Accountant (Remote EST or PA)

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Collects, analyzes, verifies, and reports financial information.
• Participates in special projects with a focus on client billing.
• Collections:
  • Customer Billing
  • Physician Payments and Refund Processing and Tracking (Accounts Payable)
  • Codes invoices, sets up new accounts, reconciles accounts, and closes the monthly books
  • Reconciles bank accounts at least monthly, verifies deposits, and addresses inquiries from banks
  • Reconciles customer accounts and manages accounts receivable collections
  • Provides outside auditors with assistance; gathers necessary account information and documents to perform annual audit
  • Enters payables and refunds into QuickBooks
  • Maintains state pricing, monthly pricing, and updates accordingly in platform
  • Performs monthly journal entries and completes reconciliations
  • Performs general cost accounting and other related duties in the accounting department
  • Prepares periodic (monthly) balance sheets, income statements, and profit and loss statements
  • Maintains the general ledger

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent work experience
• 3-5 years of professional accounting experience in the business services sector
• Experience in a client-facing, customer service-oriented position

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Experience with standard accounting software preferably QuickBooks
• Account balancing and reconciling experience
• Expertise in Excel to quantify and illustrate routine and complex financial reports, statements, and/or projections
• Demonstrated experience with standard software applications, including MS Office, particularly Excel
• Database management skills and ability to produce reports
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices, principles, methods and applications
• Knowledge of federal and state financial regulations
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Ability to set up and maintain financial accounts and ledgers
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and/or projections
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal relationship management skills
• Ability to make sound, independent judgments within established policies and procedures
• Ability to organize own work, set priorities and meet critical deadlines
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Professional certifications as appropriate
• Knowledge of current trends in the specific field
• Must have a strong dedication to internal and external customer service