Senior Accountant 4

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Flexible Hybrid Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm PST Posted Date 01/22/2026 Salary Range: $86400 - 184800 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 28300

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Take on a key leadership role within a world-class, award-winning health system. Ensure the efficient delivery of award-winning patient care. Take your career in an exciting new direction. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Accountant to support the Assistant Director of Accounting with both technical and general accounting functions. 
Key responsibilities include: 

• Ensure proper internal controls are established and maintained.
• Overseeing the monthly financial close process, preparing journal ledger entries, identify and analyze variances of financial data, maintenance, consolidation and reconciliations of financial records.
• Preparing financial reports
• Managing the annual budgeting process
• Conducting monthly budget analysis and reconciling accounts
• Maintaining reconciliations of cash collections to the general ledger and accounts receivable systems
• Reconciliation of other various accounts and subsidiary systems
• Additionally, may be assigned the responsibility of providing training, guidance, and assistance to other employees.
• Handling special projects as needed

Salary Range: $86,400 - $184,800/Annually

Job Qualifications

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We’re seeking a detail-oriented and self-directed individual who has:

• Seven years or more of extensive knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a working knowledge of fund accounting and healthcare accounting required
• CPA and MBA preferred
• Skill in managing the maintenance of accounting systems and in producing financial reports
• Ability to analyze accounting processes and practices and recommend necessary changes to improve accuracy, compliance and efficiency
• Demonstrated working knowledge of computerized general ledger and subsidiary systems with an understanding of the flow of information and the ability to recommend enhancements and modifications as necessary
• Skill in utilizing spreadsheets and word processing applications to prepare reports and presentations, to analyze financial data and prepare communications to various university personnel
• Skill in analyzing information, practices or systems to identify problems, identify patterns, trends and relationships, formulate logical and objective conclusions, recognize alternatives and their implications, and prepare reports
• Demonstrated competence in accounting and business practices to advise department personnel regarding pertinent issues
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff within the Accounting department, with other office personnel and with outside departments
• Ability to evaluate impact on workload of projects and to meet specified deadlines
• Ability to work independently in setting priorities to ensure that responsibilities are carried out in an accurate and timely fashion
• Ability to adjust working hours and, if necessary, work overtime to meet the needs of the office and reporting deadlines