Chogoria hospital was started by the Scottish missionaries back in 1922 with the help of Mr and Mrs. Irvine being in charge. Chogoria hospital is on a side-road which branches off Embu – Meru highway about 2km from the highway. Chogoria hospital was built in a serene environment around 200km north of Nairobi city. It is situated within the fast growing Chogoria township in Mwimbi division, Maara district in Tharaka – Nithi county.
The Hospital is soliciting for qualified applicants for the position of Credit Control Accountant.
Position requirements:
- O Level certificate
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting and Economics.
- At least CPA (K), ACC or relevant Qualification.
- Minimum of three years experience in Accounts and in particular Credit/Debtors management.
- Current Police Clearance Certificate
Purpose of the job
The purpose of the position is to manage the credit and debtors function in the Hospital.
Key responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Ensures proper maintenance of debtors ledger in the HMIS.
- Prepares monthly aged debtors balances and collects current and old debtors balances.
- Reviews debtors balances and preparing exceptional reports and amounts to write off.
- Develops and reviews credit control policies covering all hospital debt management.
- Preparation of monthly staff debtors reports.
- Ensures board members bills are invoiced and sent by 5th of the following month.
- Ensures that clients statements (companies, schools, insurance, church organizations)are finalized and sent by the fifth of the following month.
- Prepares overall debtors reports on overdue accounts and provisions to be made in the financial statements.
- Ensure that all corporate debtors have valid contracts.
- Ensures that approval of all debts is supported by security (tittle deed). Acceptance of tittle deed requires that 75% of the bill be paid before acceptance of the security.
- Checks patients invoices/statements to ensure accuracy of the same.
- Follows up on patients outstanding hospital bills to clear as per agreement.
- Handles patients social bills related issues.
- Ensures that all patients have adequate deposit. Theatre cases are paid in advance.
- Prepares weekly discharge reports and submits them to management for further action.
- Ensures patients have adequate deposits and committal letters are obtained from corporate clients and billed accordingly and per management.
- Ensures that patients transfers are done only when bill is cleared.
- Spearheads negotiations with insurance companies, banks and other corporates for provision of medical services and signing of medical services.
- Prepares of Debtors schedule sand liaising with external auditors on debtors balances and management.
- Supervises, mentors and coaches credit control staff.
- Performs any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
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