Ana Reotutar
Skokie,IL
Summary
Finance and accounting professional specializing in higher education finance management and healthcare compliance. Led high-volume financial operations and successfully implemented a risk management platform, ensuring data integrity and accuracy in financial reporting.
Overview
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounting Manager
Realty & Mortgage Co.
Chicago, Illinois
08.2025 - 05.2026
- Stepped in to lead monthly accounting operations, quickly mastering internal systems to audit balances and ensure strict general ledger compliance.
- Managed high-volume financial data entry and system reconciliation within Entrata software, auditing property expense reports to ensure 100% accounting accuracy.
- Cross-referenced operational expense data against approved budgets to identify variances and standardize fiscal reporting procedures for executive review.
- Spearheaded the successful project management and implementation of the NetVendor risk management platform within the first 60 days of tenure, collaborating with technical teams to drive process improvement initiatives.
SOFO Manager Financial Coordinator
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
06.2022 - 08.2025
- Managed high-volume funding pipelines and institutional account deadlines, ensuring compliance and accuracy in financial operations.
- Acted as the main point of contact between internal finance teams and external service providers.
- Facilitated daily discussions with university departments, student groups, and external vendors to clarify and navigate complex funding policies.
- Directed and mentored 13 student staff, fostering adoption of best operational practices to enhance team effectiveness.
Patient Financial Counselor
Skokie Hospital
Skokie, IL
01.2019 - 06.2022
- Managed multi-tiered healthcare accounts for nearly ten years, verifying insurance contracts and evaluating financial files to ensure accurate billing and patient support.
- Acted as primary contact for patients and provider networks, resolving sensitive billing discrepancies.
- Oversaw high-volume client account files during peak enrollment cycles, ensuring compliance with health regulations and timely resolution of patient inquiries.
- Navigated difficult conversations with clients, guiding them through payment and insurance processes to enhance their understanding and satisfaction.
Insurance Verifier
Skokie Hospital
Skokie, Illinois
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Processed high-volume intercompany insurance verifications within Epic, collaborating with physicians and insurers to streamline referral and preauthorization processes, enhancing cross-entity approvals.
- Utilized Epic revenue cycle tools to process intercompany authorizations, managing multi-entity patient data for complex hospital admissions and ensuring accurate inpatient status changes.
- Verified accuracy of patient insurance information within Epic, aligning multi-entity data profiles to prevent downstream intercompany transaction and billing errors, safeguarding revenue integrity.
- Monitored and enforced patient confidentiality protocols and HIPAA regulations in daily operations.
Education
Certified Application Counselor -
Skokie Hospital
11-2019
Certification - Foundation in Human Resources
DePaul University
Chicago, IL01-2018
Bachelor Of Arts - Accounting
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, ILSkills
- Microsoft 365 and Excel
- Power BI
- Project management
- Month-end close
- Data integrity
- Stakeholder liaison
- Regulatory compliance
- System reconciliation
- Expense auditing
- NUFinancial
- Epic Systems
- Entrata and NetVendor
Certification
Certified Application Counselor, Skokie Hospital, 11/19
Timeline
Accounting Manager
Realty & Mortgage Co.
08.2025 - 05.2026
SOFO Manager Financial Coordinator
Northwestern University
06.2022 - 08.2025
Patient Financial Counselor
Skokie Hospital
01.2019 - 06.2022
Insurance Verifier
Skokie Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2019
Certified Application Counselor -
Skokie Hospital
Certification - Foundation in Human Resources
DePaul University
Bachelor Of Arts - Accounting
Northeastern Illinois University