Senior Accountant (Practice Payments)

Aledade is actively recruiting a Senior Accountant to assist in reviewing and accounting for payments to our partner practices. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for calculating and preparing all distributions made to our partner practices and ensure the amounts paid are in accordance with the participation agreements. This person will also work across the company on any contractual requirements related to provider payments and Participation Agreements. This role requires an extreme attention to detail and the candidate must have a track record of generating and maintaining systems of record.   The ideal candidate for this role is fluent with U.S. GAAP, demonstrates excellent critical thinking skills, is able to work diligently and accurately, and is technologically savvy. We are flexible with respect to geographic location, and the ideal candidate will be comfortable working remotely/work from home within the US or be based from Bethesda, MD office. Primary Duties:

Assist in the processing and calculation of the practice portion estimates. Prepare month-end reporting workbooks related to practice portion expense, including related journal entries and reconciliations. Prepare monthly accrual entries based on cash distributions made to practices, and payments received to be distributed. Assist with month-end review of financial statements, preparing variance analysis and ensuring accounting activities are well supported and documented

Understand contract terms to ensure the distribution of monthly and/or quarterly payments to practice are in line with the contracts; serve as a liaison between Aledade Finance/Accounting and Aledade practices/markets to communicate payment distribution. Keep detailed records of payment distributions and Communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding the receipt of payment, calculation of practice payments. 

Perform data analysis using advanced excel skills, including but not limited to pivot tables, V-lookup, accounting functions, and other queries. Experience with macros preferred, but not required. Keep detailed records of payment distributions for both internal audiences and practice requests.

Assist Contract manager with the maintenance of the contract repository system

Assist with external Audit requests as needed including preparation for ongoing support

Minimum Qualifications:

A degree in Finance or Accounting and/or CPA

5+ years of work experience, preferably with experience supporting public companies

2+ years of related experience working in the healthcare industry (i.e., health plan, hospital, government, management consulting, think tank) with a proven track record of successfully managing projects and interfacing with internal or external stakeholders

Preferred knowledge, skills, and/or abilities:

Strong technical and analytical skills

Netsuite experience preferred.

Deep understanding and expertise with excel and/or google sheets to enable the calculation and distribution of incentive payments.

A strong work ethic and the ability to adapt to rapid business changes that accompanies a high growth environment.

Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work cross functionality at various levels within a company, as well as with external auditors.

Physical Requirements:

Sitting for prolonged periods of time. Extensive use of computers and keyboard.