About Tava Health

If you could spend your time doing something truly meaningful, chances are you’d choose work that could change people's lives for the better. At Tava Health, that's exactly what we do every day. Tava Health is a Series B startup, focused on scaling access to behavioral healthcare. We make meaningful connections between providers and clients accessible and easy by partnering with organizations to bring high-quality mental health care to their employees, members, and communities.

About the Role

We’re looking for a detail-focused and proactive Part-Time Accounting Intern to support our insurance AR and accounts payable operations. In this role, you’ll lead daily insurance payment reconciliations, collaborate with the revenue cycle management (RCM) team to resolve payer and client billing questions, and manage vendor relationships within our AP process. You’ll play a key role in strengthening our accounting workflows and helping scale our financial operations as we grow.

This is a great opportunity for someone analytical and process-minded who’s excited to grow their accounting skill set while contributing to a mission that truly matters. The duration of this internship doesn’t have a strict end date and could turn into something more permanent if it’s a great match on both sides.

Responsibilities

🤝 Insurance AR Support

• Reconcile daily insurance payments across bank records and ERA/EOB documentation

• Log payer and client check payments accurately and consistently

• Partner with the RCM team to investigate and resolve billing questions from payers and clients

• Process virtual card payments through our system

🧾 Accounts Payable

• Categorize credit card transactions to the appropriate general ledger accounts

• Manage the Bill Pay system and assist with timely vendor payments

• Support vendor onboarding and relationship management

📊 General Accounting & Reporting

• Contribute to the month-end close process on occasion

• Assist with gathering documentation for audit requests

🔄 Internal Collaboration

• Collaborate with Product, Clinical, and Support teams to provide timely support for finance-related requests from providers and clients

• Serve as the first point of contact for internal finance-related questions

Requirements

💼 Experience & Skills

• Currently pursuing a degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or 1–2 years of experience in accounts payable, insurance billing, bookkeeping, or similar roles

• Strong understanding of Excel

• Comfortable working with large datasets and navigating across multiple systems to identify and connect financial information

• Brings a puzzle-solver mindset to repetitive or detail-heavy tasks, with curiosity and creativity to spot patterns and find solutions

• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy

• Familiarity with healthcare, benefits, or accounting tech is a plus

🗣️ Communication & Collaboration

• Communicates clearly and professionally

• Manages tasks independently and knows how to prioritize

• Thrives in collaborative environments

💡 Mindset

• Finds joy in well-organized spreadsheets and continuous process improvement

• Curious, growth-oriented, and energized by learning new systems

• Excited to work in a mission-driven startup

Why You’ll Love Working at Tava

• Flexible hours after initial training period

• Weekly DoorDash lunch every Friday

• Mission-driven culture where your contributions help expand access to mental healthcare

• High-growth startup environment that encourages learning, ownership, and meaningful impact

• Role is part-time with an expected commitment of 16–20 hours per week

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*For tax purposes, priority will be given to candidates living in states where we already have employees. These states are Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Utah.

Tava is unable to sponsor employment visas (such as the H-1B). Candidates must have authorization to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship now or in the future.

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Tava Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.