Accountant, Health Business

Accountant, Health Business

Job Type Full Time Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate Experience 6 - 8 years Location Nairobi Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit

Job Summary

• The role holder will be responsible for consolidation of the health business financial reports and providing management reports and analysis regularly as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance of health business books of accounts in liaison with the Manager, Health Business.
• Maintain the general ledger for Health Business.
• Generate and review monthly trial balance.
• Production of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist in the coordination of internal audit.
• Responsible for accounts reconciliation.
• Responsible for medical service provider reconciliations.
• Create, maintain and grow relationships with medical service providers to ensure smooth flow of billing from the service provider.
• Monitor claims trends and highlight anomalies, fraud etc.
• Ensure compliance to tax laws regarding medical transactions is adhered to.
• Confirm reinsurance bordereaux with Liberty Health on a monthly basis.
• Implement financial controls as required and monitor risks to financial controls.
• Analyse business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments and obligations to project revenues and expenses to inform decision making.
• Participate in the preparation and analysis of annual budget to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Develop and constantly review systems for cost sensitivity analysis and early warning of cost overruns.
• Perform cash flow forecasting, budgeting, analyse medical claims trends, variance and cost analysis on hospital treatment costs to inform decision making by the management.
• Embrace governance requirements with respect to KYC/AML/Data protection requirements per governing Acts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Related Discipline.
• Fully qualified accountant with Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/ Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)/ Chartered Accountant (CA).

Experience

• 6 – 8 years’ experience in finance.

• Understanding of health insurance operations.

• Competencies

• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations.

• Following instructions and procedures.

• Coping with pressures and setbacks.

• Relating and networking.

• Analyzing.

• Working with people.

• Applying expertise and technology.

• Learning and researching.

• Presenting and communicating information.

• Adhering to principles and values.

• Achieving personal work goals and objectives.

• Customer, market and competitor understanding.

• Knowledge of insurance regulatory requirements.

• Effective negotiation skills.

• Report writing skills.

• Effective business management skills.

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• Application Closing Date: 18th November 2026