Dental Practice Accountant

NACBA; El Monte, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NACBA in El Monte, CA seeks an experienced accounting professional to manage dental revenue-cycle accounting and financial reporting. You will reconcile records, prepare P&L summaries, monitor claims and payments, and support the outside CPA with reports.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 2 years of accounting or dental billing experience, with certification in CDBS/CDC being a plus. QuickBooks Online and Dentrix/Curve proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or related field with at least 24 months of accounting or dental revenue-cycle experience.
• Certifications: Certified Dental Billing Specialist (CDBS) and Certified Dental Coding Specialist (CDC) or equivalent.
• Experience with accounting tasks: AR/AP, payroll-related entries, bank reconciliations, and financial reporting; familiarity with dental revenue-cycle workflows.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile accounting records using QuickBooks Online or comparable software; reconcile deposits, insurance payments, patient payments, vendor payments, payroll-related entries, and bank activity.
• Prepare P&L summaries, balance-sheet support, AR aging reports, production and collection reports, and reports for CPA; review claims, EOBs, postings, write-offs, adjustments, denials, appeals, and preauthorization records for accuracy.
• Monitor outstanding claims, delayed payments, patient balances, insurance receivables, and posting discrepancies.
• Analyze production, collections, AR trends, and billing workflows; recommend improvements to cash-flow and collections processes.

Skills

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Financial reporting

Payroll accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Dentrix

Curve

Job description

• Maintain and reconcile accounting records using QuickBooks Online or comparable software; reconcile deposits, insurance payments, patient payments, vendor payments, payroll-related entries, and bank-account activity.
• Prepare profit-and-loss ("P&L") summaries, balance-sheet support, accounts-receivable aging reports, production and collection reports, payment-posting summaries, and reports for the employer's outside CPA. Review claims, explanations of benefits ("EOBs"), payment postings, write-offs, adjustments, denials, appeals, and preauthorization records for accounting and revenue cycle accuracy.
• Monitor outstanding claims, delayed payments, patient balances, insurance receivables, and payment-posting discrepancies.
• Analyze production, collections, accounts-receivable trends, and billing workflows, and recommend improvements to cash-flow and collections processes.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree, or a foreign equivalent degree, in Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Economics, Business Administration with an accounting concentration, or a closely related field, plus at least24 months of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, dental revenue-cycle accounting, dental billing/coding, healthcare revenue-cycle financial operations, or a closely related role. The position also requires:

• Certified Dental Billing Specialist ("CDBS") and Certified Dental Coding Specialist ("CDC") certifications, or equivalent dental billing and dental coding certifications;
• Experience with accounting, bookkeeping, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll-related accounting, vendor-payment tracking, bank reconciliation, financial reporting, dental-insurance claim workflows, insurance-payment posting, denial and appeal workflows, benefits verification, and dental revenue-cycle documentation;
• Experience using QuickBooks or comparable accounting software;
• Experience using Dentrix, Curve, or comparable dental practice-management software;

• Knowledge of dental procedure coding and dental-insurance billing workflows.