Audit and Review Analyst 1/2

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

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

If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!

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.

What you will be doing:

Your work in this role:

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.

We seek an individual who identifies with our core values and demonstrates a high level of initiative, models good interpersonal skills, and is able to adapt to a dynamic, changing work environment.

The benefits of joining our team:

Joining this team allows you to

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:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

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.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for

Audit and Review Analyst 1/2

:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates 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.3…

Analysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Oral Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); 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 (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) 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.

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nalysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating da