Compliance Auditor - Resident Trust

Revenue Cycle Compliance Auditor - Resident Trust

Are you a Revenue Cycle Compliance Auditor Professional seeking an exciting new career opportunity? Look no further! Tutera Senior Living & Health Care is seeking a dedicated Revenue Cycle Compliance Auditor to join our team! If you are dedicated and compassionate, WE WANT YOU!

What Will You Do in This Role?

The Revenue Cycle Compliance Auditor – Resident Trust is responsible for performing ongoing audits of Resident Trust accounts and related processes across the organization to ensure resident funds are accurately accounted for, properly safeguarded, adequately documented, and managed in accordance with company policy and applicable regulatory requirements.

The primary focus of this position is Resident Trust auditing within Point Click Care  (PCC) and RFMS, including review of resident-level transactions, withdrawals, deposits, reconciliations, supporting documentation, cash controls, and facility compliance with established Resident Trust procedures.

This position will serve as a key internal control within Revenue Cycle by identifying documentation deficiencies, financial discrepancies, control weaknesses, and potential compliance concerns; communicating findings to leadership; and monitoring corrective action through resolution.

In addition to Resident Trust responsibilities, the position will serve as a backup resource for other Revenue Cycle audit and compliance activities, including PCC revenue audits, cost report support, Medicaid and insurance audit requests, revenue validation, and other financial or regulatory reviews as assigned.

Do You Have What It Takes?

• Perform routine and targeted Resident Trust audits in PCC and RFMS across skilled nursing and other applicable communities.
• Review Resident Trust bank activity, resident ledgers, deposits, withdrawals, checks, cash transactions, shopping activity, receipts, supporting documentation, and reconciliations.
• Trace Resident Trust transactions from authorization through disbursement and final documentation to verify that resident funds were appropriately used and accounted for.
• Audit withdrawal documentation for required resident or representative authorization, signatures, witness requirements, receipts, acknowledgments, and other supporting documentation.
• Review Resident Trust checks for proper authorization, required signatures, supporting documentation, unusual payees, checks written to cash, and other potential exceptions.
• Review deposits to ensure funds received on behalf of residents are timely and accurately recorded to the appropriate resident account.
• Audit bank reconciliations, resident-level balances, cash-box reconciliations, and other controls intended to safeguard resident funds.
• Monitor discharged and deceased resident accounts for timely resolution and refund of remaining Resident Trust balances.
• Review high resident balances and other activity that may create Medicaid/resource-limit or compliance concerns.
• Perform analytical reviews to identify unusual or higher-risk activity, including high-dollar or round-dollar transactions, repeated payees, employee-related reimbursements, rapid withdrawals following deposits, missing or voided checks, and other transaction patterns requiring additional review.
• Maintain clear audit work papers and supporting documentation sufficient to substantiate testing performed, findings identified, and conclusions reached.
• Document audit exceptions and communicate findings to appropriate facility, regional, and corporate leadership.
• Request additional documentation or expanded testing when initial audit findings cannot be adequately supported.
• Escalate significant discrepancies, suspected misuse of resident funds, repeated control failures, or other…