Audit and Review Analyst 1/2 (PCN 060259)

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of Rate Review (ORR) in the State of Alaska seeks an Audit and Review Analyst at level 1 or 2 in Anchorage. This role focuses on ensuring fiscally responsible access to Medicaid, reviewing financial data, and establishing reimbursement rates for providers.

Ideal candidates will have CPA or equivalent accounting education and strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills, with a collaborative, transparent, and innovative mindset. Hybrid work arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Principles of Accounting: knowledge of GAAP and full accounting cycle.
• Financial Systems: knowledge of automated financial systems and internal controls.
• Analysis and Assessment: uses IT to access, collect, analyze, and disseminate data.
• Oral Communication: clear and convincing presentations; responsive to audience.
• Written Communication: concise, organized writing for intended audience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure fiscally responsible access to health care to Medicaid beneficiaries.
• Analyze and review financial data and billing reports to determine Medicaid rates for providers.
• Interact with health care organizations to inform rate setting.
• Establish Alaska Medicaid reimbursement rates guided by statutes and regulations.
• Participate in committee and stakeholder sessions to design rate-setting methodologies.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Analytical Thinking

Self-Management

Education

CPA certification

Post-secondary education in accounting/public administration/business administration

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Audit and Review Analyst 1/2 (PCN 060259) in Anchorage, AK

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level, depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience.

Job Description

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

What you will be doing:

• Aims to ensure fiscally responsible access to health care to Medicaid beneficiaries


• Analyze and review financial data and billing reports to determine appropriate Medicaid rates for specific provider types, using national models and modeled methodologies


• Interact with health care organizations


• Establish Alaska Medicaid reimbursement rates, using accounting and critical thinking skills guided by state and federal statutes and regulations


• Participate in committee and stakeholder engagement sessions to help design and/or revise rate-setting methodologies of health care services.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The Office of Rate Review (ORR), within the Commissioner’s Office of the Alaska State Health Department, is a 17-person team that helps Alaskans access quality health care by setting fair Medicaid rates, supporting health programs across Alaska, and encouraging smart & fair development of health care services & facilities.

Beyond technical abilities, ORR values: Integrity; Professionalism; Transparency; Collaboration; and Innovation.

The benefits of joining our team:

• be part of a supportive, professional team


• enjoy both independent and collaborative work


• and positively impact health care delivery in Alaska

The position offers opportunities to work on projects that

• foster continuous professional development


• build skills within the Medicaid Program


• flex your clear communication and technical writing skills

Team members currently enjoy a hybrid work schedule, the option of Alternate Work Week (AWW) agreements, and a generous benefit package.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is in the Frontier Building in midtown Anchorage, a secure office space with free covered parking. While we offer a professional office environment with daily collaboration among dedicated colleagues, we also offer a hybrid work schedule (minimum of one day in the office - ORR Team is in the office on Wednesdays) along with the option of Alternate Work Week (AWW) agreements.

Who we are looking for:

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attention to detail.


• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.


• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions. This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Audit and Review Analyst 1: Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.


• Financial Systems: Knowledge of the standards, architecture, and specifications of automated financial systems, including source documents, system flows, system interfaces, and related internal controls.


• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.


• Oral Communication: Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.


• Written Communication: Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Certification as a Certified Public Accountant; And/or Post-secondary education in accounting, public administration, business administration or a closely related field that includes or is supplemented by 16 semester hours/24 quarter hours in accounting and 3 semester hours/4 quarter hours in auditing; And/or Prior accounting, budgeting, and/or financial management experience that includes such work as analysis, preparation, or evaluation of financial records and reports; cash management; financial auditing; financial planning; tax planning and preparation; or accounting systems administration.

Special Note: “Training” and “education” are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration and short-duration programs.

Audit and Review Analyst 2: Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.


• Auditing: Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.


• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.


• Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with State and federal laws, regulations, and guidance.


• Audit Reporting: Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques used to report audit findings (criteria, condition, cause, effect, and recommendation).

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Certification as a Certified Public Accountant; And/or Post-secondary education in accounting, public administration, business administration or a closely related field that includes or is supplemented by 16 semester hours/24 quarter hours in accounting and 3 semester hours/4 quarter hours in auditing; And/or Professional experience performing independent audits of organizations to assure fiscal compliance with contractual or grant terms or performing less complex management analyses and/or operational audits.

Special Note: “Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession’s principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

Additional Required Information

• Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.


• One (1) letter of recommendation OR one (1) copy of most recent performance, if available.


• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualifications competencies.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS: For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions.

FLEXIBLY STAFFED: This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. The full range of salaries is listed above. The starting salary will be determined by the position level. If filled at a lower level, promotion to the higher level will occur only upon successful completion of the probationary period and required training, provided the applicant meets the minimum qualifications of the higher job class and receives final approval from the supervisor.

EDUCATION: To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE: When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting. The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES: This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

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Contact Information

For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at: Christine Goetz / Audit and Review Analyst 3

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