Waystar

Sr. Accounting Analyst

Waystar  •  Atlanta, GA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

ABOUT THIS POSITION

Waystar is seeking an experienced Senior Accounting Analyst to oversee special handling invoicing activities and provide leadership support for acquisition and integration related initiatives. This role serves as a hands on expert, responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant billing while assisting junior analysts, improving processes, and supporting cross functional integration efforts. The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting knowledge with coaching capability, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Special Handling Invoicing Leadership

  • Lead the special handling invoicing process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with all customer contract requirements.

  • Review and approve complex orhigh riskspecial handling invoices prior to issuance

  • Serve as the escalation point for billing discrepancies, contract interpretation questions, and customer inquiries

  • Perform trend analysis andidentifyroot causes of billing variances, recommending corrective actions

Team Leadership & Development

  • Auditwork prepared byjuniorteam members to ensure adherence to policies, procedures, and quality standards

  • Support documentation of processes and best practices

  • Foster a collaborative, accountable team environment with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and professional growth

Accounting Policy, Systems & Process Improvement

  • Maintain and enhance accounting policies and procedures related to special handling invoicing

  • Identifyopportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate billing processes

  • Lead or support accounting system enhancements, including ERP improvements and billing functionality updates

  • Partner with Accounting Leadership to implement controls that support audit and compliance requirements

Acquisition & Integration Support

  • Act as the primary accounting point of contact for special handling billing during acquisitions and integrations

  • Leadinvoice relatedintegration activities, including data validation, system mapping, and process alignment

  • Support system implementations, upgrades, and testing related to billing and revenue processes

  • Collaborate withcross functionalintegration teams to meet project milestones and ensure a smooth transition

Additional Responsibilities

  • Supportmonth endclose activities, including reconciliations, analysis, and documentation

  • Prepare or review reporting and analysis for management as requested

  • Participate in special projects andadhocinitiatives assigned by the Controller, Director, or senior leadership

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

  • 3–5+ years of progressive accounting or billing experience

  • Prior experience mentoring, reviewing work, or serving in a senior analyst role preferred

Skills & Competencies

  • Strong understanding ofcontractbasedbilling and accounting principles

  • Proven ability to review complex transactions and exercise sound judgment

  • Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and communication skills

  • Strong analytical, organizational, andproblemsolvingabilities

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in adeadlinedrivenenvironment

  • Advancedproficiencyin Microsoft Excel

  • Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite strongly preferred)

  • Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and process ownership

ABOUT WAYSTAR

Through a smart platform and better experience, Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle.

Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative, cloud-based technology, robust data, and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials so providers can focus on what matters most: their patients and communities. Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers. We are deeply committed to living out our organizational values: honesty; kindness; passion; curiosity; fanatical focus; best work, always; making it happen; and joyful, optimistic & fun.

Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012. The Waystar platform supports more than 500,000 providers, 1,000 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 payers and health plans. For more information, visit waystar.comor follow @Waystaron Twitter.

WAYSTAR PERKS

  • Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
  • Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
  • We offer generous paid time off for our non-exempt team members, starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays. We also offer flexible time off for our exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
  • Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
  • Education assistance opportunities and free LinkedIn Learning access
  • Free mental health and family planning programs, including adoption assistance and fertility support
  • 401(K) program with company match
  • Pet insurance
  • Employee resource groups

Waystar is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate, value, and support diversity and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Waystar

About Waystar

Waystar’s enterprise-grade software is purpose-built to simplify healthcare payments. We enable providers to prioritize patient care and optimize their financial performance. Waystar serves approximately 30,000 clients, representing over 1 million distinct providers, including 16 of 20 institutions on the U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll. Waystar’s enterprise-grade platform annually processes over 5 billion healthcare payment transactions, including over $1.2 trillion in annual gross claims and spanning approximately 50% of U.S. patients. Waystar strives to transform healthcare payments so providers can put the human touch where it matters most: their patients and communities.

Put simply, Waystar is the way to make healthcare payments more human with a software platform designed for providers + patients.

Discover the way forward at waystar.com.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Louisville, Kentucky
Year Founded
Unknown
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