Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Staff Accountant – Healthcare Finance

Location: Remote – Covina, California
Employment Type: Full-Time Contract
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week
Pay Rate: $30–$35 per hour, depending on experience

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support daily accounting, financial reporting, and reconciliation activities within a mission-driven healthcare environment. This remote contract position combines traditional corporate accounting responsibilities with healthcare-specific functions, including medical claims coordination, capitation revenue reconciliation, and regulatory reporting.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, accurate, and comfortable managing multiple financial priorities independently in a fast-paced, compliance-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with an external claims processor to support the accurate and timely payment of out-of-facility medical expenses.

• Review corporate and clinical invoices, determine the appropriate processing method, and code expenses to the correct programs and accounts.

• Reconcile monthly federal and state capitation payments against active member eligibility and enrollment records.

• Partner with the enrollment team to research and resolve discrepancies between participant records and financial data.

• Audit employee expense reports for compliance with company travel, entertainment, and reimbursement policies.

• Prepare draft financial statements and supporting schedules for quarterly regulatory reporting.

• Assist with journal entries, account reconciliations, financial data entry, and month-end close activities.

• Gather financial data and provide analytical support during the annual budgeting process.

• Participate in monthly budget-to-actual reviews and investigate significant variances.

• Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready financial documentation.

• Protect confidential financial, employee, and participant information.

• Perform additional accounting and administrative duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must meet at least one of the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; or

• At least two years of relevant corporate accounting experience.

Additional requirements:

• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.

• Experience with reconciliations, journal entries, invoice coding, and financial data entry.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Ability to work independently while meeting deadlines.

• Availability to work 40 hours per week in a fully remote environment.

• Flexibility to work occasional evenings, weekends, or overtime during month-end close or periods of increased volume.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous accounting experience within healthcare, medical claims, government-funded programs, or another regulated industry.

• Familiarity with capitation payments, member eligibility reconciliation, or medical claims processing.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Experience using ERP or accounting software.

• Ability to manage competing priorities with minimal supervision.

Work Arrangement

This is a full-time, 100% remote contract position. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday, eight hours per day. Candidates must have a dependable remote work environment and be available for additional hours when business or month-end requirements demand them.