Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Manager Finance, the Senior Accountant Benefit & Claims shall be an expert in finance, paying close attention to expenditure of the Authority with bias towards Claims to Accredited Health Care Providers (AHCPs) ensuring that payments are appropriately generated, duly authorised, and accurately recorded and well detailed for comprehension.

Key Responsibilities
The key functions of the role will include but not limited to;
• Promptly processes Claims and Claim Advance Payments due to AHCPs.
• Reconciliation of Claims payment runs every time payments are made to accredited health care providers.
• Reconciles health care service providers statements.
• Develops, maintains, and analyses trends of payments to Accredited Health Care Providers to aid management decision making.
• Analyse trends, claims costs, financial commitments, and obligations, and to project future payments to Accredited Health Care providers.
• Monitors and evaluates scheme benefits and claims in line with budgetary provisions.
• Prepares, compiles and submits technical accounting reports in line with contractual agreements with accredited health care providers and key stakeholders.
• Assists in preparation of Year End Statutory Financial Statements for the Authority.

Staff & Learning Environment
• Ensure staff under your charge are appropriately inducted, motivated and trained.
• Implement a performance management system for staff in the Unit under your charge
• Perform other tasks as may be directed by the Director Finance & Investments and/or Manager Finance

Systems, Processes and Risk Management
• Assists in closure of Internal & external audits of the Authority,
• Assist in coordination with other departments during internal and external audits,
• Establishes internal controls to enhance accountability and prudent utilization of resources,
• Initiates claims payments in a timely manner due to accredited health care providers, and
• Adheres to regulatory and organization wide policies and procedures to enhance the general control environment of the Authority.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience
• Holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent Professional qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ZICA
• Grade Twelve (12) School certificate or its equivalent with 5 credits or better which should include Mathematics and English Language,
• Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in insurance or financial institution, and
• Certification in computer literacy.

Competencies required for this Role
• Must be an effective communicator and should have high knowledge of finance,
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills,
• Must have good interpersonal skills and organisational skills,
• Must be a critical thinker,
• Must be skillful in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel and proficient in Accounting applications (SAGE 300, Navision etc),
• Must show practical understanding of a good control environment,
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and
• Must have excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• To apply for this job please visit careers.nhima.co.zm.

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