Senior Accountant - Leases & Payroll

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SUMMARY

DispatchHealth is seeking a Senior Accountant – Leases & Payroll to own lease accounting under ASC 842 along with the accounting for payroll, benefits, and related compensation expense across the company's markets. This role also covers the related accounts payable activity, prepaid expenses, and balance sheet reconciliations. Reporting to the Senior Accounting and Reporting Manager, this person will play an important role in the monthly close, ensuring lease, payroll, and benefits activity is recorded accurately in NetSuite and NetLease, reconciled, and clearly explained to management as DispatchHealth continues to grow.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned)

The Senior Accountant – Leases & Payroll will report to the Senior Accounting and Reporting Manager. Specific responsibilities include the following:

Close & Accounting

• Completes month end, quarter end, and year end close activities related to leases, payroll, benefits, and prepaid expenses, including journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules
• Prepares journal entries for prepaid expenses and amortizes them monthly, ensuring all prepaid expenses are running on the correct schedule
• Maintains the bonus schedules and posts the entries as needed

Lease Accounting & NetLease

• Owns the lease portfolio under ASC 842, including setting up new leases and processing modifications, remeasurements, and terminations in NetLease
• Reviews and abstracts new lease agreements, amendments, and renewals to determine lease classification (operating vs. finance) and appropriate accounting treatment, including lease term, renewal options, incremental borrowing rate, and embedded leases
• Runs the monthly NetLease process and posts the resulting lease entries in NetSuite
• Tracks new leases, renewals, expirations, and other upcoming changes so they are accounted for timely
• Researches ASC 842 guidance and documents accounting conclusions for non-routine or complex lease transactions

Payroll & Allocations

• Prepares and posts the monthly Supervising Physicians Allocation, Ambassador Allocation, and ADV Care Allocation
• Tracks closed markets and termed employees and makes the necessary payroll updates on a monthly basis

Billing & Accounts Payable

• Pulls invoices from vendor and landlord billing portals and uploads bills into NetSuite and NetLease
• Researches and corrects errors in the NetSuite upload process for bills and journal entries
• Communicates with vendors to make sure items are received on time and follows up on any discrepancies compared to prior months

Reconciliations & Reporting

• Manages the reconciliation tracker on a monthly basis
• Prepares and rolls forward monthly reconciliations for leases, payroll and benefits, equity, accounts payable, fixed assets, and prepaid accounts
• Analyzes lease, payroll, and benefits expense trends and variances and provides explanations to management
• Prepares and reviews financial reports for accuracy, and completes any additional review or investigation required

Audit & Other

• Prepares audit support for leases, payroll, and benefits during the annual audit, including ASC 842 schedules and disclosure support, ensuring all entries are properly supported
• Documents processes and trains other team members to take over recurring projects
• Keeps the Controller and management updated on the status of assigned deliverables and projects
• Assists as needed with other related duties and special projects as requested

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Additional duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience as a Senior Accountant or in a similar role, with ASC 842 lease accounting and payroll and benefits accounting experience strongly preferred
• Public accounting experience preferred
• CPA certification preferred (or actively pursuing)
• NetSuite experience preferred, with NetLease experience strongly preferred
• Experience in multi-site operations preferred
• Healthcare accounting experience preferred

Skills/Abilities

• Strong working knowledge of ASC 842 lease accounting, payroll and benefits accounting, accruals, allocations, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Excellent Excel skills
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to explain variances clearly to non-accounting stakeholders
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to meet recurring close deadlines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple priorities to manage

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position is considered remote, with possible travel to practice locations in other states. The noise level in the work environment is typical of an office setting.

The above describes the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position.

COMPENSATION: $68,000-$75,000/annually

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DispatchHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.