Senior Staff Accountant

About FCHC:

Since 1976, Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. (FCHC) has been a health care leader in Florida. We provide comprehensive primary and specialty health care and patient support services through a network of Centers surrounding Lake Okeechobee and across Florida's Treasure Coast. Our mission is to ensure that everyone in our communities has access to culturally competent, high-quality health care that they can afford. FCHC has locations in Clewiston, Moore Haven, Okeechobee, Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Indiantown, Pahokee and West Palm Beach. FCHC's Corporate Office is centrally located in West Palm Beach, Florida. FCHC has multiple staff members who speak Spanish and Creole, and translation is available for other languages as needed. FCHC has created a "one-stop shop" for patients–providing Pediatric and Adult Primary Care, Dental, OB/GYN and Women's Health, Infectious Disease, Behavioral Health, Pharmacy, chronic disease education and care management, referral assistance, benefit enrollment assistance and coordination, and telehealth services. Our patients benefit from a "medical home" model, where they may access our extensive array of health care clinicians and services in an atmosphere where they are treated with respect, care, and concern.

Mission

The Mission of Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. (FCHC) is to provide accessible, cost-effective, high-quality, comprehensive health care to all persons in our communities.

Vision

Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. (FCHC) will maintain strong leadership in, and advocate for, the provision of health care services.

FCHC will foster and promote collaborative relationships and will develop partnerships with local, state, and federal public health service agencies and the community in general, to enhance the quality of delivery systems for comprehensive health care. FCHC will be an employer of choice and will demonstrate excellence with a highly trained staff and governing board.

Values

FCHC values Integrity, Compassion, Commitment to serving others (external and internal to the organization), Innovation, Effectiveness (cost and outcome), Efficiency, being Mission-driven, Commitment to serving others internal to organization and Commitment to Excellence.

Position Summary: The Senior Staff Accountant (Revenue) assists the Assistant Controller/Director of Finance/Controller and CFO in maintaining detailed and accurate accounting of revenue transactions. This includes but is not limited to maintaining detailed account reconciliations, preparing adjusting journal entries for month-end financial reporting and collaborating with others on federal grants. Experience in healthcare revenue cycle management and grant accounting is necessary. This includes serving as part of the leadership team in the finance department with direct supervision of members of the Epic Payment Posting and Patient Refund Group.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for all revenue accounting, including maintaining monthly revenue account reconciliations, adjusting journal entries and financial account analys3s.
• Manages all accounts receivables, bad debt and miscellaneous or system adjustment activities in Epic, ensuring they are accurately and completely reflected in month-end reports and captured in the GL.
• Reviews and evaluates AR reports from EPIC ensuring timely and appropriate balance transfers to the designated Collection Agency.
• Responsible for monitoring a select group of EPIC WQ's and reporting associated trends in EPIC.
• Collaborates with the Manager of RCM on tracking payment posting or related adjustment trends that may be occurring in Epic.
• Ensures all Capitation, Medicaid Wrap, Medicare Wrap and LIP revenue has been recorded in Epic as well as in the GL.
• Assists the Assistant Controller and Controller in performing pharmacy financial analyses including tracking volume and gross profit margin by drug classification
• Responsible for all programmatic and capital project grant accounting
• Collaborates with the Payroll and Benefits Coordinator on the personnel area of grant accounting
  • Prepares periodic grant draw requests for the CFO to perform
• Supervises three individuals: Two (2) Epic payment posters and one (1) patient refund analyst
• Verifies that staff adhere to company and departmental policies and procedures
• Promptly reports any discrepancies or concerns to the Assistant Controller, Controller or CFO
• Supports the Assistant Controller and Controller in preparation for the annual financial statement audit and annual audit of grant funded programs.
• Assists the Director of Programs and Services with information requests required for periodic grant reporting
• Other related duties that may be inclusive, but not listed in the job description

Secondary Duties:

• Assist in completion of Medicare/Medicaid cost reports, audit and tax work-paper packages, and annual UDS reports.
• Assist in the preparation of financial forecasts, budgets and ad hoc financial analyses, as requested

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Requirements (experience, training, and education): To effectively fulfill this position, candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Associate's degree in accounting or business administration or equivalent work experience. Bachelor's degree is preferable.
• Two years of accounting experience (preferably in the health care environment).
• Two years of experience in the medical office treasury environment.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Proficiency running and interpreting reports from electronic medical record systems (Experience in Epic is a plus)
• High Level of Proficiency in Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics GP is preferable.
• Attention to detail requiring a high degree of accuracy.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person