Project Accountant

Community Health Systems is one of the nation's leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 40 distinct markets across 15 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 71 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.

Summary:

Under the direction of Shared Business Operations leadership, a Project Accountant is a professional responsible for managing and overseeing the financial aspects of specific projects within the SBO. They play a crucial role in ensuring that projects are financially viable, properly funded, and executed within budgetary constraints.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Project Creation: Review and collect relevant documentation to support a project setup request. Set up all relevant project components within Oracle.
• Capital Budget Management: Maintain all relevant project information including budgets, costs and timelines.
• Project Accounting: Review project costs for accuracy and completeness, process cost adjustments in alignment with policy, update, and process monthly accounting entries.
• Month End Close: Provide support to the Accounting team during the close process; monthly, quarterly, and year end.
• Communication and Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments, such as local Project Managers, SBO Controllers, IT, and other stakeholders to ensure that project records and transactions are accurately recorded and reported.
• Customer Service: Achieve established SLAs and serve as a resource for project stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement: Assist the Senior Manager, Projects, in identifying improvements, testing and applying those in production.

Qualifications:

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field from an accredited university required.

Required Experience: One to Two (1-2) years of experience in Accounting/Finance setting and general accounting knowledge.

Preferred Experience: Experience in Project Accounting and Fixed Assets. Oracle Cloud is a plus.

Preferred License/Registration/Certification: Six Sigma

Computer Skills Required: Google Suite preferred; willingness to learn Oracle and leverage the training, reporting, and process components to excel at role

Physical Demands:

In order to successfully perform this job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the following are outlined below:

• The Employee is required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures, using a PC or similar, and should possess visual acuity.
• The Employee may be required to occasionally climb, push, stand, walk, reach, grasp, kneel, stoop, and/or perform repetitive motions.
• The Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and; therefore, job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found within general office or administrative work.