Accounting Specialist Full Time
About the role
Kindred Hospital Seattle – First Hill is an 80-bed long-term acute care hospital offering the same in depth care you would receive in a traditional hospital, but for an extended recovery period. We partner with your physician and offer 24-hour clinical care seven days a week so you can start your journey to wellness. We are located in the heart of downtown Seattle, surrounded by a number of shops and restaurants within walking distance.
Responsibilities
Job Summary: Complies and reviews accounts payable documents and prepares document batches for processing, reviews completed accounts payable runs; prepares special manual checks; responds to employee and vendor inquiries; and prepares and maintains accounts payable records and reports. Assists the Accounting leader on journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, the reimbursement package, preparation of the budget and other accounting tasks as assigned.
- Participates in hospital and departmental performance improvement activities to measure and assess the quality of services provided.
- Adheres to all financial policies and procedures as established by the Corporation through its Board of Directors.
- Complies and reviews accounts payable documents according to established procedures.
- Matches receiving reports, purchase orders and invoices, and compares price and quantity information.
- Identifies any discrepancies and takes appropriate corrective action.
- Records appropriate vendor and expense account numbers on invoices and prepares accounts payable document batches for data processing.
- Reviews completed accounts payable check runs and ensures their accuracy.
- Matches suppliers credit memos with hospital debit memos.
- Investigates and resolves any identified discrepancies.
- Prepares special manual checks as directed