Reconciliation Analyst in Accounting and Financial Analytics

UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health insurance

Generous paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

UTHealth Houston’s Accounting and Financial Analytics Department is seeking a reconciliation analyst to ensure the accuracy of financial transactions, records, and accounts. The role entails performing account reconciliations, resolving discrepancies, and supporting financial reporting.

The position involves reviewing Epic posting reports and coordinating with clinical staff on cash-handling processes. The role is located at University Center Tower with a hybrid schedule and full-time status,

Qualifications

• Associate's degree required or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of related reconciliation experience.
• Familiarity with PHI/HIPAA guidelines and healthcare finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Review Epic posting reports and compare with accounting systems.
• Monitor cash flow balances and clinic bank reconciliations.

Skills

Cash handling

Account reconciliation

Epic software

Bank reconciliation

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Education

Associate's degree

Tools

Epic

Job description

UTHealth Houston’s Accounting and Financial Analytics Department is looking for a reconciliation analyst. This employee ensures the accuracy and alignment of financial transactions, records, and accounts. This role involves performing regular account reconciliations, identifying and resolving discrepancies, and supporting financial reporting processes. Monitors cash flow balances and bank reconciliation items for each UT Physicians clinic location and bank. You will review our Epic posting reports and compare them with our accounting programs. This will require interacting with our clinical staff and reviewing their cash-handling process. The analyst will also work with credit card payment systems. You should be strong with processes and be effective at starting and following through to the finish of a project.

This role will be located at our University Center Tower location and will have a hybrid schedule dependent on business needs. You will be eligible for all UTHealth benefits, and this is a full-time role.

What we do here changes the world.

UTHealth Houston is Texas’s resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us, you won't want to leave.

It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equate to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees!

As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts, including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Key Accountabilities

• Assists with the daily cash & checks money bags collection with the currency change request and bank run. This includes completing the daily deposit log/sheet, scanning the bank deposit receipts, and sorting the bank deposit receipts into the envelope for the clinics/user to pick up.
• Reviews and validates the EPIC cash drawer for all the money bags turned in at UTP Recon TMC or UTP Recon Bellaire Station.
• Monitors clinic processes to ensure cash drawer documentation is scanned promptly.
• Downloads, monitors and identifies bank and EPIC items to ensure they are balanced. Confirms all clinic activity is correctly posted to the system. Request and submit discrepancies and obtain supporting documentation from the clinics.
• Identifies and requests corrections to transactions posted in EPIC that do not match the bank deposit information.
• Identifies and requests corrections on incorrect envelope numbers entered for the cash drawer.
• Reviews and downloads the FaxUtil for the Cash Drawer Documentation into the UTP Reconciliation folders. Emails and addresses the incomplete Cash Drawer Documentation.
• Reviews and validates the UTP Reconciliation Folders to ensure Cash Drawer Documentation is scanned, items are in sequence order, and comply with UT Physicians Cash Drawer Scanning Protocols.
• Monitors clinics and ensures they promptly follow policies and procedures on cash/check deposits for UT Physicians clinics
• Maintains confidentiality regarding patient information per PHI/HIPPA guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education

Associate's Degree required. May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.

Minimum Experience

3 years of related experience required. May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. 791.4.

Residency Requirement

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.