Senior Staff Accountant
Company: Gold Coast Health Plan
Location: Camarillo
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
This position is intended to start January 2026. The pay range
above represents the minimum and maximum rate for this position in
California. Factors that may be used to determine where newly hired
employees will be placed in the pay range include the employee
specific skills and qualifications, relevant years of experience
and comparison to other employees already in this role. Most often,
a newly hired employee will be placed below the midpoint of the
range. Salary range will vary for remote positions outside of
California and future increases will be based on the pay band for
the city and state you reside in. Work Culture: GCHP strives to
create an inclusive, highly collaborative work culture where our
people are empowered to grow and thrive. This philosophy enables us
to create the health plan of the future and do our best work –
Together. GCHP promotes a flexible work environment. Employees may
work from a home location or in the GCHP office for all or part of
their regular workweek (see disclaimer). GCHP’s focuses on 5 Core
Values in the workplace: • Integrity • Accountability •
Collaboration • Trust • Respect Disclaimers: • Flexible work
schedule is based on job duties, department, organization, or
business need. • Gold Coast Health Plan will not sponsor applicants
for work visas. POSITION SUMMARY The Senior Staff Accountant will
be responsible for contributing to a company-wide accounting
function and maintaining a complete financial reporting service for
a County Operated Health Plan. The Senior Staff Accountant will be
responsible for assisting in the completion of the month-end and
year end close; prepare journal entries; manage timely and accurate
preparation of monthly analysis and analysis of all balance sheet
accounts. Work Schedule: Work protracted or irregular hours and
evening meetings, or work unusual hours for meeting attendance or
participation in specific projects or programs. Reasonable
Accommodations Statement To accomplish this job successfully, an
individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable
accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions. ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS Job Function & Responsibilities • Assist in all phases of
the closing and reporting functions, including preparation of
journal entries, analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts,
and analyzing variances in income statement and balance sheet
accounts on a monthly basis. • Ensures compliance with corporate
accounting policies and procedures. • Assist in the management of
month-end close using Close management software (FloQast) •
Maintains monthly close checklist and Month-over-Month Income
statement and balance sheet trend analysis • Works closely with the
Procurement area to ensure P.O.s get the correct business unit and
GL Coding • Prepares monthly Administrative Expense Report,
performs analysis and leads meetings with business unit owners to
review Actuals to budget variances • Enterprise Project Portfolio
analysis and reporting • Key figure in the preparation of the
annual Administrative Expense budget. • Provides guidance to
business units on budget system, key dates and deliverables and
guidance on how to input requests. • Is responsible for gathering
Finance inputs and projections to the Annual budget. • Premium and
Supplemental Revenue tracking and analysis • Tracking and
reconciliation of state risk corridors coordinating with
operational teams • Development of subledger supporting schedules
and documents where system subledgers do not exist. • Assist with
researching Payroll issues and may at time manually make
corrections in GL as required. • Applies principles of accounting
to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports. •
Research accounting rules and regulations and prepare accounting
memorandums documenting company policy. • May coordinate
implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures. •
Aid in the development and documentation of internal controls. •
Recommends improvements, adaptations or revisions in the accounting
system and procedures. • Prepares audit schedules for annual,
external audit. • Update and maintain desktop procedures and
workflows related to accounting processes. • Serves as a liaison
with other departments when partnering on business initiatives. •
Staff Accountant performs all other duties as assigned by
supervisor including assistance with special projects and ad hoc
requests. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education & Experience: • High
School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) • Ability to
read, write, speak and understand English • Knowledge of generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP). • Excellent verbal, written
and interpersonal skills. • Highly organized individual with a
commitment to consistent attention to details, meeting deadlines
and strong analytical skills. • Flexibility and adaptability to
assume additional responsibilities and accommodate report requests
from management. • Comfortable working independently, with
experience working in a team environment KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS &
ABILITIES Preferred Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree (four year
college or technical school) Preferred, Field of Study: Accounting,
Finance or related field • 5-10 plus years of experience in
accounting or financial statement preparation. • Experience working
in a Managed Care Organization Technology & Software Skills:
Advanced computer skills in MS Office products. Adaptive Insights
and FloQast Close Manager Software as well as knowledge of General
Ledger, Purchase Order and Accounts Payable modules of ERP systems
Competency Statements • Financial Aptitude - Ability to understand
and explain economic and accounting information, prepare and manage
budgets, and make sound long-term investment decisions. •
Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for
his/her actions. • Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct
conforming to a set of values and accepted standards. •
Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly
and concisely. • Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate
effectively with others using the spoken word. • Project Management
- Ability to organize and direct a project to completion. •
Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people
regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job
type.
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