Senior Accountant

RIDGEVIEW, a not-for-profit hospital and community mental health center based in Oak Ridge, TN, has an opening for a full-time Senior Accountant. This is a new position with defined responsibilities to provide support to the Director of Accounting, with a heavy focus on grant management to begin with.

 

Ridgeview provides a wide range of outpatient programs and services throughout a six-county geographic region, including Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott, and Fentress counties. In addition, Ridgeview operates a 16 bed Joint Commission accredited adult inpatient unit located at our main center in Oak Ridge. Ridgeview receives funding from Medicare, Medicaid/TennCare, commercial insurance, federal, state and local funding sources.

Ridgeview has been named a 2025 Top Workplace by Knoxville News Sentinel. Ridgeview is a place where staff want to work, a place where staff are valued and appreciated, and a place where staff are proud of the impact they are making toward the improvement of people's lives. At Ridgeview, ultimate job satisfaction is derived from co-workers, clients, and the realization that we are part of carrying out Ridgeview's mission.

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"Where life's complexities are met with hope"

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s degree with an accounting concentration required.  Five or more years’  hands-on experience and knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are required, preferably in a hospital or nonprofit environment.  Candidate must demonstrate strong technical accounting skills and proficiency in advanced Microsoft excel.

JOB DUTIES

The Senior Accountant’s primary responsibility will be to manage and ensure the integrity of the accounting books and records and to prepare various financial reports for the board, management, program leadership, and outside parties such as federal, state, and other stakeholders. Ridgeview has numerous grants with varying requirements that the Senior Accountant will be responsible for understanding and managing in concert with other accounting team members. The Senior Accountant is responsible for backing up the Controller as necessary.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other documents.
• Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
• Avoid legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
• Organizes financial information in secure electronic folders.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.

BENEFITS

Ridgeview offers a full line of benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Long-Term Disability, Holiday Pay, Vacation and Sick Leave, Life Insurance and Wellness Plan. Ridgeview is an approved National Health Service Corp site. Loan repayment for qualified behavioral health and primary health care providers is available.

Ridgeview is an equal opportunity employer. Ridgeview conducts Background Checks, Motor Vehicle Records, License/Degree Verification, and Drug Screens at hire. Employment is contingent upon clean drug screen, background check and driving record.

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