Health Care Accountant - Accounting Officer Senior

About the role

The Department of Human Services impacts the lives of 1.7 million people every year, helping them meet their basic needs so they can achieve their highest potential. Working together to improve the state we love.

Responsibilities

• Provide fiscal policy expertise to the department in Behavioral Health Fund (BHF) concerning claiming and reimbursement policies.
• Conduct and execute analysis of new/proposed legislation and other complex issues regarding the operational and fiscal components of current and new claiming opportunities.
• Complete reports that contribute to CMS 64 Federal quarterly reports to claim Medicaid Expenditures quarterly.
• Manage disbursements related to county medical support payments and work with providers for reissue of Unclaimed Property.
• Afford assistance to supervisor with data mining out of the MMIS and SWIFT data warehouses employing SQL, Access databases, and BI query running ad-hoc reports to analyze discrepancies identified by internal and external auditing.
• Serve as the county contact for the county confirmation report by providing communication and support when there are changes to the report, any balancing issues for the report, and general questions regarding the reports.
• Afford assistance with special projects as assigned by supervisor and /or FOD manager involving reconciling accounts, detecting system errors, testing changes or review of other health care related data.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of accounting experience.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) sufficient to manage the accounting functions.
• Knowledge of financial systems, databases, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Interpreting and analyzing fiscal data, reports, and records.
• Resolving fiscal discrepancies and developing and implementing fiscal procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with the various health care programs administered by Department of Human Services.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex fiscal reports and records for adherence and conformance to federal laws, state statutes, and department policies.
• Statewide Integrated Financial Tools (SWIFT) experience or similar Oracle-based Peoplesoft experience.
• SQL, Power BI, or other data mining experience.
• Variety of experiences working effectively with others from different backgrounds and cultures.