Senior Staff Accountant, Contract Services

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.

More about our team

The Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) Finance team provides strategic accounting and operational support to hospitals and entities across the organization. We partner closely with site leadership, technical accounting, and operations teams to ensure accuracy, transparency, and consistency in all financial processes. Our collaborative, detail-oriented culture emphasizes integrity, proactive communication, and continuous improvement.

How you’ll contribute

A Staff Accountant who excels in this role:

• Serve as a senior accounting partner supporting Hospital Contract Services through complex accounting, financial analysis, and contract administration activities.

• Lead and support month-end close responsibilities, including journal entries, reconciliations, post-close review, and financial analysis for Hospital Contract Services.

• Calculate and manage contract billing for Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) programs and other designated hospital partnerships outside of the Net Health billing platform.

• Maintain client and contract master data, including new client setup, contract creation, contract renewals, and annual rate updates.

• Prepare and distribute annual contract rate notifications and ensure contract pricing is accurately reflected within applicable billing systems.

• Maintain the Hospital Contract Services hierarchy and support ongoing contract maintenance activities.

• Prepare, review, and analyze complex balance sheet reconciliations, revenue schedules, and supporting financial workpapers.

• Perform detailed profit and loss analysis, balance sheet reviews, and variance analysis to ensure financial accuracy and identify unusual trends.

• Validate revenue recognition and ensure billing activity is accurately reflected within the general ledger.

• Support operations leadership by providing financial reporting, analytical support, and post-close review of operational results.

• Partner with Technical Accounting and operational leadership to resolve complex accounting questions and contract-related issues.

• Assist with annual budgeting activities and support financial planning initiatives for Hospital Contract Services.

• Develop and maintain large, complex Excel workbooks used to support contract management, billing, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

• Identify opportunities to automate manual accounting and billing processes through advanced Excel functionality, AI tools, and other technology solutions.

• Drive continuous process improvement initiatives focused on increasing efficiency, reducing manual effort, and improving financial accuracy.

• Utilize approved AI resources, including Microsoft Copilot, to improve recurring accounting, reporting, and analytical processes whenever appropriate.

• Support internal controls and ensure compliance with accounting policies, financial reporting standards, and organizational procedures.

• Serve as a trusted accounting resource for internal leadership while building strong relationships across Finance and Hospital Contract Services.

• Participate in special projects and additional accounting responsibilities as assigned.

What we’re looking for

Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree required, preferably in the areas of Accounting/Finance. Additional qualifications include:

Experience

• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience required, preferably supporting healthcare, hospital finance, contract services, or other complex operational accounting environments.

• Experience performing month-end close, account reconciliations, financial analysis, and revenue accounting.

• Experience supporting contract billing, contract administration, or recurring customer billing processes strongly preferred.

• Experience maintaining contract pricing, renewals, or client master data preferred.

• Experience supporting multiple facilities, entities, or business units preferred.

• Experience working within Oracle, SAP, or another ERP system preferred.