Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Kaiser Permanente)Sr Accountant Specialist & Accounting Manager
Sep. 2019 - May. 2023United Stateso Lead the Membership Accounting (MA) Shared Service functions for Cash, Individual & Family On-Exchange line of business, Healthworks, KP Washington, Expenses and month end close reporting.
o Identified as the main MA shared service point of contact for regional partners outside of the CA regions.
o Oversee operational readiness for ORMB deployment for functional areas. Review of JPT, UAT, Mock Month End, Pre and Post Go-Live validation test cases and processes.
o Requested from internal leadership to lead multiple SOX remediations for self-reported deficiencies in the monthly general ledger reconciliation for Cash Clearing accounts between PO, NCAL & SCAL as well as the daily subledger to bank reconciliations. Led the redesign of the control processes to effectively reconcile the cash accounts with no unidentified variances since the ORMB deployment. Project managed training, DLP, control redesign and senior leadership report outs.
o Lead the Quarterly Review Program, Footnotes, and schedules for membership dues in the MOC that is submitted to POFR.
o Led the design and implementation of SOX control 01.14.03 for review of contracts with unique terms.
o Business Process Manager lead for Audit, Uniform Accounting Policy, and Internal Controls governance in the department.
o Project Manager on multi-year project to consolidate MA functions into the shared service team for the regions.
o Project Manager on developing an enhanced month-end close reporting package for the Common Membership markets.
o Nominated and successfully completed the KP Finance Leadership Institute development program.