Duncaster, a premier Life Plan Community located in Bloomfield, CT is currently seeking a part-time Accounting Assistant working 20 hours per week to join our Finance team. The Accounting Assistant reports to the Controller. This position's primary responsibility is to capture all charges and generate accurate monthly private pay bills as well as processing all vendor invoices from receipt and approval through payment. This role will interact with both residents and vendors to resolve any discrepancies and respond to questions.

• Scan invoices into the electronic invoice/payment system in a timely fashion with a high degree of accuracy for any vendors whose information is not imported or directly emailed for import into the system.
• Generate and process any necessary manual AP checks on a weekly basis as required based on vendor terms and management requests.
• Efficiently maintain clear and concise AP invoice filing and payment systems.
• Work closely with all vendors and act as a liaison to resolve any issues.
• Coordinate receipt of all private pay billing charges.
• Distribute all resident bills monthly, by the 5th-7th business day after month end.
• Maintain ancillary billing files/documentation for all charges posted to the resident accounts.
• Facilitate response to residents who have questions on their bills and follow-up on all adjustments deemed necessary on a timely basis.
• Enter demographic changes for residents into clinical/financial software system as a backup for the medical biller.

• Minimum of 2 -3 years private pay billing and/or accounts payable processing experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, intermediate computer skills and ability/willingness to learn new tasks.
• Must have excellent customer service and organizational skills