To process accounts receivable related transactions in a variety of currencies for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Volunteer Association, Frayme and Atlas in a timely and accurate manner.
Duties:
Invoice Verification and Processing
- Process invoices for all companies and divisions
- Create and update customer accounts
- Interpret and calculate monthly, quarterly and annual contracts and invoice accordingly
- Review and analyze the General Ledger to determine customer billing for expenses incurred by the ROHCG on their behalf
- Calculate both out of country and interprovincial billings as per negotiated per diem
- Extract and compile meditech data and verify, against source documents to calculate semi private / private room accommodation billing
- Process non-contractual invoices
Generate invoices using a computerized accounting system
- Invoice in Ross, and Point Click Care environments
- Prepare and allocate credit notes in both Ross and Point Click Care environments
- Correlate required invoice back-up information and enter into the appropriate system
- Ensure that invoice submissions conform to government/agency requirements
- Complete and attach accompanying claim forms or back up
- Mail or electronically mail out invoices to customers ensuring compliances to privacy rules and regulations.
Process and submit OHIP billing in the Accuro Software
- Obtain and print Excel spreadsheet from Sleep Lab, XRAY, ECG, EKG, EEG for all division
- Review data to ensure pertinent billing information is present and accurate
- Enter daily claims and check OHIP validation prior to submission to the Ministry
- Run Error report and forward to the appropriate diagnostic department for corrections
- Download remittance advice and reconcile payments
- Resubmit once corrections have been made
- Laisse with Accuro and MOHLTC regarding claims or software inquiries
- Reconciliation of government remittances
- Verify and balance accompanying payment remittance advice to Invoices & submissions
- Follow up with Admitting, secretaries, gov’t agencies on any rejected claims
- Ensure rejections or short payments are valid.
- Process necessary adjustment ie: credit note, re-bill, resubmission
Enter cash receipts into a computerized accounting system
- Allocate cash receipts against outstanding invoices when appropriate
- Ensure that Cashier’s cash receipts are balanced
- Ensure that invoiced and non-invoiced cash receipts are entered into the correct cost centre and account
- Photocopy and scan all cheques and categorize according to company and bank account. Maintain cheque filing system in Excel
- Forward cheques to the Cashier for bank deposit
- Obtain and retain customer’s banking information for EFT cash receipts
- Process and issue receipts for credit cards payments
- Maintain Excel spreadsheet for bank deposits for cheques, EFT, POS, and cash for all companies
- Record and maintain monthly A/R batch logs
Collections
- Generate age report and identify delinquent accounts.
- Generate and mail out statements of accounts and document efforts made at collecting outstanding balances
- Correspond with customer and obtain payment arrangements
- Review, assess and document cost recovery action taken on delinquent accounts on an individual bases
- Make recommendations for setting up allowance for doubtful accounts
- Process approved account write offs
- Complete LTC Arrears Questionnaire to recuperate PG&T outstanding balances.
Account Reconciliation
- Review general ledger to ensure that all clearing account balances have been invoiced or posted correctly.
- Reconcile unearned revenue on a monthly basis
- Prepare necessary adjustments or journal entries
Month End Transactions
- Prepare, enter and upload monthly accruals and journal entries necessary for all companies
- Prepare and enter and upload monthly journal entries for internal graphics and lab billing
- Obtain bank statements and ensure all EFT and PAD are posted
- Run Trial billing on patient accounts and ensure that statements are accurate for ROP
- Reconcile Customer accounts as required or upon request
File various documents handles in Accounts Receivable
- Collating and filing of relevant Accounts Receivable documents
- Create and maintain label template for filing system
- Set up and organize manual and electronic filing system
- Catalogue, box and verify retention/destroy dates for off-site storage
Other Duties
- Bi-weekly entry of time cards into computerized payroll system
- Attend meetings as requested by manager and other departments
- Work with manager and other specific departments and provide recommendations to streamline procedures.
- Recommend proposals to enhance efficiencies and generate revenues when possible
- Conduct testing of new software and system upgrades
- Attend mandatory workshops
- Follow up with client, staff, internal and external inquiries in a timely manner
- Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of the ROHCG.
- Provide updates reflecting changes in Accounts Receivable information on OREO
- Ensure a work environment that is conducive with The Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment & Discrimination Free Workplace Policy.
- Other duties as requested by supervisor
Qualifications:
- Good organizational skills
- OSSD(or equivalent) completed plus 2 year college diploma with an accounting major
- 2 years accounting experience in a computerized general accounting environment
- Good Office administration and organizational skills
- Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Typing speed 35 net words per minute minimum
- Flexible with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work independently without close supervision
- English level A- is mandatory in oral expression, oral comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression. Bilingual is an asset.
- OSSD(or equivalent) completed plus 2 year college diploma with an accounting major
- Attend meetings as requested by manager and other departments
- Create and maintain label template for filing system
- Prepare and enter and upload monthly journal entries for internal graphics and lab billing
- Reconcile unearned revenue on a monthly basis
- Generate and mail out statements of accounts and document efforts made at collecting outstanding balances
- Ensure that Cashier’s cash receipts are balanced
- Review data to ensure pertinent billing information is present and accurate
- Prepare and allocate credit notes in both Ross and Point Click Care environments
- Create and update customer accounts