Staff Accountant
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD · Posted November 8, 2026
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About the job
Overview
The Staff Accountant will perform a variety of monthly accounting and financial close responsibilities, including the recording of financial transactions/journal entries and reconciling balance sheet accounts. The incumbent will ensure all assigned journal entries are recorded and that assigned monthly reporting and reconciliations are complete and accurate, all within appropriate deadlines.
Responsibilities
1. Process non-patient cash receipts on a daily basis, including researching and identifying appropriate General Ledger coding.2. Process daily credit card transactions, ensuring proper handling of confidential information.3. Prepare and enter assigned monthly journal entries, including balance sheet, revenue and expense, and net asset transactions.4. Update and reconcile assigned balance sheet account reconciliations. This includes a variety of asset, liability, and net asset accounts.5. Accurately enter fixed assets into the Lawson Asset Management system on a monthly basis.6. Assist the Senior Accountant with multiple aspects of the non-patient accounts receivable system, including posting, reconciling payments, monthly analysis, and making recommendations for adjustment.7. Assist with monthly accounting schedules by obtaining information from reports and performing accurate data entry.8. Assist Manager, Accounting and Senior Accountant with ad hoc general accounting and administrative tasks as required.
Qualifications
EDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting required.
EXPERIENCE:Minimum one year of experience working in a general accounting department or public accounting required.
Minimum pay range USD $50,786.11/Yr.
Maximum pay range USD $87,503.31/Yr.