Accounting Manager, SCAL Claims Administration (Downey, CA) Job in Downey, California Us
Kaiser Permanente
Accounting Manager
Downey, CA
Kaiser Permanente is looking for an Accounting Manager in Downey. This budgeted position will support the Southern California Claims Administration.
Essential Functions
- Works on issues of diverse scope.
- Receives assignments as objectives and determines how to use resources to meet these goals and schedules.
- Requires significant planning and direction setting to coordinate with other divisions or resources.
- Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect the immediate function.
- Monitors projects to ensure completion on schedule and within budget.
- Significant impact on functional objectives and goals.
- Responsibilities impact the integrated achievement of functional and company objectives, that strongly contribute to short-term success or failure.
- Erroneous decisions/recommendations or failure to achieve results cause inefficiencies, increased costs, and may impact the short-term goals of the function.
- Generally involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of somewhat obscure or inconclusive data.
- Requires a high level of judgment to make appropriate decisions for diverse and undefined issues.
- Requires significantly complex decision-making.
- Works on issues of diverse scope where significant analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of complex factors including an understanding of current and projected functional trends.
- Interprets operational policies in selecting methods and techniques to determine the best solutions.
- Problem-solving continually involves new concepts and creativity where precedents are limited.
- Requires the exchange of complex information.
- Must gain cooperation, acceptance or approval, in resolving problems, and/or negotiating with other parties to arrive at an agreement.
- Often must lead a cooperative effort among members of a project team.
- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
- Managerial direction is available, but work is normally reviewed at time of completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
- Review and analysis of events by senior management is critical to the completion and attainment of goals.
- Provides managerial responsibility for one or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.
- Accomplishes results through subordinates who exercise significant latitude and independence in their assignments.
- Develops and administers schedules and performance requirements.
- May have budget responsibilities.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of accounting experience
- 2+ years of management experience
- 4-year degree or 4 additional years of equivalent experience
- Excellent spreadsheet (Excel), word processing (Word), and database (Access) skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and accounting procedures
- Knowledge and ability to translate raw data into input formats that will ultimately generate accurate financial and management reports
- Aptitude for numbers, strong attention to detail, and well organized
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with:
- Healthcare and/or claims
- Cash management
- Accounts Receivable
- Managing a staff of 4-10 people