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Senior Manager, Accounting

Chicago, IL

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About Covista

Covista is America"s largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren"t separate goals-they"re one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don"t just support healthcare education-they shape it. This isn"t abstract purpose work. It"s solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday-Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

For more information, visit covista.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

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Opportunity at a Glance

Covista is a leading healthcare educator that partners with organizations to proactively address future workforce needs and empowers career development with access to world-class academic curriculums, certifications and training programs across the medical and healthcare industries. We are seeking a highly motivated, dynamic and talented Senior Manager of Accounting to oversee core accounting operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, and maintaining strong internal controls in a public-company environment. In this role, you will oversee monthly, quarterly and year-end close and staff, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial operations. In addition, the position will be significantly involved in improving the operational effectiveness of the accounting team to support Covista"s growth. This key position provides high visibility within the Finance organization with an excellent opportunity to work closely with the CAO, expert advisors and auditors. The position will partner with HR, Legal, FP&A, Treasury, IT and other departments in the achievement of common goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for assigned areas (e.g., institution accounting, revenue accounting, accrual accounting).

• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet analyses.

• Contribute to the preparation and review of quarterly and annual reports on Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and other SEC filings, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP and all regulatory requirements.

• Partner with FP&A and operational leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and strategic decision-making. Ensure accurate and timely sharing of financial and operational information and assess accounting and reporting implications.

• Provide analysis and insights into financial trends and key performance indicators.

• Coordinate with and support the external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits, providing support and documentation as needed.

• Effectively manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment-responding promptly to inquiries while meeting critical deadlines.

• Ensures compliance with organizational policies, Sarbanes Oxley and internal controls, GAAP standards and statutory requirements.

• Be a change agent and propose recommendations for changes and improvements to accounting policies, procedures and controls to meet business needs.

• Support ERP implementations, system upgrades, and integration of new controls and processes.

• Adhere to internal control policies and procedures and maintain high ethical standards of integrity, confidentiality and quality.

• Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team. Establish clear goals, oversee workflow planning, and support cross-training to ensure operational continuity.

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Empower staff to identify and implement process improvements.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor"s Degree in accounting required and Masters Degree preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
• 7 plus years of progressive accounting experience, with at least three years in managerial roles and demonstrated ability to build teams and develop talent, drive team objectives and performance and achieve results in a timely manner required.
• Strong operational and process mindset with a working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, revenue recognition, leases, credit losses, among other topics required.
• Public accounting firm experience preferred.
• Strong systems and process improvement experience preferred.
• Strong US GAAP knowledge / technical skills; strong managerial skills.
• Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines and adapting to changing priorities as needed.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions through concise and clear messaging.
• Effective negotiation skills, a proactive and "no surprises" approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent views. Strong relationship management skills are essential.
• Diligent and well organized.

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $120,000.00 and $150,000.00. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays

For more information related to our benefits please visit:

https://careers.covista.com/benefits

You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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