COST ACCOUNTING ANALYST (HYBRID) - Excela Health : Job Details

As a member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team, the Cost Accounting Analyst provides a broad understanding of the Cost Accounting process for the five hospitals of Independence Health System to provide data to the Executive Team for decision-making process. The incumbent acts as an advisor to stakeholders such as finance and operational leadership with profitability analytics. The Cost Accounting Analyst will have a thorough understanding of the cost of care and strive to improve the cost accounting process and provide accurate data to facilitate meaningful improvement.

Schedule

This position is Monday through Friday, daylight hours, working hybrid (a mix of working from home and on-site, in either Greensburg or Butler, depending on the applicant's location).

Essential Job Functions

* Maintains the Cost Accounting system and performs costing for all hospitals in the system on a regular basis.

* Responsible for assigning and assessing cost accounting principles to individual patient encounters to estimate the cost of providing services using efficient methodologies and tools.

* Demonstrate functional understanding of revenue cycle to accurately assess and estimate payments.

* Provide reporting to leadership on profitability of services lines, programs, capital investments, and other items using cost accounting and decision support techniques.

* Develop financial projections for new or expanded service lines or programs.

* Educate all levels of leaders on the data reported to them.

* Develop innovative ways to demonstrate costs, margins, and profitability.

* Actively participate in meetings, bringing ideas and volunteering to take on tasks

* Behave as an agent for transformation, seeking continuous improvement techniques to improve organizational reporting.

* Training/Education

* Educate operational leadership on financial concepts

* Conduct one-on-one trainings regarding concepts, tools, and reports

* Data Stewardship

* Scrutinize source of data and data received. Remain cognizant of the objective of gathering data as efficiently and effectively as possible.

* Advocate for data-driven decisions.

* Customer Service

* Maintain a service-oriented attitude

* Innovate reporting to efficiently meet customer need.

* Clearly communicate timeline and expectations to consumers.

* Demonstrate a collaborative and inclusive working environment.

* Other duties as assigned.

Competency and Experience [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities]

Required Qualifications/Experience

* Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.

* Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.

* Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

* Strong Excel skills, including advance functions (pivot tables, lookups, if statements).

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

* Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration preferred.

* One to three years' experience in Accounting or Finance.

* CPA preferred.

* Experience in a Healthcare setting.

License, Certification & Clearances

* Act 34-PA Criminal Record Check from the PA State Police system

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

* Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).

* Travel may be expected locally between System locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Disclaimer

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Moreover, duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Work Environment

Effective March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.

Essential - Absolute Necessity.

Marginal - Minimal Necessity.

Constantly - 5.5 to 8 hours or more or 200 reps/shift.

Frequently - 2.5 to 5.5 hours or more or 32-200 reps/shift.

Occasionally - 0.25 to 2.5 hours or 2-32 reps/shift.

Rarely - Less than 0.25 hours or less than 2 reps/shift.

Physical Condition

Essential

Marginal

Constantly

Frequently

Occasionally

Rarely

Never

Extreme Heat

x

Extreme Cold

x

Heights

x

Confined Spaces

x

Extreme Noise(>85dB)

x

x

Mechanical Hazards

x

Use of Vibrating Tools

x

Operates Vehicle

x

Operates Heavy Equipment

x

Use of Lifting/Transfer Devices

x

Rotates All Shifts

x

x

8 Hours Shifts

x

10-12 Hours Shifts

x

x

On-Call

x

Overtime(+8/hrs/shift; 40/hrs/wk)

x

x

Travel Between Sites

x

Direct Patient Care

x

x

Respirator Protective Equipment

x

Eye Protection

x

Head Protection (hard hat)

x

Hearing Protection

x

Hand Protection

x

Feet, Toe Protection

x

Body Protection

x

Latex Exposure

x

Solvent Exposure

x

Paint (direct use) Exposure

x

Dust (sanding) Exposure

x

Ethylene Oxide Exposure

x

x

Cytotoxic (Chemo) Exposure

x

Blood/Body Fluid Exposure

x

Chemicals (direct use) Exposure

x

Mist Exposure

x

Wax Stripper (direct use)

x

Non-Ionizing Radiation Exposure

x

Ionizing Radiation Exposure

x

Laser Exposure

x

Physical Demands

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.

Essential - Absolute Necessity.

Marginal - Minimal Necessity.

Constantly - 5.5 to 8 hours or more or 200 reps/shift.

Frequently - 2.5 to 5.5 hours or more or 32-200 reps/shift.

Occasionally - 0.25 to 2.5 hours or 2-32 reps/shift.

Rarely - Less than 0.25 hours or less than 2 reps/shift.

Physical Condition

Essential

Marginal

Constantly

Frequently

Occasionally

Rarely

Never

Bending (Stooping)

x

x

Sitting

x

Walking

x

x

Climbing Stairs

x

Climbing Ladders

x

Standing

x

x

Kneeling

x

x

Squatting (Crouching)

x

Twisting/Turning

x

x

Keyboard/Computer Operation

x

x

Gross Grasp

x

x

Fine Finger Manipulation

x

Hand/Arm Coordination

x

x

Pushing/Pulling(lbs. of force)

x

x

Carry

x

x

Transfer/Push/Pull Patients

x

Seeing Near w/Acuity

x

x

Feeling (Sensation)

x

x

Color Vision

x

x

Hearing Clearly

x

x

Pulling/Pushing Objects Overhead

x

Reaching Above Shoulder Level

x

Reaching Forward

x

x

Lifting Floor to Knuckle

10-20

x

Lifting Seat Pan to Knuckle

5-10

x

x

Lifting Knuckle to Shoulder

###

x

Lifting Shoulder to Overhead

###

x

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.