Controller

Meade-District-Hospital; Meade (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Meade-District-Hospital in Kansas seeks a detail-oriented bookkeeper/accountant under the CEO to maintain the general ledger, chargemaster, and financial records, and to prepare journal entries and bank reconciliations.

You will support year-end audits, cost reporting, billing oversight, and confidentiality, collaborating with departments to ensure accurate cash postings and timely payroll and payables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting preferred or equivalent related accounting experience required.
• Two years of recent bookkeeper/accountant experience required.
• Payroll and accounts payable experience required.
• Previous experience in healthcare accounting, billing, and/or HIM preferred.
• Computer experience with working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word required.
• Good verbal and written communications skills
• Good organization/time management skills
• Good customer service skills
• Strong attention to detail skills
• Mathematical ability at a level necessary to accomplish job
• Ability to quickly analyze billing problems and make appropriate corrections

Responsibilities

• Maintains the general ledger and chargemaster.
• Prepares and posts journal entries, analyzing account balances and reconciling GL accounts.
• Assists with year-end audits and cost report preparation.
• Ensures data integrity and confidentiality of records.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and employee information.
• Keeps depreciation schedules and prepaid schedules.
• Reconciles bank statements.
• Oversees billing of hospital services and timely posting of cash receipts.
• Collaborates with departments to support billing and reporting.
• Learns AR/AP processes to provide coverage as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by CFO.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Payroll

Excel

Word

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Description

Position Summary

Under the direction of the CEO, this position requires the ability to accurately maintain the general ledger, maintain the chargemaster, prepare journal entries, perform bank reconciliations, and gather records for financial and administrative audits, and all duties assigned to these positions.

Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with Federal, State, Local regulations and guidelines, generally accepted accounting principles, hospital pay practices and confidentiality policies.
• Prepares and posts journal entries, analyzing account balances for variances, reconciling various GL accounts, general ledger balances, financial record and reports, and maintains accounting needs for daily operations.
• Prepares information for year-end audits and cost report preparation. Assists with all audits throughout the year as needed.
• Ensures data integrity, consistency and accuracy through proper application of accounting principles.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient and employee information.
• Keeps depreciation schedules, prepaid insurance and prepaid other schedules
• Reconciles bank statements
• Assists with business office staff regarding billing of hospital services. Oversees timely posting of cash receipts.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with departments and staff.
• Shall learn the entire accounts payable process in order to provide appropriate coverage should primary accounts payable personnel not be available.
• Shall learn the accounts receivable posting process and daily deposit process to provide appropriate coverage should primary accounts payable personnel not be available.
• Perform others duties as assigned and necessary by the CFO.

Requirements

Required and preferred qualifications for the role:

• Bachelors degree in accounting preferred, or equivalent related accounting experience is required.
• Two years of recent bookkeeper/accountant experience required.
• Payroll and accounts payable experience required.
• Previous experience in healthcare accounting, billing, and/or HIM preferred.
• Computer experience with working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word required.
• Good verbal and written communications skills
• Good organization/time management skills
• Good customer service skills
• Strong attention to detail skills
• Mathematical ability at a level necessary to accomplish job
• Ability to quickly analyze billing problems and make appropriate corrections