Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Provation

The Tone:
This is a full-time, early career role at Provation, a public healthcare SaaS organization that develops software solutions for clinical productivity, care coordination, quality reporting, and billing. This Staff Accountant position is critical for maintaining the financial health and operational integrity of the company. The role offers a chance to contribute to an organization dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes through technology by ensuring financial data is accurate, timely, and compliant with industry standards.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Minneapolis, MN
• Pay: $51300–$85700 yearly
• Mission: This person ensures accurate and timely financial data, supports internal controls, and manages core accounting processes to uphold the company’s financial health.
• Tech Stack: NetSuite, Tipalti, Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage Month-End Close: Execute and analyze journal entries, reconciliations, and account analyses to independently manage assigned areas of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial results.
• Support Financial Reporting and Compliance: Apply basic U.S. GAAP principles to assist with financial reporting and help administer Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance, including documentation and performing tests of assigned controls.
• Oversee Accounts Payable Operations: Review and enter vendor invoices for appropriate coding and supporting documentation, maintain the Accounts Payable inbox, create and maintain accurate vendor master files, and prepare and process weekly payment runs.
• Handle Expense Management: Review employee expense reports for policy alignment, assist with related inquiries, and reconcile monthly credit card statements for company-issued cards.
• Improve Financial Systems: Utilize accounting software like NetSuite and Tipalti, apply strong Excel skills (e.g., formulas, sorting, pivot tables), and actively identify continuous improvement opportunities within financial processes and systems.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or another relevant field, establishing foundational accounting knowledge.
• Experience: At least one year of relevant work experience, with exposure to accounting software (e.g., NetSuite or similar), basic to intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, and experience with financial reporting or reconciliation tasks. Additionally, experience working in a team environment or on cross-functional projects (e.g., student organizations, part-time jobs, volunteer work) is required.
• Skills: Familiarity with U.S. GAAP and basic financial reporting principles, high attention to detail, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work effectively with team members and cross-functional partners while handling sensitive financial information professionally.
• Bonus: Progress toward a CPA certification or an interest in pursuing it, an open mindset for feedback and continuous improvement, the ability to operate effectively and adapt in an evolving environment, and strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.