Billing Accountant

Senior Helpers - Corporate•Towson, MD

14h•$60,000 - $70,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Altocare is seeking a motivated, detail-oriented Billing Accountant to join its accounting team. The role combines ownership of the billing and accounts receivable cycle with staff accounting responsibilities. The Billing Accountant ensures invoices, cash receipts, and receivables are accurate and timely, and handles related journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting during the monthly close. The role requires meticulous organization, reliable management of recurring deadlines, professional communication with franchisees, clients, and payers, familiarity with the full accounting cycle, and understanding of how billing activity flows to the general ledger, while maintaining compliance with policies and procedures. The position is hybrid after a training period. The accountant works with the Senior Accountant and Controller on reporting, audit support, process improvements, accounting projects, and other finance-team requests.

Requirements

Exceptional attention to detail and a demonstrated track record of accurate invoices, entries, and reconciliations, supported by disciplined practices such as checklists and self-review.
Strong organization and ability to manage multiple billing cycles, deadlines, and priorities while keeping records complete and easy to audit.
Effective professional written and verbal communication skills for explaining billing and account issues clearly and courteously to franchisees, clients, payers, and internal teams.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
2–3 years of accounting, billing, or accounts receivable experience.
Working knowledge of GAAP, including revenue recognition and accrual accounting.
Hands-on experience with AR subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations and bank reconciliations.
Proficiency in accounting software and strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and SUMIFS.
Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to research and resolve discrepancies.
Ability to consistently meet month-end close and billing deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare, home care, or franchise billing experience.
Experience with Sage Intacct.
Familiarity with billing systems and payer portals.
Medicaid and managed care billing experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare, review, and issue accurate, timely invoices, including recurring franchise royalty and fee billing and client/payer billing.
Post and apply customer payments, ACH receipts, and credits; research and resolve unapplied cash.
Monitor AR aging, conduct collections follow-up, and escalate past-due balances in accordance with company policy.
Investigate and resolve billing disputes, denials, short-pays, and ACH returns with operations and franchise support teams.
Maintain accurate, organized customer master data and billing records in accounting and billing systems.
Review invoices and billing data for accuracy before release, including rates, quantities, and customer information.
Prepare monthly-close journal entries for revenue, AR, deferred revenue, and related accruals.
Reconcile the AR subledger to the general ledger monthly and investigate and clear reconciling items.
Analyze and recommend the allowance for doubtful accounts and bad-debt write-offs for management review.
Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts and maintain complete, organized supporting documentation.
Prepare AR, revenue, cash collections, and DSO reporting and variance analysis for the Senior Accountant and Controller.
Support compliance with GAAP and internal controls over billing, cash application, and revenue.
Support financial statement audits by preparing AR and revenue schedules and responding to auditor requests.
Maintain and follow a monthly close and billing calendar, tracking tasks through completion.
Identify and help implement process improvements and automation in billing and collections.
Respond to information requests from the accounting and finance team and other departments.
Assist the Senior Accountant and Controller with other accounting projects as needed.

Benefits

Competitive pay ($60,000–$70,000).
Growth potential.
Medical, dental, and vision health insurance, with a generous percentage paid by the company.
Flexible Spending Account for health and dependent care.
Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability.
Competitive group rates for voluntary long-term disability.
401(k) with matching.
Paid vacation, personal days, and holidays, plus a paid day off for the employee’s birthday.
Gym membership allowance reimbursement.
Education tuition reimbursement.