Accountant – Revenue and Cash Accounting

Job Description

Junior Accountant – Remote | Optum

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Optum, located remotely within the Central and Eastern time zones. Optum is a global organization leveraging technology to help millions live healthier lives by connecting them with essential care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources. In this role, you will directly contribute to improving health outcomes and advancing health optimization on a global scale. Join a culture that values inclusion, talented peers, and offers comprehensive benefits and career development, as we collectively focus on Caring, Connecting, and Growing together.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote – Central and Eastern Time Zones
• Pay: $60200–$107400 yearly
• Team: Optum Care Delivery team, on the revenue / cash team
• Mission: This person solves for accurate tracking and reporting of revenue and AR/cash activity to support the financial health of the medical services business.
• Tech Stack: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

What You’ll Actually Do
• General Ledger Management: Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities to produce accurate financial statements and reports.
• Month-End & Quarterly Close: Reconcile, analyze, and review general ledger accounts, assisting or leading the month-end and quarterly-end close processes for assigned businesses.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis, investigating issues and providing clear explanations and interpretations of findings.
• Audit & Compliance: Prepare journal entries, ensuring accounting classifications adhere to generally accepted accounting principles, and create documentation to support internal and external audits.
• Statement Preparation: Analyze and prepare comprehensive financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent.
• Experience: 1+ years of professional accounting experience.
• Skills: Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements; Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Proven ability to assess and interpret customer needs, identify solutions for non-standard requests, and solve moderately complex problems and analyses.