Staff Accountant II, Contract Billing & Revenue

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) team, you'll support those in our facilities who interface and provide care to patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier.

About the Team

The Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) Finance team provides strategic accounting and operational support to hospitals and entities across the organization. We partner closely with site leadership, technical accounting, and operations teams to ensure accuracy, transparency, and consistency in all financial processes. Our collaborative, detail-oriented culture emphasizes integrity, proactive communication, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage the monthly contract-billing process for rehabilitation units located within Lifepoint hospitals and external partner hospitals.
• Gather, validate, and enter operational billing data into Net Health, including items such as discharges, case-mix factors, testing volumes, and other contract-specific statistics.
• Review applicable contract terms, rate structures, and source documentation to ensure billing inputs and calculations are accurate.
• Prepare pre-bill summaries for Program Directors and other site contacts to review and approve.
• Research and resolve questions or discrepancies related to billing volumes, contract rates, supporting data, and invoice calculations.
• Finalize and release invoices within established monthly deadlines, with a goal of completing billing by approximately business day five.
• Close the monthly billing cycle within Net Health and prepare the resulting files for upload into Oracle to create accounts-receivable invoices.
• Partner with accounting and operational team members to prepare any necessary journal entries related to contract billing and revenue.
• Verify that billed revenue has posted accurately to the general ledger and that accounts-receivable balances align with completed billing activity.
• Review site-level profit-and-loss statements, balance-sheet accounts, journal-entry reversals, and revenue trends to identify errors, omissions, or unusual activity.
• Perform post-close review activities and support the integrity of monthly financial results for assigned rehabilitation operations.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for Program Directors, regional leaders, accounting partners, and other stakeholders regarding billing and related financial questions.
• Identify potential billing issues before invoices are released to hospital or external partners.
• Maintain accurate billing schedules, supporting documentation, checklists, and audit-ready records.
• Support internal controls and compliance requirements related to contract billing, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.
• Analyze manual billing workflows and recommend opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and consistency.
• Use advanced Excel functionality, macros, automation, and approved artificial-intelligence tools to reduce manual data entry and streamline recurring processes.
• Assist with the development of standardized intake methods, templates, and reporting processes for information received from operating sites.
• Support cross-training and knowledge transfer to reduce reliance on individual team members and improve continuity of the billing process.
• Perform additional accounting, revenue, reporting, or special-project responsibilities during periods outside the monthly close cycle.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance and protect sensitive or confidential business and financial information.

Requirements

Applicants should have a bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance.

• Two or more years of accounting experience required, preferably within healthcare, hospital finance, contract billing, revenue accounting, or a related financial function.
• Experience supporting contract-based billing, customer invoicing, revenue recognition, or accounts receivable strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting multiple entities, facilities, or business units preferred.
• Healthcare, rehabilitation, or hospital accounting experience preferred but not required.
• Experience with Oracle ERP, Net Health, or similar enterprise financial systems is preferred.

Skills

• Strong understanding of general accounting principles, including journal entries, revenue recognition, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Ability to interpret contract terms and apply them accurately to billing and revenue processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, formulas, and working with large datasets.
• Experience using macros, Power Query, automation tools, or similar process improvement technologies preferred.
• Comfortable learning and leveraging AI tools (such as Microsoft Copilot) to improve efficiency and reduce manual processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Self-motivated with a proactive, continuous improvement mindset.
• Demonstrated initiative and willingness to learn beyond assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to independently manage a business-critical process while meeting strict monthly deadlines.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, particularly during month-end close.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Stable work history with demonstrated career progression preferred.
• Willingness to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
• Ability to work additional hours during month-end close as business needs require.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave, and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

Pay

Salary range: $57,805-$78,036 per year.