Accounting Specialist (73915)

**Join Our Team at Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster (OAL)** At Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster (OAL), we’re more than just a medical practice—we’re a trusted part of the community. For generations, families across Central Pennsylvania have turned to us for expert orthopedic care delivered with compassion, innovation, and integrity. With five convenient locations—Lancaster, Willow Street, Manheim (at the Spooky Nook Sports Complex), Lebanon, and Ephrata—OAL offers a dynamic and patient-centered work environment. We’re proud to be consistently recognized for our cutting-edge technology, advanced procedures, and warm, professional staff. Our team includes not only leading orthopedic physicians and surgeons, but also dedicated professionals across clinical and administrative roles who make exceptional care possible every day. OAL is privately owned by our surgeons and supported by a team of 400+ employees who share a commitment to excellence. At our Lancaster and Lebanon campuses, we operate our own outpatient orthopedic surgery center—NPSC—where we perform a wide range of surgeries, including total joint replacements, using the most advanced techniques available. When you join OAL, you're joining a respected organization where your work makes a difference. Whether you’re clinical, clerical, or somewhere in between, we offer a culture of collaboration, opportunity, and purpose—all in service of helping people live stronger, healthier lives. **Summary/Objective:** The Accounting Specialist is responsible for accurate and timely accounts payable processing, cash receipt reconciliation, account analysis, vendor reconciliation, and support of month-end close activities. This position investigates transaction discrepancies in accordance with established procedures, maintains complete supporting documentation, follows established internal controls, and collaborates with operational and accounting stakeholders to ensure transactions are properly authorized, recorded, and resolved. Unusual or material issues are escalated to management for review and direction. **Essential Functions:** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Review, code, and enter vendor invoices accurately and within established processing timelines. - Perform two-way or three-way matching of invoices, purchase orders, and receiving documentation, as applicable. - Investigate and resolve routine pricing, quantity, receiving, approval, coding, and duplicate-invoice discrepancies in accordance with established procedures; escalate exceptions and material discrepancies to management. - Verify appropriate authorization, account classification, subsidiary, department, location, and accounting period before posting transactions. - Prepare proposed payment batches based on invoice due dates, available cash, payment terms, available discounts, disputed balances, and established payment schedules; submit batches for appropriate management review and approval. - Reconcile vendor statements monthly and resolve missing invoices, unapplied credits, duplicate charges, and aged reconciling items. - Verify requests to change vendor banking, remittance, or contact information using established fraud-prevention procedures and an approved secondary verification method; refer unresolved or suspicious requests to management. - Reconcile daily cash receipts to bank activity, NetSuite, and the applicable patient accounting system. - Reconcile intercompany balances and investigate differences before month-end close. - Support month-end close by preparing assigned account reconciliations, accrual documentation, AP aging reports, and supporting schedules for management review. - Review AP aging, accrued receipts, unmatched receipts, open purchase orders, and vendor credits; resolve routine items under established procedures and escalate aged, unusual, or material items to management. - Independently verify requests…