Accountant at Sigma Systems, Inc. in Boston, MA
- Company: Sigma Systems, Inc.
- Location: Boston, MA
- Posted: Sep 25, 2026
- Type: Contract
- Experience: 3+ years
Overview
Accountant – Boston, MA Req #: 179369 Client: Beth Israel Lahey Health / BIDMC – Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) Location: 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Duration: 13 weeks, 10/19/2026–01/16/2027 Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM
Job description
- Accountant – Boston, MA
- Req #: 179369
- Client: Beth Israel Lahey Health / BIDMC – Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP)
- Location: 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
- Duration: 13 weeks, 10/19/2026–01/16/2027
- Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM
- Hours: 40 hours/week
- Openings: 1
- The Accountant will report to the Controller of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians and support day-to-day and monthly financial operations, including month-end close, journal entries, general ledger maintenance, financial reporting, and accounts payable vendor setup.
Responsibilities
- Assist with preparation of accurate and timely monthly financial statements.
- Support month-end close activities, including both accrual and cash accounting.
- Prepare and upload standard monthly journal entries into the general ledger.
- Prepare supporting documentation and workpapers for journal entries.
- Ensure journal-entry accuracy to support departmental and physician-level profit-and-loss statements.
- Maintain the HMFP and APHMFP chart of accounts.
- Set up new account codes and general-ledger account strings.
- Set up new accounts payable vendors according to established policies and procedures.
- Respond to departmental questions regarding financial transactions and financial-statement accuracy.
- Perform financial analysis and maintain related databases and documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 1–3 years of related accounting experience.
- Strong general accounting and financial reporting experience.
- Experience with journal entries, general ledger activity, and month-end close.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, along with Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
- Ability to prepare complex documents, perform financial analysis, and maintain databases.
- Any former BILH employee must have been separated from BILH for at least 6 months and must have left in good standing.
Skills
Required
- General accounting
- Financial reporting
- Journal entries
- General ledger activity
- Month-end close
- Outlook
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Financial analysis
- Database maintenance