Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Senior Accountant

Department : Finance

Reports To : Controller

Starting Salary : $70,000 - $80,000

Classification : Full-time Regular w / benefits

FLSA Status : Exempt, Salaried

Location : Portland , Oregon

JOB SUMMARY

About the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)

The Northwest Tribes have long recognized the need to exercise control over the design and development of health care delivery systems in their local communities. To this end, they formed the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (also referred to as NPAIHB or "the Board") in 1972.

Guided by a vision of "Health and Wellness for the Seventh Generation," NPAIHB is a 501(c)3 designated (non-profit) organization and Tribal organization, P.L. 93-638, under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) serving the 43 federally recognized Tribes in the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (Northwest Tribes). Tribes become voting members of the Board through resolutions passed by their governing body. Each member Tribe designates a delegate to serve on the NPAIHB Board of Directors.

Led by our Board of Directors, NPAIHB's mission is to "eliminate health disparities and improve the quality of life of American Indians and Alaska Natives by supporting Northwest Tribes in their delivery of culturally appropriate, high-quality health programs and services." We have a staff of over 120 professionals dedicated to advancing Tribal health for the 7th generation in the Pacific Northwest.

The NPAIHB's Strategic Plan 2020-2025 can be found here.

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the monitoring of all NPAIHB Balance Sheet accounts includes monitoring internal controls, accounting tasks and general ledger accuracy related to expenditures and reporting functions. The position collaborates closely with the AP & Payroll Manager, the Fund Accounting Supervisor and Controller in the maintenance and administration of the Board's financial systems.

Essential Functions :

• Responsible for Accounting General Ledger Functions
• Reconcile bank Statements monthly
• Assist with the reconciliation of outstanding bank account items
• Prepare month-end journal entries as assigned.
• Prepare or Review entry to record payroll and related journal entries.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts as assigned
• Reconcile the 941 to the payroll reports and trial balance on a quarterly basis
• Develop reports to increase efficiencies within the accounting department
• Monitor allowable costs and correct allocations to cost centers
• Assist with accounting for NPAIHB's grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts
• Assist with correspondence to PD's and other staff with open PO reports
• Reconciliation of contract payments and contract summary reports as needed
• Work with Accounts Payable Specialist and Grant Fund Manager as necessary, to review coding of Accounts Payable and Payroll, assuring allowability of costs and correct allocation to cost centers
• Monitors contract payments through system reports and random testing of payments
• Back up purchasing in entering and recording payment requests
• Handle sensitive information in a confidential manner
• Other duties :
• Reconciliation of travel reports as needed
• Assist in coordination of internal and external audits
• Collaborate with Controller and Grant Fund Manager in Monthly and Year-end closings
• Support Finance team and staff as needed

Standards of Conduct :

Qualifications : Education

Experience

Additional experience preferred :

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Typical Physical Activity :

Physical Demands : Frequently involves sedentary work : exerting up to 10 pounds of force and / or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Physical Requirements : Constantly requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communications, and to make fine discrimination in sound. Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas or important instructions accurately,

loudly, or quickly. Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and / or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks. Occasionally requires standing and / or sitting for sustained periods of time. Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and / or hand and arms. Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Infrequently requires crouching.

Typical Environmental Conditions : The worker is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.

Disclaimer : The individual must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing a significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and or skills required of all personnel so classified.

Except as provided by Title 25, U.S.C. § 450e(b), which allows for Indian preference in hiring, the NPAIHB does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, politics, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, marital status, citizenship or immigration status, veteran or military status, genetic information, ancestry or any other characteristic protected by law.

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