Overview

​Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking a skilled Accounting Assistant to join our team of professionals. As Nashville’s leading behavioral health hospital, we provide a full continuum of behavioral health treatment services for adults and seniors. Our goal is to deliver compassionate, personalized care to those who turn to us in their time of need.

BENEFITS:

Ascension St Thomas Behavioral Health provides a comprehensive package of benefits for our accounting. Current benefits include:

• Competitive hourly rate 
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Competitive PTO plans
• Employee Discount Program
• Employee Disaster Assistance Program
• Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan
• Excellent training program
• Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry. Join a team with defined career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities

Responsibilities

​ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• ​Perform accounting activities such as routine calculations, payroll calculations and record keeping. 
• ​Process invoices and print checks for vendors and/or employees as approved by Corporate. 
• ​Assist in the preparation of facility month and year end reporting, statistical reports, budgets and financial reports. 
• ​Ensure posting of all current month invoices to accounts payable to month end closing for accounts payable.
• ​Oversee petty cash fund if applicable. 

• ​Collect and process information to prepare bi-weekly payroll and may reconcile payroll with source documents if applicable. 
• ​Check the accuracy of figures, calculations and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by others. 
• ​Work with insurance companies to verify status of outstanding claims, authorizations, dispute denials and have claims reprocessed on an as needed basis. 

​OTHER FUNCTIONS:  

• ​Perform other functions and tasks as assigned. 

Qualifications

​EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: 

• ​High school diploma or equivalent required. Associates’ degree in accounting preferred.
• ​Two or more years’ experience in accounts payable, accounting or finance with knowledge of general office procedures and electronic billing preferred.

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​LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:  

• ​Not Applicable.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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