Accountant, AR and Collections job

The Accountant, AR Application & Collections is responsible for all accounts receivable payment application as well as managing the accounts receivable collection process.

Detailed Description: Essential Duties & General Duties
Essential Duties:

• Must adhere to security policies
• Ensure all customer payments are applied accurately and within turnaround time
• Run daily check summary reports and submit the appropriate transfers
• Work directly with internal teams on payment application and past due notices
• Monitor customer accounts and follow up on past due invoices
• Assist in managing the collection process
• Help monitor accounting inboxes, and communicate results back to other teams. Ensure all assigned emails are completed within turnaround time
• Communicate professional responses to cases within turnaround time
• Assists with process improvement
• Continually analyze procedures and communicate any ideas on streamlining processes
• Understand how other departments affect the processes and communicate any improvement ideas
• May assist with month end reconciliations related to revenue cycle within turnaround time
• May assist with month end reporting relating to the revenue cycle within turnaround time
• Cross train to serve as back-up for other finance related duties
• Design and produce reporting as requested
• Inform supervisor and other team members on the status of workload
• Be actively engaged in all team, department and company meetings. Ask questions, share updates and give input as appropriate
• Prepare for meetings and stay focused during meeting time

• All other duties as assigned
• Maintain policy according to HIPAA

• Computer knowledge with strengths in Microsoft Excel and experience with Accounting software

• Bachelor's Accounting Degree required