Sr. Accountant

Overview

Preparation and analysis Revenue schedules on a monthly basis, for the purpose of the financial expense
statements. Compare Actual with Budget and explain the variances. Reconcile various Accounts. Prepare bank
reconciliation.
Do account analysis on a monthly basis. Assist in preparation of financial statement in any other way, year-end
audit and with other miscellaneous projects, surveys, etc.

Responsibilities

-Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors, and
other employees. Interacts professionally, courteously, and
appropriately with patients, visitors and other employees. Behaves in a
manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public
perception of BronxCare Health Systemand its employee.


-Contributes to and participates in the Performance/Quality Improvement
activities of the assigned department. Contribution and participation
includes data collection, analysis, implementation of and compliance
with risk management and claims activities, support of and participation
in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams, consistent adherence
to the specific rules and regulations of the BronxCare Health System (a)
Safety and Security Policies, (b) Risk Management: Incident and
Occurrence Reporting, (c) Infection Control Policies and Procedures
and (d) Patient and Customer Service.


-Monthly preparation of Financial Statements by monitors and analyzing
major expense schedules for accuracy and preparing necessary
schedules. Review the data interfaced into the General Ledger from
other systems which are Accounts Payable, Material Management and
Payroll, and analyze them. Prepare necessary Journal Entries and
Schedule related to Salaries, Employee Benefits, Operating
Expenses and Capital Expenses. Import foreign distribution data into
the General Ledger as and when necessary. Assist in the preparation of
monthly financial statements.


-Prepare comparative schedules of Actual Expenses and Budgeted
Expenses in detail as part of the monthly Financial Statements; Analyze
expenses using the Keane AP and MM systems, and Click - on, the
document imaging system. Prepare Account analysis; explain the
reasons for Variances compared to the Budget; Monitor major
expenses categories for accuracy.


-Record revenue activity in General Ledger for all Investment and
Escrow accounts and maintain the necessary schedules. Maintain
comparative schedules of the above - mentioned non-patient revenues.
Prepare bank reconciliation statements for various miscellaneous
accounts.


-Record necessary inter-company transactions including salary
transfers, for our affiliates Special Care Center, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Health Center, in the BCHS General Ledger; and provide summary
schedules for MLK on a monthly basis.


-Record the inter-company activities for the Housing Corporation on the
monthly basis; prepare the summary of activities and assists in billing
the corporation for the above activities; Housing 1650 Financials are
prepared and all related work is handled. Handle appropriately all
checks related to Tenant Security deposits. Year End schedules are
prepared for the audit Report to the Auditors.


-Prepare monthly schedule for expenses related to Aramark.

-Prepare monthly Journal Entries. Maintain files for Bank Statements.
Ensure balances in the General Ledger match with the ending balances
in the bank statements

-Help in the Year - End Audit. Prepare and analyze information needed
for the Outside Auditors.


-Review the Patcom Patient Review System reports and prepare
necessary worksheets and analysis. Post the interface entries into the
General Ledger on a monthly basis.

-Preparation of Inpatient Revenue schedules including Capitation and
Surplus Distribution, on a monthly basis, for the purpose of the financial
statements

-Reconcile Accounts Receivable schedules between the System reports
and the General Ledger on a monthly basis.


-Preparation of OB/GYN account activity and Bookkeeping on a monthly
basis.


-Analyze some of the major expense categories and explain the
variances on an ongoing basis.


-Make necessary Journal Entries on a monthly basis. Assist in Financial
statement preparation.


-Prepare Medicaid Recoveries / Payment schedule. Work on Special
Projects and Surveys arising from time to time.


-Prepare necessary account analysis Nursing - Non Nursing for ICR and
Year End Audit purposes


-Contributes to and participates in the Performance/Quality Improvement
activities of the assigned department. Contribution and participation
includes data collection, analysis and reporting and consistent
adherence to the specific rules and regulations of the Bronx Care
Health System.


-Monitor the Click Fees being paid to various faculty practices. Monitor
the Physician Part B billing collections reported by: Change Health
Care, and Advant Edge, the billing companies, on a monthly basis, and
record proper revenue for Faculty Practice Funds according to the
agreements

-Process all the memos and check requests for Physician and other
employee compensation on a timely basis. Coordinate information with
Payroll department and verify the genuineness of the transaction
flowing thru Payroll function. Record proper expenses by making
Journal Entries for salaries and other expenses, for the various Faculty
Practice Funds on a monthly basis.


-Record appropriate share of revenue for the hospital - to record
revenue and Part B expenses for the hospital, and also for the specified
Faculty Practice Funds by making and posting proper Journal entries in
the General Ledger

-Analyze the various Faculty Practice Funds and prepare the summary
of receipts and disbursements of each fund.


-Reconcile the related accounts and send reports to the Chiefs of the
various departments/administrators on a monthly basis.

-Review the monthly Cash Receipts activities in the Cash System and
interface the Cash Journal Entry into the General ledger for the Bronx
Care Health System. To manage review and process DSRIP expenses.
(OTPS)


-Make necessary Journal Entries to correct any errors and to record
transactions in any other accounts in the General Ledger. Prepare
assigned account analysis on a monthly basis to support the financial
statements.


-Assist in any other miscellaneous projects assigned, including
necessary account analysis for Year End audit purposes.


Qualifications

Five plus (5+) years accounting experience in a Healthcare setting plus good working skills of Microsoft
Office and reasonable computer skills.

B.S. or B.A - Accounting

Skills: Computer Literate, Microsoft Office