Healthcare Cost Analyst & Decision Support

eClerx; Muntinlupa; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

eClerx is seeking a Cost Accountant to support healthcare finance and operational decision-making through accurate cost accounting, data validation, and reporting. You will partner with Finance, Operations, Clinical, Revenue Cycle, and Analytics teams to ensure reliable cost data, execute monthly costing activities, and translate complex information into actionable insights.

The ideal candidate blends accounting fundamentals with analytical and data skills and has experience working with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Healthcare Administration, Analytics, Information Systems.
• 3 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, cost accounting, decision support, or data analysis within a healthcare environment.
• 1 year of experience supporting a healthcare decision-support system (DSS) or cost accounting function.
• Experience with Axiom, Strata, or comparable healthcare costing/decision-support software.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Power BI.
• Strong experience with financial reconciliations, variance analysis, data validation, and issue investigation.
• Knowledge of healthcare finance concepts, including general ledger structures, patient accounting, cost allocation, contribution margin, and service-line profitability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage recurring monthly deliverables while responding effectively to ad hoc analytical requests.
• Experience with SQL or equivalent query tools for large datasets.
• Experience developing or supporting Power BI dashboards, semantic models, or executive financial reporting.
• Knowledge of hospital, ambulatory, and physician enterprise operations.
• Understanding of healthcare reimbursement and utilization concepts.
• Experience with data governance, process documentation, and standardized financial metrics/methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Execute and monitor monthly cost accounting and decision-support processes.
• Validate and reconcile ledger, encounter, and other financial data.
• Maintain DSS mapping, charge codes, payors, and costing dimensions.
• Perform variance analysis, trend analysis, and root-cause investigations.
• Maintain cost allocation methodologies, costing rules, and drivers.
• Analyze cost per case, cost per unit, and service-line profitability.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and data visualizations for cost and profitability.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc decision-support requests.
• Document methodologies, assumptions, limitations, and process requirements.
• Train and support Finance and operations teams on DSS tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate questions into repeatable analyses.
• Support data governance, audits, and standardized metrics.

Skills

Accounting fundamentals

Analytical skills

Data skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Healthcare Administration, Analytics, Information Systems

Tools

Axiom

Strata

SQL

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

eClerx is seeking a Cost Accountant to support healthcare finance and operational decision-making through accurate cost accounting, data validation, and reporting. You will partner with Finance, Operations, Clinical, Revenue Cycle, and Analytics teams to ensure reliable cost data, execute monthly costing activities, and translate complex information into actionable insights.

The ideal candidate blends accounting fundamentals with analytical and data skills and has experience working with