Senior Analyst/Accountant

#LI-MM3 #LI-Hybrid

Essential Functions and Primary Duties

• The Senior Analyst will lead various long term care payment methodology projects and analyze health care provider financial information.
• Independently prepare, interpret, and distribute analytical reports and written summaries.
• Mentor and train staff accountants
• Provide quality assurance reviews on various analyses completed by other team members as well as self-review
• Conduct research in order to determine billing and reimbursement compliance with relevant Medicaid or other government program regulations
• Coordinate staffing on projects
• Review applicable Federal and State Medicaid policies and regulations relating to healthcare reimbursement
• Participate in evaluating client-identified issues or problems and contribute to development of solutions
• Work with the defined scope of the project
• Communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Maintain security of and confidentiality of all protected health information
• Serve as a bridge between clients, business users, and developers to facilitate prompt and clear communication regarding IT solutions
• Work with internal IT teams to ensure that the day to day technical performance of our product meets the client’s expectation
• Create user guides/end user documentation
• As needed, ability to write and perform functional tests as well as user acceptance tests for applications and business processes
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in accounting or related field
• CPA, or CPA candidate
• 3 years’ experience in healthcare analytics/auditing, public accounting, or related field
• Experience with Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting
• 1 year supervisory experience
• Familiarity with database and report writing desired
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritize assignments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Proficient use of applicable technology; specifically Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Well-organized with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Must be able to travel based on client and business needs

Minimum Qualifications

•   Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, health policy, health care administration, health information, criminal justice or related field