STAFF ACCOUNTANT

CHARLES T SITRIN HEALTH CARE CENTER INC•Town of New Hartford, NY

6d•$20 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Accountant will assist with monthly closings, including posting journal entries, reconciling general ledger accounts, entering fixed assets, and preparing internal financial statements. This role also involves posting outpatient cash receipts, maintaining billing spreadsheets, inputting ancillary billing, and handling daily dental billing. Responsibilities include reconciling inpatient accounts receivable, posting entity cash receipts and resident fund activity, and assisting with annual audit workpapers. The position also requires preparing daily deposits, assisting with collections and social security rep payee reports, and preparing U.S. census reports. Additionally, the Staff Accountant will identify and report unclaimed funds annually, perform an annual unduplicated patient count for cost reporting, and perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance and/or CEO. This position requires access to PCC (Billing Software) and MatrixCare (Accounting Software). All duties must be performed according to the highest ethical and moral standards, adhering to the facilities’ corporate compliance plan and applicable laws, and maintaining confidentiality of protected health information (PHI).

Requirements

Graduate of a two-year college or university with a major in Accounting or Business Administration or three (3) years work experience in accounting or related field.
Access to PCC – Billing Software – access to billing and trust modules is required.
Access to MatrixCare – Accounting software – access to General Ledger, Bank Reconciliation and Fixed Assets modules is required.

Responsibilities

Assist with monthly closings, including posting monthly journal entries (e.g., payroll), reconciling general ledger accounts to supporting documents, entering fixed assets into MatrixCare software, and running monthly depreciation entries.
Prepare monthly internal financial statements.
Post all outpatient cash receipts and reconcile monthly.
Maintain monthly spreadsheet used for billing.
Input ancillary billing into PCC software.
Perform daily dental billing utilizing Dentrix and Epaces.
Reconcile inpatient accounts receivable monthly.
Post entity cash receipts and resident fund activity.
Assist with the preparation of annual audit workpapers and gathering information for auditors for various entities.
Prepare daily deposits.
Assist Billing Manager with collections and social security rep payee reports.
Assist in the preparation of U.S. census reports.
Annually identify funds to be remitted to unclaimed funds and prepare necessary reports.
Perform annual unduplicated patient count that is used for cost reporting purposes.
Perform duties according to the highest ethical and moral standards and in adherence with the facilities’ corporate compliance plan and all applicable governing laws.
Adhere to the facilities’ confidentiality statement in accessing and safeguarding protected health information (PHI) of residents and employees as necessary to perform job duties.