed, with complex or difficult issues
• Routinely informs Chief Financial of work progress; provides timely updates on all critical matters; identifies problems and implements solutions.
• Recommend techniques to improve productivity, increase efficiencies, cut costs, and maintain optimum business practices.
• Identify and implement new procedures to streamline accounting activities
• Develop and implement all appropriate control and risk management procedures
• Provide oversight for the preparation, control and review of payroll process
• Manage vital relationships with individuals such as auditors, state agencies, and industry based experts
• Represent the finance department as needed in meetings and presentations
• Evaluate and implement appropriate policies to ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and to ensure books are maintained based on a strong internal control environment.
• Demonstrable success in initiating cooperative working relationships, resolving customer concerns, and making timely and effective decisions.
• Coordinate annual budget process; ensure timely distribution of budget guidelines and review, analyze and interpret budgetary input
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly rolling twelve-month forecast
• Evaluate the Company's day-to-day operations to recommend efficiencies to enable the organization to meet its operational and profitability objectives
• Evaluate the Company's tax strategy and manage tax compliance reporting, including property, income, sales, etc
• Develop and maintain a cost accounting and inventory control process to scale with the operational objectives of the Company
• Gain accounting records/Chart of Accounts, including inventory, fixed assets, general ledger, payroll and taxes
• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner and accounts receivable are collected promptly
• Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed
• Issue timely and complete financial statements on a monthly and annual basis ensuring that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles
• Prepare cash flow statement and ensure proper funding by parent company
• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
• Comply with local, state and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Maintain and enforce a documented system of accounting policies, procedures, and controls
• Maintain and enhances adequate accounting systems
• Oversee one accountant, develop talent, and hire additional staff in line with the growth of the company
• Identify areas for process improvement

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance.
• Master's degree (business, finance or accounting) is preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years of accounting and financial reporting work experience including some management level accounting experience within a hospital or health system setting.
• CPA certification is preferred.
• Solid understanding of GAAP reporting.
• Candidate must have…