Staff Accountant

ECG, the most experienced healthcare consulting firm working in the U.S. , is ranked as a Best Midsized Firm to Work For 2025 by Consulting Magazine . At ECG, our primary emphasis is on quality—in our people as well as our services—and we’re seeking others who appreciate our high standards of excellence.

What’s in It for You: Work with Purpose

At ECG, your contribution will have meaningful impact. The work you do will ultimately help health systems optimize performance and meet the needs of the communities they serve—and that’s just the beginning. We’re looking for team players, culture builders, problem-solvers, and self-starters to collaborate, take on challenging projects, and find new ways to make a positive impact in the healthcare services sector. ECG is committed to ensuring a supportive, inclusive, and equitable work environment that embraces DEI, where we recognize performance, communicate openly and transparently, and value work-life balance.

Join Our Corporate Operations Team

ECG’s Corporate Operations team has 100-plus employees associated with ECG offices across the country. These team members keep the business running, manage payroll and benefits offerings, ensure deliverables are high quality, hire and train employees, market our services, streamline business processes, and much more. Corporate Operations departments include Administrative Services, Business Development, Document Production Center, Finance, Human Resources, IT, and Marketing.

Your Opportunity with ECG: Staff Accountant

As a staff accountant at ECG, you will be a utility player, serving as a liaison between accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll to ensure consistent communication and resolution of cross-functional issues. To be successful, you will need to be analytically minded, self-motivated, and a quick learner. You’ll need to be able to work with a wide range of personalities at all levels of the organization and maintain confidentiality.

Key qualities you would bring to the team include flexibility, collaboration, a passion for details and accuracy, a desire to produce quality work, a strong work ethic, dependability, creative problem-solving with a demonstrated ability to use independent judgment, and the initiative to identify problems and recommend solutions.

Your Responsibilities May Include

• Payroll responsibilities:
  • Handle sensitive payroll data in compliance with data privacy guidelines.
  • Collect, verify, and reconcile employee timecards.
  • Maintain and update payroll records in ADP.
  • Maintain documentation for audits.
  • Respond to inquiries regarding pay, deductions, and tax forms.

• Accounts payable responsibilities:
  • Review and verify invoices.
  • Request approval from supervisors and managers.
  • Enter and upload invoices into the system.
  • Set up invoices for payment.
  • Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues.
  • Maintain vendor files.
  • Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries.
  • Ensure all vendors are paid in accordance with applicable contract terms.
  • Provide supporting documentation for audits.

• Maintenance and processing of subcontractor agreements and invoices:
  • Audit subcontractors’ contracts and other documentation.
  • Request invoice approval from project managers.
  • Ensure all subcontractors are billed at the agreed upon hourly billing rate.

• Corporate credit card reconciliations:
  • Download monthly corporate credit card statements.
  • Distribute statements, including transaction detail.
  • Cross-check statement charges with reports and receipts.
  • Upload reports in SharePoint.

• Cash application/accounts receivable:
  • Process daily customer payment.
  • Reconcile payment batches and bank deposits to ensure accuracy.
  • Research and resolve short payments, overpayments, and unapplied payments in a timely manner.
  • Send weekly cash receipts report to management.
  • Communicate with clients and project managers to clarify payment discrepancies.
  • Support accounts receivable in managing aging reports.

• Assist in monthly close activities and other financial responsibilities:
  • Update amortization spreadsheets for prepaid accounts.
  • Prepare the accounts receivable dashboard report for the unit holders meeting.
  • Prepare and distribute the monthly Account Analysis reports for the Growth and Innovation Center and the IT, Marketing, and Recruiting Departments.

Our Expectations of You

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
• Three-plus years of experience in payroll or related accounting experience
• Experience with payroll software and HRIS platforms preferred
• Experience with Vantagepoint and Concur expense management software preferred
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Familiarity with OneNote, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and ServiceNow
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and exceptional organization and follow-up skills
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with little supervision
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines

Job Locations

Boston

Hybrid work schedule, with a minimum of three days per week in office

Schedule

Full time/nonexempt

What You Can Expect of Us

To reward our driven, innovative, and passionate employees, we’ve built a company culture that’s centered on performance. We offer an attractive compensation package, challenging work, and an entrepreneurial environment where you can take ownership of your career—and get out as much as you put in.

The estimated base salary range for this job is $31.25 – $36.06 hourly. It represents a good faith estimate of the range that ECG reasonably expects to pay at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, special skills, and market changes. The job is eligible to participate in ECG’s benefit plans, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) matching program; PTO; and other wellness programs .

About ECG

With knowledge and expertise built over the course of 50-plus years, ECG is a national consulting firm that is redefining healthcare together with its clients. ECG offers a broad range of strategic, financial, operational, and technology-enabled consulting services encompassing health system performance improvement, ambulatory care planning, market consolidation, and physician enterprise optimization. ECG is an industry leader, offering specialized expertise to clients across the full continuum of care, including hospitals, health systems, medical groups, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, cancer centers, ambulatory surgery centers, investors, and payers/health plans.

Apply now and make an impact for years to come.

To begin the recruitment process, please submit your resume via our career site at .

ECG provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. People of color are encouraged to apply. We participate in E-Verify as part of our onboarding process. Having the permanent legal right to work in the United States is a condition of employment. ECG is not currently able to provide assistance to candidates requiring sponsorship or a visa.

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