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Founded in Oregon in 1955, Moda is proud to be a company of real people committed to quality. Today, like then, we’re focused on building a better future for healthcare. That starts by offering outstanding coverage to our members, compassionate support to our community and comprehensive benefits to our employees. It keeps going by connecting with neighbors to create healthy spaces and places, together.

The GL Accountant will execute on the accounting function for one of the Company’s Medicaid businesses. These businesses are associated with the coordinated care organization (CCO) model for administration of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) as governed by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). This GL Accountant will work closely with two other Medicaid GL Accountants, the Medicaid Accounting Supervisor, the Medicaid Accounting Manager, the Controller, other Accounting Supervisors and Managers, and several other members of the Moda Accounting department and Medicaid Services department. This person’s primary responsibilities will include execution of the monthly close process, including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statements, and external financial reporting.

This is a Hybrid PST position. We are only offering this position to candidates living in or willing to relocate to OR or WA.

Please follow the link below to apply to this position:

• https://j.brt.mv/jb.do?reqGK=27703948&refresh=true

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy, Life, & Disability
• 401K- Matching
• FSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• PTO and Company Paid Holidays

• Ensure the integrity of the GAAP general ledger by preparing the monthly financial close for part of the Company’s Medicaid businesses, including detailed journal entry preparation and analysis of financial results.
• Ensure that 100% of account reconciliations are completed monthly for assigned entity. Further, must have ability to create/propose appropriate reconciliations for new accounts or processes as needed (i.e. assess appropriateness of ending account balance and develop reconciliation approach).
• Prepare payment (check and ACH) requests for this entity that are owned by the Accounting Department; maintain calendar schedule of recurring payment due dates.
• Work to build understanding of business operations for assigned entity to anticipate financial statement trends. Ability to elevate anticipated financial issues or ideas to management as appropriate.
• Demonstrate high levels of independent ownership, in addition to working collaboratively with the department, to maintain adherence to close calendar, both for monthly close as well as quarterly and annual close.
• Work with other departments as necessary to ensure financial statements are complete and accurate; work to understand and/or test the completeness and accuracy of key sources of data (key reports, key spreadsheets, etc.).
• On a quarterly basis, work with team members on the preparation of SAP basis financial statements to be filed with the Oregon Health Authority and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. These time periods can involve extra workload and flexibility to meet deadlines is required.
• Independently prepare various schedules, including standalone entity financial statements, in support of the annual external audit, when assigned.
• Perform detailed reconciliation and/or reporting projects related to various Medicaid initiatives.
• Attend and participate in various meetings, including working internally with Moda employees and externally with other Medicaid-related organizations.
• Perform cross training with other members of the Accounting department, particularly the other Medicaid GL accountants, to broaden knowledge base and strengthen understanding of Medicaid business and other accounting areas at Moda.
• Stay informed of current financial reporting and accounting issues, including those prescribed by OHA and plan partners.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to exhibit ownership over key responsibilities, improve operations, and streamline work processes to create efficiencies.
• Perform other duties or projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or Finance; Accounting preferred.
• 3+ years public accounting or equivalent GL accounting experience; CPA preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of accounting concepts and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Understanding of Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including understanding of T-Accounts, and ability to work through difficult accounting scenarios.
• Experience with or exposure to various forms of financial reporting, including preparation of financials, footnotes and both electronic and hard copy tie outs.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines and maintain flexibility to shift priorities and reprioritize.
• Strong time-management and organization skills; ability to move multiple work streams forward at once and actively prioritize projects.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Use of pivot tables, vlookups, and other moderately difficult Excel functions required.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and project a professional business image with both internal and external parties.

Moda Health seeks to allow equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by law.

For more information regarding accommodations please direct your questions to Kristy Nehler and Daniel McGinnis via our humanresources@modahealth.com email.