Accounting Clerk - Lexington, KY

Position Description:If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Financial discipline and accountability count more today than ever. Which is why your performance and innovation will find a reception here like nowhere else as you help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.This role works with many different trust funds, coding bank deposits, performing basic analysis, accounts payable and other financial duties.Positions in this function maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports. Performs account reconciliations and analyses, prepares journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles. Analyzes and prepares financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position. Involved in the monthly/quarterly 'close' process. Prepares documentation in support of external and internal audits.Primary Responsibilities: Identify all checks according to intended
recipient/trust/bank accountPrepare cash receipts logs and
deposit tickets for all checks

Obtain authorization to deposit
for all checksDistribute checks via deposit at
banks, mailing to lockboxes, or distribution to clientProcess cobra checks timely with
copies going to the eligibility department and deposit made according to
instructions from eligibility departmentMaintain office supplies for
departmentProcess accounts payables on
selected trust funds

Required Qualifications:High
School Diploma or GEDExperience working in a Data Entry position, as well as the
ability to do 10-Key by touchAbility to perform data entry and use sort/filter functions in Microsoft ExcelAbility to create correspondence and work within templates in Microsoft WordAbility to email and manage a calendar within Microsoft OutlookPreferred
Qualifications: 

Bachelor's
DegreeMedical Billing backgroundAny Accounts Receivable experienceCareers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is your life's best work.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.