Location: Baghdad
Job Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
2025-07-04
About vacancy
mselect is looking for an Accountant for a healthcare client in Baghdad, Iraq. Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience within accounting or finance. Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.
Job Summary
Responsible for all patient fee’s payments cycle, and the legal advisors for the due balances not paid by patients.
Key Responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Experience:
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
Job Summary
Responsible for all patient fee’s payments cycle, and the legal advisors for the due balances not paid by patients.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing costs estimates for patients based on their treatment needs
- Supervising the correct implementation of the charging process
- Preparing the final patients bills based on the services charged
- Handling the patients’ fees payments cycle with accuracy and on timely basis
- Following up on the patients’ due balance with Patient Access and the Finance Director
- Submitting the cases of the due balances to the legal advisors and following up on its status on timely basis
- Maintain an accurate register of the legal cases related to the patients’ due balances
- Resolving valid or authorized deductions by entering adjusting entries
- Contributing in the monthly closing cycle, and year end closing cycle
- Providing the needed requirements in the audit process
- Managing multiple reporting requirements and ensure deadlines are met
- Contributing to the improve of the charging and billing process, including digitalization
- Assisting with special projects as requested
- Monitors and checks work to meet quality standards
- Demonstrate a high level of care and thoroughness
- Check work to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Set high standards and well-defined
- Realistic goals for one’s self
- Display a high level of effort and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner
- Work with minimal supervisor
- Motivated to achieve
REQUIREMENTS
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Experience:
- 3 years professional experience in accounting, finance or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Computer experience is required.
- Hospital experience is a plus
- Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices and methods of accounting
- Analytical and financial modelling skills
- Knowledge of data processing applications and software as related to accounting
- Knowledge of office administrative and supervisory techniques
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing in English and Arabic
- Ability to operate personal computer
- Ability to review, modify, improve and design accounting systems
- Ability to review, analyze and interpret fiscal records and to prepare accurate and complete financial statements
- Ability to maintain accurate technical operating records and to prepare clear and concise oral and written reports
- Official working hours at the Employer are up to 48 hours per week distributed on up to six days to be determined by the Employer
- The Employer may change these working days and hours, as it deems appropriate in accordance with the applicable Labour Law
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
