Lead Accountant, Baptist Southbank

Date Posted: Mar 18, 2025

Status: Full-Time

Shift Details: Days

Job Summary

Baptist Medical Center is currently hiring for a Lead Accountant to joing our Finance and Accounting Team at our Southbank Plaza location here in the Jacksonville, FL area.

At Baptist, we pride ourselves on providing world-class care to patients who walk through our doors. Baptist Jacksonville is a Magnet™ designated hospital, the gold standard for excellence in patient care.

We serve families throughout the area with high-quality, comprehensive care for every stage of life.

As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for:

  • This role prepares internal financial statements
  • Assists in preparation of schedules and footnotes to assist in completion of the annual audited financial statements
  • Interprets and implements GAAP, and provides advanced analytical, financial, accounting, and compliance support to department and leadership.
  • Coaches and mentors team members.
  • Can review work performed by other accounting roles as necessary.
  • Supervises process flow and month end close activities.
  • This position is the highest level of accounting (prior to manager level).
  • It requires extensive accounting experience in exercising judgement in interpreting authoritative guidance.

This Lead Accountant will be located at Baptist Southbank Plaza. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now.


Education Required

Master's Degree

Education Preferred

Master's Degree

Experience

  • 7 + years Accounting Experience Required

License and Certification

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Required

Location

Southbank Plaza
1660 Prudential Drive
Jacksonville, FL, 32207


Location Overview

Baptist Health, founded in 1955, is North Florida’s most comprehensive health care system and the area’s only non-profit, mission-driven, locally governed health care provider. Baptist Health has over 200 points of care throughout the Northeast Florida region, including our six award-winning hospitals: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Clay, Baptist Medical Center Nassau and Baptist Medical Center South. The most preferred health care system in the region, Baptist Health also includes 57 primary care offices, as well as home health, behavioral health, pastoral care, rehabilitation services, occupational health and urgent care.

About Baptist Health

Chosen as the area's “Most Preferred” healthcare provider every year since 1990 according to the annual National Research Corporation study of Jacksonville area residents, Baptist Health ranks highest in the categories of Best Doctors, Best Nurses, Best Quality and Best Reputation.