Cost Accounting Lead, Healthcare Analytics

Highmark Health; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a Cost Accounting Leader to support finance and operational leadership with advanced patient cost analytics, including statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and data visualization. You will lead cost accounting activities for the network under the Director.

This role requires Bachelor's in Accounting, leadership experience, and strong Excel and database skills. The position emphasizes collaboration with hospital leaders, development of cost allocation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or relevant experience as determined by the company.
• 3 years in a leadership or management role.
• 3 years of database development.
• 3 years with cost accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong understanding of relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Perform management responsibilities to include, but are not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.
• Establish and maintain consistent guiding principles for cost accounting across all network entities, including cost type definitions (variable/fixed; direct/indirect), indirect cost allocation methodologies, and direct cost assignments to patient care activities.
• Provide direction to cost analysts responsible for:
• Day-to-day activities related to generating and maintaining cost allocation rules and processes to produce actionable and materially accurate patient care cost information for each fiscal year, including periodic updates required to assign cost to new activities and supplies.
• Utilize decision support tools (I.e. SAS, Excel, Tableau, Alteryx, etc.) to produce reports and analyses for members of decision support teams and leadership that call attention to opportunities and provide recommendations in easily understandable and interactive visual formats to diagnose the financial health and viability of various clinical delivery methods and settings to identify how to keep quality healthcare accessible and affordable, enable institute level financial reporting based on primary diagnosis data, inform payor reimbursement discussions, develop business cases in support of long-term operating strategies, prioritize capital equipment purchases and real estate development projects.
• Develop and empower the team through mentoring and coaching in conjunction with company-endorsed education and training resources. Requires the ability to identify growth opportunities that support personal development, business goals and core behaviors.
• Actively develop and maintain collaborative relationships with hospital leaders and clinical teams to develop accurate and timely cost and productivity metrics.
• Provide training and assistance to departments across the enterprise who use cost data and related reporting tools to ensure adequate understanding of the data and proper usage.
• Manage and coordinate processes for maintaining data credibility through compliance with objective standards deemed appropriate by leadership, as well as diligent and timely data processing procedures, audits, and reconciliation practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Relational databases

Cost accounting

Data visualization

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

SAS

Excel

Tableau

Alteryx

EPSi

StrataJazz

SQL

Job description

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a Cost Accounting Leader to support finance and operational leadership with advanced patient cost analytics, including statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and data visualization. You will lead cost accounting activities for the network under the Director.

This role requires Bachelor's in Accounting, leadership experience, and strong Excel and database skills. The position emphasizes collaboration with hospital leaders, development of cost allocation