Financial Specialist Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Financial Specialists are among the more sponsorship-friendly roles in finance. Employers routinely file H-1B visa and E-3 visa petitions for these positions, and specialty occupation status is well-established for candidates with a qualifying degree in finance, accounting, or economics. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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The associate is responsible for the duties and services that are of a support nature to the Revenue Cycle division of CHRISTUS Health. The associate ensures that all processes are performed in a timely and efficient manner. The primary purpose of this Job is to ensure account resolution and reconciliation of outstanding balances for CHRISTUS Health patient accounts. The Job works in a cooperative team environment to provide value to internal and external customers. The associate must demonstrate a consistently high degree of proficiency in their primary position within the Patient Financial Services Department of CHRISTUS Health. The associate is responsible for a variety of activities in the department while applying one's expertise and knowledge within the unit. The Job provides opportunities to increase one's scope of responsibility within the PFS Department. Working in partnership with the management team serves as a resource for innovation, staff support, and process improvements.
The associate carries out his/her duties by adhering to the highest standards of ethical and moral conduct, acts in the best interest of CHRISTUS Health, and fully supports CHRISTUS Health's core values of Dignity, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, and Stewardship.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Performs Revenue Cycle functions in a manner that meets or exceeds CHRISTUS Health key performance metrics.
- Ensures PFS departmental quality and productivity standards are met.
- Functions as a subject matter expert in support of other PFS team members and other departments/facilities within the CHRISTUS Health network.
- Demonstrates a good understanding and has the ability to interact with the payer to verify coverage, submit claims, and follow up on appeals, underpayments, short pays or payment disputes for resolution.
- Investigate and resolve complex payment denials inclusive of correcting errors and supplying additional required information to facilitate collection of reimbursement / additional reimbursement.
- Ability to analyze, recognize, and resolve issues utilizing strategic thinking.
- Level of knowledge and the ability to work with a variety of payers.
- Adapt to process and procedure evaluations and improvements, support continuous change, and willingly manage special projects in addition to normal workload and other duties as assigned.
- Responsible for professional and effective written and verbal communication with both internal and external customers.
- Exhibits a strong working knowledge of CPT, HCPCS and ICD-10 coding regulations and guidelines.
- Appropriately documents patient accounting host system or other systems utilized by PFS in accordance with policy and procedures.
- Provides strategic business analysis updates and information to PFS Leaders and System Director regarding operational opportunities that affect reimbursement resulting in payment delays and/or loss of revenue.
- Must have in-depth knowledge and ability to maneuver efficiently through Patient Accounting Systems, Document Imaging, Databases, etc. Strong understanding of systems from an end-user and processing perspective.
- Must have understanding of Medicare and Commercial contract language.
- Must have good technical aptitude working with a variety of MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and/or ability to learn and develop more advance skills with the various applications.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively and efficiently articulate ideas to team members and management in a timely manner.
- Must have good understanding of the various areas of government, non-government programs, billing, customer service and cash applications.
- General hospital A/R accounts knowledge is required.
- Works reports and requests from facility or other revenue cycle areas to identify and communicate trends impacting account resolution.
- Works and completes assigned collection insurance collection work queues on a daily basis which will include technical denials and at-risk claims.
- Reviews accounts to check for qualification for combining according to both government and non-government payer rules and regulations and combines accounts as required to maintain compliance.
- Identify, address, and communicate operational and financial risks.
- Resolve aged and/or problematic accounts.
- Utilize multiple reporting systems.
- Collect balances due from payors ensuring proper reimbursement for all services.
- Identifies and forwards proper account denial information to the designated departmental liaison. Dedicated efforts to ensure a proper denial resolution and timely turnaround.
- Maintain an active knowledge of all governmental agency requirements and updates.
- Works collector queue daily utilizing appropriate collection system and reports.
- Demonstrates knowledge of standard bill forms and filing requirements.
- Identify and resolve underpayments and credit balances with the appropriate follow-up activities within payor timely guidelines.
- Initiates Medicare Redetermination, Reopening and/or Reconsideration as needed.
- Works reports and requests from the facility or other revenue cycle areas.
- Reviews accounts to check for qualification for combining according to both government and non-government payer rules and regulations and combines accounts as required to maintain compliance.
- Works unbilled and failed claim reports to resolve claim checks in the Patient Accounting host system.
- Demonstrates strong knowledge of standard bill forms and filing requirements.
- Exhibits and understanding of electronic claims editing and submission capabilities.
- Identify and communicate trends impacting account resolution.
- Maintains an active working knowledge and ability to perform necessary research of Government and Non-Government Regulations as it pertains to claims submission.
Job Requirements:
Education/Skills
- HS Diploma or equivalent years of experience required.
- Post HS education preferred.
Experience
- 3-5 years of experience preferred.
- Experience calculating expected reimbursement according to payer regulations and/or contracts required.
- Experience with Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid reimbursement.
- Medicare, Medicaid, VA, Tricare billing and collections processes and regulations preferred.
- College education, previous Insurance Company claims experience and/or health care billing trade school education may be considered in lieu of formal hospital experience.
- Prefer hands-on experience with Medicare Remote (FISS) – DDE.
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- None required.
Work Schedule:
8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Work Type:
Full Time
Description
Summary:
The associate is responsible for the duties and services that are of a support nature to the Revenue Cycle division of CHRISTUS Health. The associate ensures that all processes are performed in a timely and efficient manner. The primary purpose of this Job is to ensure account resolution and reconciliation of outstanding balances for CHRISTUS Health patient accounts. The Job works in a cooperative team environment to provide value to internal and external customers. The associate must demonstrate a consistently high degree of proficiency in their primary position within the Patient Financial Services Department of CHRISTUS Health. The associate is responsible for a variety of activities in the department while applying one's expertise and knowledge within the unit. The Job provides opportunities to increase one's scope of responsibility within the PFS Department. Working in partnership with the management team serves as a resource for innovation, staff support, and process improvements.
The associate carries out his/her duties by adhering to the highest standards of ethical and moral conduct, acts in the best interest of CHRISTUS Health, and fully supports CHRISTUS Health's core values of Dignity, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, and Stewardship.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Performs Revenue Cycle functions in a manner that meets or exceeds CHRISTUS Health key performance metrics.
- Ensures PFS departmental quality and productivity standards are met.
- Functions as a subject matter expert in support of other PFS team members and other departments/facilities within the CHRISTUS Health network.
- Demonstrates a good understanding and has the ability to interact with the payer to verify coverage, submit claims, and follow up on appeals, underpayments, short pays or payment disputes for resolution.
- Investigate and resolve complex payment denials inclusive of correcting errors and supplying additional required information to facilitate collection of reimbursement / additional reimbursement.
- Ability to analyze, recognize, and resolve issues utilizing strategic thinking.
- Level of knowledge and the ability to work with a variety of payers.
- Adapt to process and procedure evaluations and improvements, support continuous change, and willingly manage special projects in addition to normal workload and other duties as assigned.
- Responsible for professional and effective written and verbal communication with both internal and external customers.
- Exhibits a strong working knowledge of CPT, HCPCS and ICD-10 coding regulations and guidelines.
- Appropriately documents patient accounting host system or other systems utilized by PFS in accordance with policy and procedures.
- Provides strategic business analysis updates and information to PFS Leaders and System Director regarding operational opportunities that affect reimbursement resulting in payment delays and/or loss of revenue.
- Must have in-depth knowledge and ability to maneuver efficiently through Patient Accounting Systems, Document Imaging, Databases, etc. Strong understanding of systems from an end-user and processing perspective.
- Must have understanding of Medicare and Commercial contract language.
- Must have good technical aptitude working with a variety of MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and/or ability to learn and develop more advance skills with the various applications.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively and efficiently articulate ideas to team members and management in a timely manner.
- Must have good understanding of the various areas of government, non-government programs, billing, customer service and cash applications.
- General hospital A/R accounts knowledge is required.
- Works reports and requests from facility or other revenue cycle areas to identify and communicate trends impacting account resolution.
- Works and completes assigned collection insurance collection work queues on a daily basis which will include technical denials and at-risk claims.
- Reviews accounts to check for qualification for combining according to both government and non-government payer rules and regulations and combines accounts as required to maintain compliance.
- Identify, address, and communicate operational and financial risks.
- Resolve aged and/or problematic accounts.
- Utilize multiple reporting systems.
- Collect balances due from payors ensuring proper reimbursement for all services.
- Identifies and forwards proper account denial information to the designated departmental liaison. Dedicated efforts to ensure a proper denial resolution and timely turnaround.
- Maintain an active knowledge of all governmental agency requirements and updates.
- Works collector queue daily utilizing appropriate collection system and reports.
- Demonstrates knowledge of standard bill forms and filing requirements.
- Identify and resolve underpayments and credit balances with the appropriate follow-up activities within payor timely guidelines.
- Initiates Medicare Redetermination, Reopening and/or Reconsideration as needed.
- Works reports and requests from the facility or other revenue cycle areas.
- Reviews accounts to check for qualification for combining according to both government and non-government payer rules and regulations and combines accounts as required to maintain compliance.
- Works unbilled and failed claim reports to resolve claim checks in the Patient Accounting host system.
- Demonstrates strong knowledge of standard bill forms and filing requirements.
- Exhibits and understanding of electronic claims editing and submission capabilities.
- Identify and communicate trends impacting account resolution.
- Maintains an active working knowledge and ability to perform necessary research of Government and Non-Government Regulations as it pertains to claims submission.
Job Requirements:
Education/Skills
- HS Diploma or equivalent years of experience required.
- Post HS education preferred.
Experience
- 3-5 years of experience preferred.
- Experience calculating expected reimbursement according to payer regulations and/or contracts required.
- Experience with Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid reimbursement.
- Medicare, Medicaid, VA, Tricare billing and collections processes and regulations preferred.
- College education, previous Insurance Company claims experience and/or health care billing trade school education may be considered in lieu of formal hospital experience.
- Prefer hands-on experience with Medicare Remote (FISS) – DDE.
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- None required.
Work Schedule:
8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Work Type:
Full Time
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Financial Specialist
Lead with your degree field, not just your title
USCIS approves Financial Specialist petitions when the degree field directly matches the role. A finance or accounting degree strengthens your case significantly. A general business degree without finance coursework creates unnecessary friction with adjudicators.
Target employers with a history of filing
Banks, asset managers, and financial services firms file the most H-1B petitions for finance roles. Employers who have sponsored before understand the process and are far less likely to withdraw an offer once they see the paperwork involved.
Clarify your visa type early in conversations
Australians should raise the E-3 option before employers assume H-1B lottery risk. The E-3 has no lottery, no annual cap, and a much faster approval timeline, which often changes the employer's calculus on sponsorship entirely.
Address specialty occupation proactively
Financial Specialist roles generally qualify as specialty occupations, but generic job descriptions can weaken a petition. Ask your employer to ensure the job posting requires a specific bachelor's degree field, not just any degree in any subject.
Understand the LCA before your offer letter
Your employer must file a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor before your H-1B or E-3 petition is submitted. This certifies your wage meets prevailing standards. Knowing this step exists helps you set realistic timelines with HR teams.
Browse roles on Migrate Mate before applying broadly
Not every finance employer advertises sponsorship willingness upfront. Migrate Mate filters for employers actively open to visa sponsorship, saving you from applying to roles where sponsorship was never a real option for international candidates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Financial Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Financial Specialist positions typically qualify as specialty occupations because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as finance, accounting, or economics. The key is that the job description must require a degree in a related discipline, not just any bachelor's degree. Roles framed too broadly, where any degree suffices, can face USCIS scrutiny.
Which visa types do employers most commonly sponsor for Financial Specialist roles?
H-1B visa is the most common sponsorship pathway for Financial Specialists, used by large banks, asset managers, consulting firms, and corporate finance teams. Australian citizens have a significant advantage through the E-3 visa, which requires the same qualifications but bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely. Some employers also sponsor TN visas for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying finance roles.
Does my degree field affect my chances of H-1B approval as a Financial Specialist?
Significantly. USCIS looks for a direct relationship between your degree and the job duties. A finance, accounting, economics, or mathematics degree maps cleanly to a Financial Specialist role. A general business administration degree may still qualify, but only if your coursework included substantial finance or accounting content. A degree in an unrelated field makes approval considerably harder.
How competitive is H-1B sponsorship for Financial Specialist roles compared to tech jobs?
Financial services firms sponsor H-1B petitions at high volumes, but competition for available roles is real. The H-1B lottery applies to most applicants regardless of employer or role. However, Financial Specialists with Australian citizenship can bypass the lottery entirely using the E-3 visa, which makes the sponsorship process far more predictable. You can find employers open to both pathways on Migrate Mate.
Can I change employers on a sponsored visa as a Financial Specialist without restarting from scratch?
For H-1B holders, you can change employers through H-1B portability once you have an approved I-140 or an H-1B that has been approved for more than 240 days, allowing you to start work with the new employer once they file a transfer petition. E-3 holders must obtain a new E-3 approval before starting with a new employer, as E-3 status is tied to the sponsoring employer.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Financial Specialist jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.