Accounting Technician - Health (Part Time)

County of Dare; Manteo (NC); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

County of Dare seeks an intermediate administrative support staff member to assist with patient billing, registration tasks, and related duties under supervision. Job involves processing invoices, reconciling transactions, and preparing financial reports.

Qualifications include a high school diploma and 1–3 years in a related field; a valid driver’s license is required. Department-specific certifications may be needed.

Qualifications

• Accounting terminology knowledge.
• Bookkeeping terminology knowledge.
• General knowledge of standard office procedures, practices, and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Review and process invoices and facilitate payments.
• Reconcile monthly credit card transactions with billing statements.
• Reconcile general ledger and prepare various financial reports and tax reports.
• Maintain vendor files and collect IRS W-9 and 1099 forms for compliance and ACH payments.
• Prepare bank deposits.
• Serve as backup to other staff when needed.
• Process patient billing statements and register patients for appointments; mail monthly statements.
• Perform other assigned duties.

Skills

Accounting terms

Bookkeeping

Office procedures

Mathematical computations

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Performs intermediate administrative support work preparing and assisting with a variety of patient billing and patient registration-related tasks, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the assigned department supervisor

• Reviews and processes invoice, facilitates payments.
• Reconciles monthly credit card transactions with billing statements.
• Reconciles general ledger and prepares various financial reports, tax reports and other reports.
• Maintains vendor files and collects forms necessary for IRS W-9 and 1099 compliance and ACH electronic payments.
• Prepares bank deposits.
• Serves as backup to other staff when needed.
• Reviews and processes patient encounter/visit forms, registers patients for appointments, reviews, and mails monthly patient billing statements. Prepares bank deposits.
• Performs other assigned duties.

• General knowledge of accounting terminology (Health Clinical Unit employees: medical/insurance terminology), methods, procedures, and equipment.
• General knowledge of bookkeeping terminology, methods, procedures, and equipment.
• General knowledge of standard office procedures, practices, and equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to follow work procedures.
• Ability to post accounts and to perform mathematical computations with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with department heads, associates, State agency representatives, vendors, auditors, and the public.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One to three (1-3) years of experience in a related field or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Specific certifications, licenses and/or training may be required for this position depending upon the department assignment as determined by the department director.