Accounting Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION:  Accounting Assistant

RESPONSIBL E TO:  Finance Coordinator/Executive Director

POSITION SUMMARY:  This full time position provides transactional accounting support with primary emphasis on Accounts Payable and financial data entry. The role supports timely vendor payments, accurate coding and posting, routine reconciliations, and organized digital recordkeeping.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  

Financial Data Management:

• Collect, analyze, and report financial data.
• Maintain accurate documentation and records to support timely and correct financial reporting for the Executive Director, Board of Directors, and Program Coordinators.

Accounting Functions:

• Perform a variety of accounting tasks, including accounts payable and data entry

• Ensure the confidentiality of patient information in compliance with relevant regulations.

Quality Assurance and Improvement:

• Participate in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) processes as required.

Marginal Functions:

• Support organizational events as a collaborative member of the ClearPath team.
• Schedule and maintain data backups of files and ensure proper upkeep of computer hardware used in job functions.

Working Conditions/Personal Demands:

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while ensuring timely completion of accounting tasks in alignment with established policies and procedures.
• Commitment to teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Consistently demonstrates high levels of integrity and ethical behavior in all interactions.
• Demonstrate emotional maturity and effective personal stress management techniques to facilitate a productive work environment in a hospice setting.
• Maintain self-management skills related to personal loss to support effective participation in the hospice environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree or a combination of relevant experience and education sufficient to perform job functions.
• Demonstrated ability to perform all aspects of bookkeeping, with a minimum of one year of experience in a bookkeeping role.
• Strong familiarity with third-party insurance billing requirements and a willingness to learn hospice billing functions.
• Proficiency in computerized accounting systems.
• Experience in QuickBooks preferred.

OSHA Category:

III: Tasks that involve no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues.

ClearPath Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.