Accountant – Boston, MA
Req #: 179369
Client: Beth Israel Lahey Health / BIDMC – Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP)
Location: 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Duration: 13 weeks, 10/19/2026–01/16/2027
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM
Hours: 40 hours/week
Openings: 1
Job Summary
The Accountant will report to the Controller of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians and support day-to-day and monthly financial operations, including month-end close, journal entries, general ledger maintenance, financial reporting, and accounts payable vendor setup.
Responsibilities
- Assist with preparation of accurate and timely monthly financial statements.
- Support month-end close activities, including both accrual and cash accounting.
- Prepare and upload standard monthly journal entries into the general ledger.
- Prepare supporting documentation and workpapers for journal entries.
- Ensure journal-entry accuracy to support departmental and physician-level profit-and-loss statements.
- Maintain the HMFP and APHMFP chart of accounts.
- Set up new account codes and general-ledger account strings.
- Set up new accounts payable vendors according to established policies and procedures.
- Respond to departmental questions regarding financial transactions and financial-statement accuracy.
- Perform financial analysis and maintain related databases and documentation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 1–3 years of related accounting experience.
- Strong general accounting and financial reporting experience.
- Experience with journal entries, general ledger activity, and month-end close.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, along with Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
- Ability to prepare complex documents, perform financial analysis, and maintain databases.
- Any former BILH employee must have been separated from BILH for at least 6 months and must have left in good standing.
Submission Notes
- BILH coversheet is required at the time of submission.
- Local candidates are permitted.
- Client/hiring-manager interview.
- Contract guarantee is 72 hours biweekly.
- Maximum of 10 submissions per opening.
