What are the responsibilities and job description for the Billing Specialist position at The Summit Center?
SUPERVISED AND EVALUATED BY: Billing Manager
JOB SUMMARY: Serve as a billing specialist who provides billing expertise and assists in revenue generation, accounts receivable tracking and monitoring, internal compliance audits, general accounting duties, and maintenance of Agency’s consumer database.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Must be able to consistently and successfully perform all essential functions of the position.
- Perform billing and accounts receivable activities
- Perform cash receipt activities
- Assist in maintaining, developing and ensuring data integrity of the agency consumer database systems
- Perform general accounting tasks and reporting responsibilities
- Adheres to The Summit Center Core Agency Values of Adaptability, Accountability, Collaboration, Integrity, Optimism, and Respect
- Adheres to the Summit Center employment policies as outlined in the Employee Handbook including, but not limited to dress code, attendance and punctuality, and Paid Time Off
- Perform any other duties as requested by your supervisor
ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES:
- Communicativeness
- Composure
- Functional/Technical Expertise
- Learning Agility
- Organizational Knowledge
- Organizing and Planning
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Relationship Building
- Results Oriented
- Team Player
- Technology Savvy
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of position skill and/or ability required.
- EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Associates Degree in Accounting; 2 year’s experience in a Medicaid, 3rd party billing environment, SED or in DOH-EI; proficiency in Microsoft Office product suite, particularly Excel spreadsheets; strong knowledge of accounting systems required
- CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: None
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Employee displays the ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently. Displays good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills to help facilitate meaningful sharing of information between people within the organization as well as outside of the organization when necessary. Demonstrates excellent customer service skills to all stakeholders. Stakeholders include but are not limited to, individuals served, peers, supervisors, and external contacts.
- OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES: Ability to receive and follow instructions. Ability to identify and solve problems by acting decisively and showing good judgment. Ability to gather information needed to understand a situation in order to take timely and appropriate action. Ability to know when to involve others during the decision making process. Ability to maintain emotional control and composure when faced with urgent or difficult decisions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Sedentary work: ability to sit for long periods of time with occasional need to walk and/or stand
- Visual acuity: ability to perform activities such as viewing a computer screen, extensive reading, preparing and analyzing data and figures
- Hearing: ability to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discriminations in sound
- Talking: ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Due to the behavioral disorders of some of the children we serve, persons may be at risk of intentional or unintentional acts of aggression (e.g., hitting, kicking, and biting). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
COMPENSATION - $17.60 - $26.40 per hour based on experience
SCHEDULE - Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm OR 9am - 5pm
Salary : $18 - $26
