Practice Accountant

April 26

🌽 Illinois – Remote

Although this job is listed in Illinois, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $61k - $65k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💲 Accountant

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ASPEN DENTAL GROUP, PC

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Aspen Dental Group, PC is a dental care organization dedicated to providing comprehensive dental services to patients while supporting dental professionals in their careers. The company emphasizes the importance of bringing better care to more people by investing in employee success through training, support, and a proven practice model. Aspen Dental's approach includes offering industry-leading pay, tuition reimbursement, and opportunities for career advancement, with a commitment to diversity and community impact. With over 25 years of experience, Aspen Dental also contributes to charitable efforts by donating free dental care and focuses on providing a collaborative and inclusive workplace.

2 - 10 employees

Founded 1998

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📋 Description

• Provide finance support to regional managers, territory directors and DVP’s within the field organization as well as dental office owners; • Ensure compliance with company policy and general accepted accounting principles; • Analyze and post standard and non-standard journal entries; • Calculate and process incentives for office and Field level incentives across the responsible territory; • Receive requests regularly to change items in the P&L or incentive calculations. • Determine whether the change is warranted due to an error or a special request from the owner. Any changes related to wages greater than $10,000 at an individual level requires manager approval. Any accounting adjustments greater than $25,000 at an individual office level require manager approval. It is expected than at least 75% of the adjustments can be made using practice accountant judgement. • Submit incentive payments to payroll for processing on a monthly basis. • Answer questions from employees or Field on the incentive calculations. • Participate on monthly calls with owners, DVPs, and Directors to answer finance related questions. • Provide guidance to owners on P&L items and receive requests from owners on the P&Ls. It is expected that approximately 50% of the job responsibilities will be handling requests from the Field and most of those requests will require the use of discretion or judgement. Any unusual requests should be elevated to manager for review and approval. • Reconcile Balance Sheet and P&L accounts on a monthly basis; • Analyze accounts to identify incorrect postings and necessary reclassifications; • Review and analyze assigned P&L’s categories and independently identifying monthly adjusting entries as needed; • Preparing and distributing various recurring reporting and other ad-hoc reports or analysis; • Acting as a key support person for external annual audit requests; • Assist in preparation of quarterly financial statements and report packages; • Work with POP independent CPA’s to provide financial information to support tax return preparation; • Manage cross functional execution of financial close execution and required documentation; • Special projects and ad-hoc requests as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting • Public or private accounting experience for a large organization is a plus • Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills • Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles • Above average Microsoft Office skills, most notably Excel, with ability to learn new skills quickly • Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to multi-task and complete assignments within tight time constraints and deadlines.