Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Leads the System Office System Administrative and Support Services (SASS) accounting function, including accounting services for Trinity Health (Trinity) System Office, Shared Service Organizations and subsidiaries (approximately 20 companies). Manages all shared services and subsidiary billings, cash flow management which includes special cash funds such as the system development fund, inter-company debt accounting, monthly financial statements, centralized accounts payable and payroll accounting, centralized cash balancing between the general ledger and bank for all TogetherCare (Epic) patient non-insurance cash receipts, patient credit card payments and patient refunds, and all external and internal financial audits, including the annual year-end financial statement audit.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health (Trinity), Mission, Vision and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.

Develops and manages accounting policies and procedures that ensure appropriate internal controls for Trinity System Office, Trinity Information Services and other Shared Services.  Entities include complex insurance functions, distribution centers, a specialty pharmacy company, various investment accounts, including interest rate swaps and hedge funds, annual bond offering and intercompany debt programs, centralized AP, centralized payroll, centralized collection of all patient non-insurance as well as issuance of refunds to both patients and insurance providers., and Accountable Care Organizations, Bundled Payments Programs, and joint ventures.

Leads the operation of the accounting function of System Office and Shared Service Organizations ensuring stewardship of the financial resources of the organization served.  Operations include general ledger, journal entries, fixed assets, receivables, billings, special funds, grants and project accounting. Provides reporting to support the leadership of each of the shared services to explain monthly results and variances.

Provides support in the system office financial forecast process including providing key data to support the development of the rolling quarterly forecasts.   

Manages the daily function, responsibilities, and career development of two areas, System Office accounting and Revenue Excellence patient billing services reconciliation support. Oversees allocation of daily work, review of reconciliations, annual performance reviews, and reviews work of staff for accuracy and quality assurance. Responsible for 10+ staff, which is comprised of a manager, senior and staff accountants.

Provides leadership and expertise in developing processes for the centralized functions such as accounts payable, payroll, patient non-insurance cash receipts, and refunds, which involve understanding of intercompany and cash flows through all the stages of the centralized process. Oversees centralized balance sheets.

Provides leadership and expertise in developing processes for the centralized function of TogetherCare (Epic) cash reconciliation of all incoming payments to patient pay non-insurance bank accounts Involved in implementing and standardizing accounting logic and integration from the and TogetherCare (Epic) revenue cycle subsidiary ledger to the general ledger as related to the reconciliation process. Balances bank and general ledger and supervises team to maintain strong internal controls over cash and general ledger balances. Also includes development of transfer of patient cash received centrally back to the Ministry Organizations and ensures controls and intercompany transactions are balanced.  Also provides support and guidance to Accounting Shared Services controller’s in setting up efficient processes post TogetherCare (Epic) implementation.

Provides leadership and expertise in developing processes for the centralized function of issuing refunds to both patients and insurance providers. Involved in implementing and standardizing accounting logic from TogetherCare (Epic) revenue cycle subsidiary ledger to the general ledger as related to the refund process.  Supervise team that coordinates and reconciles refunds processed by an outside agency to the general ledger to maintain strong internal controls over refunded cash and general ledger balances.

Provides short- and long-term strategic guidance for centralized function of cash reconciliation of all incoming payments to patient pay non-insurance accounts and refunds to patients and insurance providers. Work closely with leadership of Patient Billing Services (PBS) to set up system wide processes to identify potential gaps and assist in implementing short term solutions.  Develops long-term strategies to assist leadership of PBS t