Accounting Monitor

Join Our Awesome Team as an Accounting Monitor! Behavioral Health System Baltimore is on the lookout for a rockstar professional to dive into audit reports from our sub-vendors. You'll be partnering with our Contract, Programs, and Quality teams to keep everything accurate and in line with our policies. If you've got a bachelor's degree in accounting, business management, finance, or a related field, plus 2+ years of experience as a Financial Auditor, we want to hear from you! BHSB offers a competitive salary, great benefits, and a super supportive work environment. Come make a difference with us!

This position reports to the Director, Contracts and is responsible for the review and analysis of required independent audit reports submitted by sub-vendors contracted with BHSB. The Accounting monitor works closely with the Contract, Programs and Quality Teams in the overall management and monitoring of sub-vendor contracts to ensure accuracy, accountability and conformity with established organization policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

• Plans and executes sub-vendor financial audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives; preparing audit programs.
• Assesses compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
• Assesses risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues.
• Verifies assets and liabilities by comparing and analyzing items and collateral to documentation.
• Completes audit work papers and memoranda by documenting audit tests and findings.
• Communicates audit progress and findings by providing information in status meetings; highlighting unresolved issues; reviewing working papers; preparing final audit reports.
• Improves protection by recommending changes in management monitoring, assessment, and motivational practices, in the internal control structure, and in operating processes, identifying root causes.
• Supports external auditors by coordinating information requirements.
• Provides financial control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Keeps information confidential.

Other

• Work effectively and collaboratively with others, both internally and externally to BHSB.
• Foster open and honest dialogue within and across teams and between colleagues who have different backgrounds. Engage in honest dialogue and navigate conflict in day-to-day interactions.   
• Uphold and operationalize the values of BHSB, which are Integrity, Equity, Innovation, Collaboration and Quality.
• Consistently work to apply a lens of equity, inclusion and anti-racism.
• Serve as part of BHSB’s disaster response team as needed, in any capacity that is needed. 
• To perform assigned work functions, this position and those it supervises may have access to protected health information (PHI). It is expected that the employee will operate from a place of integrity and assume an ethical obligation to protect the security and confidentiality of all PHI in accordance with BHSB’s policies.
• An offer of employment for this position at BHSB is contingent upon the results of a thorough background check, including criminal history, which will require prior authorization from the candidate.
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Experience and Education

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, business management, finance or related field.
• 2+ years’ experience as a Financial Auditor at the state, federal or non-profit level is preferred.
• 3-5 years of applicable experience within a Finance department, preferably in a non-profit organization.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience with MS Office package software applications with advanced skills using Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Familiarity with accounting principles.
• Familiarity with fiscal compliance processes, fiscal corrective actions, and Fiscal Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).
• Knowledge of state and federal grants and regulations.
• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail to set priorities and meet deadlines is a must.
• Strong analytical, presentation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate financial information with internal and external contacts.
• Capable of managing numerous simultaneous projects.
• Ability to operate a calculating machine and other standard office equipment
• Ability to interact in a hybrid/virtual environment

Supervisory Requirements: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Typical Physical/Mental Demands and Working Conditions

This role may require travel to other locations for meetings and other business-related needs.  Ability to travel locally 10% of the time is required. It is important to have access to some form of transportation to travel to off-site meetings, conferences, and site visits.

Compensation

BHSB values each and every employee as an important contributor to fulfilling the organization’s mission. The ongoing health and wellness of employees is critical to BHSB’s success, and we continuously assess employee benefits, policies and practices to ensure opportunities are available for all people. The organization offers its employees a competitive compensation package which includes base pay, a comprehensive benefits plan and hybrid, family-friendly work practices.

BHSB is an equal opportunity employer and does not utilize practices that give preference to individuals in hiring or promotion. Salaries are based on the requirements of each job, are non-negotiable and step increases are offered at regular intervals. The starting hourly/ annualized salary rate for this position is $70,642.15.

The benefits plan includes comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, employer paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, a 403(b) plan with employer contribution, a choice of 4 FSA plans, an employee paid legal benefit, generous PTO and 13 days paid holiday. . In addition, medical plan participants receive an employer paid HRA accessed by a $5,000/$10,000 debit card to cover eligible deductible and copay expenses, depending on chosen coverage.

BHSB - About Us

Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Inc. (BHSB) is a non-profit organization that serves as the Local Behavioral Health Authority (LBHA) on behalf of Baltimore City. BHSB is responsible for planning, managing and monitoring resources, programs and policies within the larger Medicaid fee-for-service system, as well as services directly funded by BHSB through private and public grants. BHSB partners closely with Baltimore City and the State of Maryland to build an efficient and responsive system that comprehensively addresses mental illness and substance use and meets the needs of the whole person. BHSB serves as an “on the ground” expert to support the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), using our knowledge of the behavioral health needs of Baltimore City and services that are available, along with our expertise, to structure the system’s resources to meet the unique needs of our communities. BHSB has connections to other local systems, such as law enforcement, schools, social services, and courts, to ensure there is broad access to behavioral health services across systems and in communities.

Culture

BHSB is intentional about advancing a healthy work environment that builds trust, fosters a sense of belonging, promotes learning, and supports leadership opportunities for all. BHSB uses practices that honor the diverse perspectives of all people and cultivate authentic interpersonal interactions based on mutual trust. How BHSB conducts its work internally is directly connected to the organization’s impact externally. The principles that BHSB embraces in its everyday work are flexibility, empowerment, transparency, shared decision making, authentic communication, readily available information, promotion and support of individual growth, individual accountability and collective accountability. 

BHSB values all people and their experiences, including those who have had prior contact with the legal system. We are committed to providing individuals with criminal records, including formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals with arrest or conviction records, a fair chance at employment. 

BHSB also takes steps to proactively prevent and address conflict and discrimination by investing in organizational education to foster the development of an accountable and respectful workplace where all employees are supported and encouraged to do their best work.