Finance Specialist - A/R

Description: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongAre you an experienced Finance Specialist who thinks systemically? Are you a servant leader who utilizes their understanding of various funding agencies, policies, and procedures to directly impact the revenue of an organization?/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="color: black;"Being a Finance Specialist in Accounts Receivable at Devereux has its Advantages/span/strongspan style="color: black;" br //span/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"span style="color: black;"As a Finance Specialist, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need.  We offer:/span/span/pulli style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Opportunities to learn and develop professionally in the Finance field/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"A fun, fast-paced, and supportive environment /span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Quality Low-Cost Benefits after 30 days of hire, including medical and dental, plus student loan debt assistance and tuition reimbursement (learn more at benefits.devereux.org)/span/lilispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongTuition Assistance up to $25k and Student Loan assistance up to 5k a year through our new Program ASCEND/strong/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/01uREFrHwk8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"/iframe/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: black;" /spanspan style="color: black;" /span/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health California provides programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities. Located in Goleta, California, this position is primarily responsible for accounts receivable at the center./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongThe Financial Specialist will:/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Ensure service authorizations are in place/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Complete batch reconciliation of service logs to recorded services/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Verify all services against authorizations/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Ensure an absence of overages or request additional units to funders with the assistance of Program Managers/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Submit month end revenue and billing verification to national/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Develop and update various trackers to ensure compliance with funder/contract requirements/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Run recorded services report and analyze provider, funder, rate, and service accuracy providing feedback to program managers/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Correct provider, funder, rate, and services based on billing logs during month-end-close to ensure timely billing/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Reconcile revenue/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Complete revenue contract processing/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Complete A/R accounts reconciliation/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Communicate regularly with internal members of the centers’ operations team/national A/R team to provide feedback and insights regarding funders, rates, and services/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Reviews admissions/discharges/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Complete revenue forecasting based on changes in rates/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Assist the Director of Finance and/or Business Office Manager in month-end-close process/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Review funding agency/private pay reimbursement rates/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Assist in private pay rates development/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Assist in cost statement rate development for group homes/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Position is full-time, fully on-site in Goleta. Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm./span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Compensation is $23-$25/hr DOE/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #ffffff;"#sponsored/span/p Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Requirements:/span/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics, or related field empreferred/em./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"A minimum of 2 years’ experience in related jobs./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Must demonstrate sound judgement and an ability to independently follow up as required./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Self-motivation and excellent organizational skills required./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Ability to present analysis and reports and communicate effectively a must./span/lilip style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Must be proficient in the use of software similar to or including the following: Excel, Word, Microsoft Teams, Outlook email, Oracle, MyAvatar, Pro-Filer, and other quantitative tools. /span/p/lilip style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Valid Driver's License satisfactory driving record required./span/p/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"California DOJ and FBI Fingerprint Clearance required./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Pre-employment physical exam and TB Test required./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Drug screening as per Devereux Drug Free Workplace Policy required./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible./span/p