Senior Accountant - American Vision Partners

American Vision Partners is one of the largest and fastest-growing eye care practice management companies in the nation. We partner with the most respected ophthalmology practices in the country and integrate best-in-class management systems, operational infrastructure, and advanced technology to provide the highest quality patient care possible. Our practices include Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center, Southwestern Eye Center, Retinal Consultants of Arizona, M&M Eye Institute, Abrams Eye Institute, Southwest Eye Institute, Aiello Eye Institute, Moretsky Cassidy Vision Correction, Wellish Vision Institute, West Texas Eye Associates and Vantage Eye Center. We are focused on building the nation’s largest and most comprehensive eye care practices and currently operate more than 120 eye care centers in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California and Texas – including 25 ambulatory surgical centers.

At AVP we value teamwork, providing exceptional experiences, continuous improvement, financial strength, and hard work. We are committed to providing best-in-class patient care, pioneering research and technology, and most importantly, rewarding and recognizing our employees!

The Senior Accountant role is a key contributor on the Controllership team and will provide direct support in ensuring a complete, accurate, and timely monthly close and account reconciliation process.  You will collaborate with members of the Controllership team, finance teams, as well as clinical operations.  You will support the day-to-day accounting operations including prepaid accounting, reversing and non-reversing accruals for various departments across the organization, develop insights into employee spend and policy reviews, generate assumptions and budget expectations for key vendors, as well as balance sheet reconciliations and related journal entries. 

• Assist with managing and completion of monthly and year-end closings including preparation and/or review of journal entries.
• Maintain accurate and timely accrual actual to budget reports while developing vendor spend expectations.
• Coordinate with accounts payable, optical operations, purchasing team and FP&A to record monthly accruals timely and accurately.
• Compile and support external auditors' requests for information and documentation.
• Direct various projects (i.e. new site implementations, internal control formulation and implementation, process improvements, etc.).
• Responsible for preparation and/or review of monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, financial reports for management, various other financial analyses.
• Prepare and perform financial presentations for management.
• Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
• Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
• Must be alert at all times; pay close attention to details.
• Must be able to work under stress on a regular or continuous basis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

  Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including prepaid and accrual accounting experience
  • Multi-location experience preferred
  • Public accounting experience with a large firm highly desired
  • Private equity experience highly desired
  • Previous provider-side healthcare experience highly desired
  • Experience with Microsoft Great Plains (ERP) and Concur highly desired
  • Intermediate/Expert Excel skills, and attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and verbal

Licenses/Certifications:

• CPA preferred

Your health, happiness and your future matters! At AVP, we offer everything medical and dental insurance, significant eye care discounts, child care assistance, pet insurance, continuing education funds, 401(k), paid holidays plus PTO, Sick Time, opportunity for growth, and much more!