Senior Accountant - Dental Healthcare at Creative Planning in Urbandale, Iowa

Job Description:

JOB SUMMARY
As a Senior Accountant on the Outsourced Business Accounting team, you will work directly with healthcare clients with other team members to help manage the clients A/P, A/R, payroll, fixed assets and account reconciliations. This position requires monitoring of details to effectively manage financial information and solve accounting issues for our clients.

JOB DUTIES
Process accounts payable 1099 processing Process accounts receivable and apply customer payments Reconcile accounts Appropriate utilization and efficiency of software applications Prepare adjusting journal entries cash to accrual entries Calculate and analyze contractual adjustments Assist in month end closing and reconciliations Process improvement through automation and industry-specific best practices Prepare reports for year-end audits Ability to adapt to client needs by providing immediate short-term solutions while working toward implementation of long-term goals Set and meet defined deadlines on projects with clients

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years accounting experience Understanding of Healthcare accounting, preferably Dental Clinic accounting Familiarity with variety of accounting systems Proficient in Excel Ability to work with multiple software, clients and projects Timely responses to internal and client communications
Self-motivated, meets weekly/engagement hours expectations

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
General ledger software skills: QBO, Sage Intacct, NetSuite Experience within a Dental Service Organization or other large dental practice
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office and Teams experience Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities Excellent written and verbal communication skillsAbility to communicate effectively with clients via email and phone