Senior Accountant (Up To 52/hr)

Sr. Accountant

Long term | Make a Difference Type Company Job Description The Sr. Accountant prepares and reviews complex financial statements, leads key accounting processes, and serves as a trusted financial partner to operations and leadership. This role oversees full-cycle accounting for assigned facilities, ensures compliance with regulatory and lender requirements, and provides insightful financial analysis to support strategic decision-making. The Sr. Accountant also mentors staff accountants, leads the annual budgeting process, and contributes to a collaborative, supportive work culture within a growing organization that manages Sr. living, healthcare, residential, and commercial properties. Responsibilities

- Prepare and review monthly financial statements for assigned facilities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with regulatory and lender requirements.
- Analyze financial results and clearly communicate key risks, trends, and opportunities to leadership in a timely and actionable manner.
- Oversee month-end close activities for assigned facilities, ensuring all journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations are completed accurately and on schedule.
- Mentor and support staff accountants by reviewing their work, providing feedback, and helping to develop their technical and professional skills.
- Review accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and bad debt reserves to ensure accuracy and identify areas of concern or process improvements.
- Prepare semi-annual audited financial packages, including supporting schedules, footnotes, and management reports, in coordination with external auditors as needed.
- Monitor lender reporting requirements and maintain ongoing debt covenant compliance, ensuring all required reports are accurate and submitted on time.
- Serve as the primary financial contact for assigned facilities, providing guidance on reimbursement rates, revenue structures, staffing levels, and operational trends.
- Partner with operations and leadership teams to monitor financial performance, occupancy and census trends, billing and collections, and expense management.
- Lead the annual budgeting process for assigned facilities, collaborating with operational leaders to develop accurate forecasts and projections.
- Manage special projects by performing detailed financial analysis, tracking progress, and presenting recommendations that support broader business objectives.
- Perform full-cycle accounting, including general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, consolidations, and preparation of supporting schedules.
- Review and validate the work of others to ensure adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and best practices.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting quality, and analytical insights across assigned areas.

Essential Skills

- Four-year accounting degree or equivalent work experience in a healthcare financial field.
- 7+ years of related financial accounting experience.
- Strong full-cycle accounting experience, including general ledger, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
- Excellent organizational, statistical, and analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Experience using full general ledger and accounting software systems.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial results and communicate key risks, trends, and opportunities to leadership.
- Comfortable reviewing other peoples work and providing constructive feedback.
- Strong reconciliation and consolidation skills.
- Ability to mentor and support staff accountants while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to partner effectively with operations and leadership teams to support financial performance.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- CPA certification is preferred.
- Experience in Sr. living or healthcare accounting, including assisted living or skilled nursing facility accounting, is a plus.
- Previous management company or property accounting experience is highly desirable.
- Public accounting experience is a plus.
- YARDI software experience is a plus.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Chaska, MN.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $48.00 - $52.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Chaska, MN.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 18, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Chaska,MN.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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