Staff Accountant - New or Experienced!

Accounting/Finance/Purchasing Dubuque, Iowa
Posting Closes: 10/13/2025


Description

Medical Associates Health Plans is hiring a Staff Accountant to join our Finance team! As a Staff Accountant, you will play a key role in maintaining the financial integrity of our organization.  We’re looking for someone with strong attention to detail, solid knowledge of Excel, and a passion for learning and improving processes.
 
Where You Will Be Working:  
Medical Associates Clinic and Health Plans is a multi-specialty group practice combined with a growing health insurance company.  Our 1,100 healthcare and health insurance professionals lead the way in providing quality healthcare and top-notch insurance products in Northeast Iowa, Southwest Wisconsin, and Northwest Illinois. This position is onsite and located at the Medical Associates Health Plans in Dubuque, Iowa.
 
Benefits Package Includes: 
  • Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation.
  • 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay + additional annual Profit Sharing)
  • Flexible Paid Time Off Program (24 days off/year)
  • Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
  • Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc.
Responsibilities:  
  • Preparing and posting general ledger entries accurately and timely.
  • Preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
  • Reviewing and analyzing general ledger accounts for monthly and year-end closing.
  • Reviewing and analyzing monthly budget variances and assisting in annual budget preparation.
  • Assisting with regulatory filing requirements specific to the insurance industry.
  • Supporting both financial and compliance audits throughout the year, including preparation of workpapers and schedules.
  • Maintaining relevant statistical data used in analyzing trends and financial performance.
  • Collaborating with team members and cross-training to provide support across accounting functions.
  • Demonstrating initiative to identify opportunities for process improvements and implementing solutions.
  • Working independently and as part of a team to meet deadlines and ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
  • Maintaining a strong attention to detail and a willingness to learn and grow within the role.
  • Completing all other assigned projects and duties.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Experience: One to three years of similar or related experience.
Education: Equivalent to a college degree in Accounting. 
Interpersonal Skills: Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are essential elements of the job. Work involves personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, generally regarding routine
matters for purposes of giving or obtaining information which may require some discussion.


Physical Aspects:

Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.

Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction.

Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other


Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran status, or other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP https://www.eeoc.gov/poster