Accountant

Job Summary

Everett and Hurite Ophthalmic Association is in search of an Accountant to join our healthcare organization. The Accountant is responsible for the following functions: full accounts payable, reconcile daily front office collections, patient refunds, monthly production reports, support compliance with local business taxes, supporting drug inventory process and accuracy, and general ledger.

The accountant will interact with senior accountant and management and other department leaders.

Confidentiality and accuracy are essentials in this position.

After 90 day period, hybrid position with 2 days in office 3 days remote.

Essential Job Functions/Duties

• Interact with senior accountant and management when requested to support the strategic plan and its financial component.
• Process vendor invoices and ensure proper general ledger coding.
• Process vendor payments and patient refund payments.
• Handle vendor and refunded patient calls related to their account status.
• Generate the required information to complete the monthly production report and support financial reporting.
• Maintain the surgical logs for accurate monthly reporting.
• Perform the daily balancing of the patient transactions.
• Receive the front desk daily balance logs and the inventory count sheets.
• Reconcile the daily deposits with the front desk posting activity.
• Process the electronic funds received, lockbox receipts, credit card transactions and bank deposits.
• Balance and reconcile charges, payment, and adjustments to the practice management software to the financial general ledger.
• Maintain the daily visit and other requested statistics.
• Maintain organized vendor paid files and open payable files.
• Maintain support schedules for general ledger account for account payables and other selected accounts.
• Perform research on accounts and balances as requested from senior accountant or management.
• Assist with compliance with business taxes for local and state levels, for sales tax, and merchant/business taxes.
• Assist with the drug inventory control and is back up to the Inventory Controller.
• Work daily with the clinical, billing, and front desk departments to ensure appropriate accounting, reconciliation, and timely completion of daily closing.
• Apply principles of financial accounting to assist the aspects the accounting and accounts payable of the practice.
• Analyze financial data and patterns and prepares the monthly production report.
• Identify and resolve accounting and accounts payable problems.

Qualifications and Skills

• Associates Degree in accounting or equivalent.
• Minimum of 4 years of accounting and accounts payable experience. (Opthalmology/Optometry or medical preferred)
• Must be able to communicate effectively and have the ability to work compatibly as a team member with physicians, managers, and other staff members.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and physician practice management software
• Working kowledge of other information/data systems. (PODIS, Sage GL, and/or Nextech preferred)
• Must be able to work flexible hours if needed as dictated by the needs of the practice.
• High degree of confidentiality is required.
• Ability to multi-task, and follow given directions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $43,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Quarterly bonus

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• Accounts payable: 4 years (Required)
• Accounting: 4 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Pittsburgh, PA 15219: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Salary : $43,000