Senior Accountant

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Financial Accounting & Reporting

• Prepare accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Maintain the general ledger and oversee timely month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Reconcile bank accounts, revenue accounts, and balance sheet items.
• Provide management accounts and operational financial insights to hospital leadership.

Revenue Cycle & Billing Management

• Oversee patient billing, insurance claims, and corporate client invoicing.
• Ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition from consultations, diagnostics, procedures, and pharmacy services.
• Monitor revenue discrepancies and coordinate their resolution.

Receivables & Payables Management

• Monitor insurance, corporate, and patient receivables.
• Oversee accounts payable for suppliers, service providers, and vendors.

Payroll Management

• Process hospital payroll accurately and on schedule.
• Ensure timely remittance of statutory deductions including PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, and other mandated contributions.
• Prepare payroll-related statutory returns and maintain compliance records.

Internal Controls & Budgeting

• Maintain strong financial controls over patient billing, cash collections, and pharmacy inventory.
• Support the preparation of departmental budgets and provide variance analysis of expenditures.
• Supervise, train, and guide the finance, billing, and payroll staff.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA (K), ACCA, or an equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Minimum 5–7 years’ accounting experience, with at least 3 years in a healthcare or hospital environment.
• Proven experience in revenue cycle management, insurance claims, and hospital billing systems.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks) and financial software.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS/GAAP standards and healthcare-specific tax regulations.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.