Accountant II

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

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The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION:
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION:
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

This Emergency Department position is primarily responsible for tracking, projecting, and analyzing clinical and academic finances as it pertains to independently calculating cFTE for all clinical providers. The duties of this position also include functions surrounding creating and tracking physician/ APP clinical shift allocation, on call pay, extra service pay 'shift buyout' constructing departmental compensation plans and other database tracking, and survey completion ( AACEM, ACEP, SAEM, etc). This is a key position in the department which interfaces with various University, UNC Healthcare, and stakeholders as well as over 150 department faculty and staff. This position will work on various department financial projects and duties such as creation and renewal of annual external clinical contracts and budgeting.

This position is also responsible for independently tracking and coordinating provider Electronic Certification (eCERT). As such the position is responsible for determining if all faculty and staff are being paid appropriately from grants and contracts and will notify the finance team in a timely manner of changes that need to be made to personnel and salary sources to align with approved grant budgets. This position will create and manage the compensation plan for faculty in accordance with policies and procedures in the School of Medicine. The accountant is solely responsible for independently calculating clinical FTE ( cFTE) for each provider and using that data to determine the required emergency department clinical shifts for ED providers. Tracking research and adjusting clinical hours accordingly will be performed on an ongoing basis depending on teaching/grant/contract funding. Utilizing each provider's cFTE, this position is ultimately responsible for production of all clinical templates for both the Main and Hillsborough Emergency Departments and works in coordination with the Vice Chair of Clinical Services to ensure the Emergency Department physician coverage meets patient needs.

Mid-career with Master's and 1-2 years experience; or Bachelor's and 2-4 years experience.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication, organization, and analytical skills; be able to work independently and in groups, and under deadlines and show initiative. The candidate must be confident and comfortable working with database (Excel) and mathematical formulae.

Experience in budgeting or healthcare billing is highly preferred.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.