Finance Officer - Rafic Hariri University Hospital Beirut

Who we are?

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. The ICRC has a permanent mandate under International Law to take impartial action for prisoners, the wounded and sick, and civilians affected by conflict.

The ICRC's main delegation in Lebanon is based in Beirut, and has three sub-delegations in Tripoli, Tyr and Zahle.

Job purpose:

Reviewing, auditing and process medical bills payment promptly and effectively according to operations set standards and ICRC financial rules and guidelines.

Main Responsibilities:

Receives the hospitals bills from Rafic Hariri University Hospital (RHUH) accounting department;

Verifies the hospital bills of the patients sponsored by ICRC to ensure that the bills are in accordance with:
         - ICRC criteria, procedures and treatment plan green lighted by the ICRC RHUH health team;
          - Ministry of Public Health flat rate/hospital accreditation level;
          - CPT book, Laws and regulations.

Discusses and adjusts with RHUH accounting department the charges that are not in line with the MoU or medical coverage approved by ICRC RHUH project team;

Ensures that the bills after being checked and approved are delivered to BEY delegation Administration and follow up until their payment to RHUH;

Follows the payment procedures according to Beirut delegation administration guidelines and ensures that the delegation financial rules are respected and reinforced;

Contributes to the development of the financial procedures in relation to financial monitoring, auditing and reporting for ICRC RHUH project;

Maintains a filing system for the submitted bills and cover pages of ICRC RHUH project;

Issuing voucher for ER bills on daily basis;

Collecting ER coverage sheet form;

Live monitoring of patients' bills using RHUH information system.

Requirements and Experience:

Bachelor degree in Finance/Accounting

Finance/accounting and/or hospital billing training;

Background in health profession is an asset;

3 - 5 years' work experience in auditing/reviewing patients' bills or third-party administrator (TPA);

Very good knowledge of spoken and written English;

Very good skills in Microsoft packages (Word and Excel);

Good communication skills;

Good analytical skills.

Your profile:

Strong motivation to humanitarian work, service-oriented mindset and sense of accountability;

Critical thinking, problem analysis/solving skills;

Excellent organizational/planning/monitoring skills, sense of priority;

Robust leadership, partnering and interpersonal skills, capacity to engage at all levels;

Discreet and able to maintain confidentiality;

Strong communication skills and capacity to positively influence change;

Ability to listen to the needs of users and ask questions to understand their concerns;

Sense of initiative and capacity to work autonomously.

We offer:

Dynamic and challenging work environment in the humanitarian and international environment;

A competitive salary with benefits;

1 year contract renewable.

Starting date (preferred) September 1st, 2019.

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