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Independence Blue Cross

Lead Accountant

Independence Blue Cross, Phila, Pennsylvania, United States, 19117


Bring your drive for excellence, teamwork, and customer commitment to Independence. Join us as we renew and reimagine the future of health care. Together we will achieve our mission to enhance the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.

If you enjoy problem solving, collaborating with other teams, problem solving, and you are relentless in getting things resolved, please consider this

Lead Accountant

opening. While this role will conduct GAP accountant work, this person will also be the troubleshooter to ensure our claims, revenue and billing process through to our general ledgers properly. This person will partner with our operations areas to understand how these process work and to resolve errors.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides guidance to general ledger accountants and recommends actions as it relates to specific transactions, reconciliations and analysis

• Develops non-standard report or analyses and address problematic issues and activates related to general ledger accounts

• Examine transactions to ensure accounting methods are consistent and compliant. Recommend corrective actions as necessary

• Ensures all company deadlines are met as it relates to certain general ledger accounts

• Actively participates in the completion of the monthly, quarterly & annual close processes

• Actively supports all reporting (Management, Statutory, and GAAP) as it relates to certain general ledger accounts

• Participates in providing responses to all questions and requests for information as it relates to

• Provides guidance to general ledger accountants and recommends actions as it relates to specific transactions, reconciliations and analysis

• Develops non-standard report or analyses and address problematic issues and activates related to general ledger accounts

• Examine transactions to ensure accounting methods are consistent and compliant. Recommend corrective actions as necessary

• Ensures all company deadlines are met as it relates to certain general ledger accounts

• Actively participates in the completion of the monthly, quarterly & annual close processes

• Actively supports all reporting (Management, Statutory, and GAAP) as it relates to certain general ledger accounts

• Participates in providing responses to all questions and requests for information as it relates to certain general ledger accounts

• Participates in special projects as it relates to certain general ledger accounts

• Provides data and information to Audit (Internal and External) as required for certain general ledger accounts

• May assist in training junior level staff.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Accounting with CPA (Preferred), Finance and/or Business Administration



Eight or more

years of accounting experience for a health insurance or comparable industry (size and complexity) or comparable function

• Leadership abilities and has experience with leading functional teams

• Working knowledge of general & health insurance industry accounting practices & principles

• Working knowledge of US GAAP and specific practices/procedures

• Good written and oral communication skills

• Working knowledge of supporting technologies (i.e. PeopleSoft) and large ERP systems

• Working knowledge in Microsoft Office tools (i.e. MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point) and working knowledge of other tools (i.e. MS Access)

Independence Blue Cross is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.

Must have an Android or iOS device which is compatible with the free Microsoft Authenticator app.