Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Directs all general accounting functions including general ledger maintenance, tax payments, financial statement preparation, and accounts payable functions.
• Formulates financial planning activities.
• Oversees general accounting and cash management functions.
• Oversees monthly reconciliation of bank statements.
• Analyzes expenditures, develops financing strategies and ensures appropriate
income/cash flow.
• Complies with fiscal governmental reporting requirement, including tax reports.
• Works closely with outside accountants.
• Prepares and reviews departmental financial statements with Administrative Physician, provides assistance and presents information at meetings as requested. Monitors internal controls.
• Analyzes, prepares, and presents monthly financial statements to management and Board of Directors.
• Develops and maintains effective systems of general accounting and cost determination and reporting.
• Maintains insurance provider's contracts.
• Maintains all companies' insurance policies.
• Prepares physician payroll.
• Assists Administrative Physician with special projects as needed.
• Coordinates financial assistance program for Carolina Cancer Foundation.
• Develops, implements, and revises procedures to improve the quality and quantity of work processed. Ensures policies are communicated and administered consistently.
• Attends all management meetings.
• Conducts staff meetings as needed.
• Participates in professional development activities and maintains professional
affiliations.
• Maintains strictest of confidentiality.
• Communicates timely and effectively with Administrative Physician.
• Handles high level of stress.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Directly supervises the Accounting Coordinator
• Indirectly supervises employees within the Administration and Accounts Receivable department(s).
• Responsibilities may include hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems when needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor degree in accounting or related field, prefer Certified Public
Accountant.
Experience: Five (5) years experience preferably in a health care organization.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: CPA (Certified Public Accountant) designation preferred.

KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of the principles of financial management sufficient to manage staff and fiscal requirements of the clinic.
• Knowledge of clinic financial practices, analyze financial data and patterns, and prepare financial statements.
• Knowledge of clinic's strategic business objectives and employee performance objectives.
• Knowledge of governmental and healthcare fiscal regulations and reporting
requirements.
• Knowledge of computer systems, spreadsheets and financial systems programs and applications.

SKILLS:
• Skill in exercising a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion and decisionmaking to achieve organizational objectives.
• Skill in analyzing clinic operations as they relate to financial objectives, costs and rate levels.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public.
• Skill in identifying and resolving accounting and financial problems.

ABILITIES:
• Ability to encourage motivation, innovation, and high performance.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly.
• Ability to delegate responsibility and manage staff.
• Ability to read, understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
• Frequently required to stand
• Frequently required to walk
• Continually required to sit
• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
• Continually required to talk or hear
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Exposure to normal business office sounds and equipment.
• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 25 pounds / frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision; Distance vision; Color vision; Peripheral vision; Depth perception and ability to adjust focus.