Accounting Specialist

Join Liberty Dental Plan as an Accounting Specialist and put your accounting skills to work supporting accurate and efficient financial operations.

Liberty Dental Plan is seeking a detail-oriented Accounting Specialist to support healthcare cost reporting, cash disbursements, reconciliations, and other essential accounting activities across multiple entities.

Working closely with the Finance Manager and Payables team, you’ll play an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting provider payment processes, meeting compliance requirements, and improving accounting workflows.

Pay Range: $25.00-$30.00 per hour

Position Type:
Hourly, Non-Exempt

• Prepare ASO balance sheet reconciliations, including Claims Payable balance sheet schedules.
• Process stale-dated claim checks and research discrepancies as needed.
• Reconcile eligible stale-dated payments for unclaimed property reporting.
• Process Finance Payables Uniflow queues and respond to related inquiries.
• Manage provider refund check applications, refund requests, reconciliations, and related provider payments.
• Reconcile provider refund deposits.
• Process provider payment method setup and EFT prenote workflows, including banking file imports and follow-up.
• Review CNB check exceptions and validate checks for banking decisions.
• Assist with audit selections and preparation of supporting documentation.
• Provide backup support for capitation and commission payments and reporting.
• Support HSP adjustments and SAGE-to-HSP reconciliations.
• Process vendor levy notices, including withholding, expiration, and payment reconciliation.
• Process weekly ASO client registers for funding requests in accordance with compliance guidelines.
• Complete monthly ASO client compliance reporting based on assignments and client onboarding requirements.
• Assist with annual 1099 reporting and Tax .
• Provide backup support to the Trade Payables team for healthcare cost-related payments.
• Contribute to workflow improvements, system testing, and process documentation.
• Update existing procedures and help develop new procedures as needed.
• Support timely Claims Payable payment activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft applications.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative team.
• Ability to meet short deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Adaptability in an environment with changing priorities and multiple deliverables.
• 10-key proficiency by touch and a minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute.
• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions and effectively solve problems involving multiple variables.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
• At least 2 years of Accounts Payable experience or education in a related field.
• At least one year of experience processing dental or healthcare claims.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Previous experience working with HSP and SAGE.

• Takes pride in producing accurate, timely, and complete work.
• Enjoys digging into details and resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Stays organized while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Adapts quickly as processes and business needs evolve.
• Brings a collaborative, service-oriented approach to working with others.
• Looks for opportunities to strengthen processes and improve efficiency.

This position is generally performed in an office environment using standard office equipment. The role is primarily sedentary and involves extended periods of sitting, typing, and close-range visual work.

Our employees are distributed in office locations in multiple markets across the United States. We are unable to hire or allow employees to work outside of the United States.

• Competitive pay structure and savings options to help you reach your financial goals.
• Excellent 401(k) retirement benefits, including employer match, Roth IRA options, immediate vesting during the Safe Harbor period, and access to professional financial advice through Financial Engines.
• Affordable medical insurance, with low-cost premiums for employee-only coverage. Liberty subsidizes the cost for eligible dependents enrolled in the plan.
• 100% employer-paid dental coverage for employees and eligible…