The AP-Clients Lead is responsible for overseeing daily operations and supporting the AP team in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices and payments across multiple healthcare entities serviced by MedPOINT Management. This role serves as a key liaison between the AP team, vendors, internal departments, and clients, and ensures compliance with internal controls, healthcare regulations, and company policies. The AP-Clients Lead also assists with escalations, reporting, and process improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day accounts payable operations, providing guidance and support to AP team members.
- Process high-volume invoices across multiple entities, ensuring accurate coding, approvals, and timely payments.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for resolving complex invoice or payment issues with vendors, medical practices, and internal stakeholders.
- Support onboarding of new vendors in the AP workflow.
- Monitor AP aging and ensure payments are issued according to vendor terms and contractual obligations.
- Assist in the preparation and review of 1099 reporting, including TIN matching and year-end processing.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, internal controls, and healthcare industry standards.
- Collaborate with procurement, finance, and operations teams to streamline AP workflows.
- Support month-end closing activities, including running of month-end reports, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Help train and mentor AP specialists, fostering a collaborative and high-performance team environment.
- Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and vendor satisfaction.
- Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and responses.
Qualifications:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
- 3–5 years of experience in Accounts Payable including at least 1 year in a lead role.
- Healthcare industry experience or MSO environment strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of AP best practices, healthcare vendor management, and 1099 compliance.
- Experience working with multi-entity or shared services accounts payable systems.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Smartsheet experience is a plus.
- Experience with ERP systems such as Sage Intacct, EZ-CAP, or similar.
- Experience with expense management such as Concur Expense is a plus.
- Experience with 1099 software such SOVOS is a plus.
- Knowledge of HIPAA compliance and healthcare finance operations is a plus.
- Diligent, excellent organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Effective communication and people skills for working across departments and with external partners.
Skills and Abilities:
- Intermediate or higher proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
- Knowledge of MAS 200, EZ-Cap, Concur and Smartsheet is a plus.