Alta Medical Specialties
Accounting Manager
Full Time • Salt Lake City, UT
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
About the Role:
The Accounting Manager is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of the company's books, including the month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting. This is a hands-on role with broad ownership and room to grow into additional responsibilities over time.
Responsibilities:
- Month-End Close: Lead the monthly close, including journal entries, accruals, and ownership of the close checklist and calendar, delivering accurate results on a consistent timeline.
- Balance Sheet Integrity: Own reconciliations for cash, receivables, payables, inventory, prepaid and accrued accounts, and intercompany balances; investigate and resolve variances.
- Financial Reporting: Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting analysis for leadership and the partners, with clear explanations of what moved and why.
- Inventory & Cost Accounting: Partner with Operations on inventory valuation, cost of goods sold, and the reconciliation of physical and cycle counts to the general ledger.
- NetSuite Ownership: Acts as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all Accounting functions in NetSuite
- Year-End & Compliance: Support year-end and recurring compliance work, including coordination with the outside CPA firm, partner capital and distribution tracking, sales and use tax, 1099s, and lender or audit requests.
- Controls & Process Improvement: Own and maintain the existing documented accounting processes, support process improvements, and maintain internal controls.
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Growing Leadership: Review and coach the work of others who touch accounting, with the opportunity to build and lead an accounting team over time.
Requirements:
- 3–5 years of corporate (industry) accounting experience, including time as a Senior Accountant or equivalent with ownership of significant parts of the close.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- NetSuite experience is required — hands-on use as a primary general ledger system, including journal entries, reconciliations, saved searches, and financial reports.
- Solid working knowledge of GAAP and accrual accounting. Experience with inventory accounting is strongly preferred.
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel proficiency
Preferred
- CPA, or progress toward licensure.
- Experience in distribution, wholesale, or medical/pharmaceutical supply.
- Multi-entity accounting and intercompany reconciliation experience.
- Familiarity with partnership/LLC accounting, including capital accounts and distributions.
- Exposure to Power BI or similar reporting tools.
Work Enviornment
On-site, Salt Lake City metro area. This role works closely with Operations, Sales, and leadership, with heavier workload expected around month-end close and year-end.
About Us:
On-site, Salt Lake City metro area. This role works closely with Operations, Sales, and leadership, with heavier workload expected around month-end close and year-end.
About Us:
Alta Medical Specialties is a B2B medical supplies distributor headquartered in Salt Lake City, serving hospitals and pharmacies across nine states. We are a growing, hands-on team where decisions get made quickly and the people making them see the results directly.
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