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 System and 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 monitoring 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 expense 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 assist 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. 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 through 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 #J-18808-Ljbffr