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Arizona Staffing lists this Accounting Supervisor 1 opportunity in phoenix, Arizona. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Accounting Supervisor 1
The Division of Business and Finance (DBF) is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as an Accounting Supervisor 1. Responsible for financial operations by analyzing and reviewing the available funding for processing of manual invoices, payments, and both Inter and Intra agency transfer. Develop and implement new processes and procedures to enhance workflow and productivity in order to ensure that all payments and reconciliations are processed within scheduled time frames.
Oversee, monitor, and train accounting staff to ensure that all health plans and provider's payments and reports are finalized in a timely manner. Analyze and review the available funding for processing of manual invoices, payments, and both Inter and Intra agency transfers. Manage and oversee sister agencies' reconciliations of their sub funds for revenues and expenditures. Develop and implement new processes and procedures to enhance workflow and productivity in order to ensure that all payments and reconciliations are processed within scheduled timeframes.
This is primarily an in-office position. Employees may be eligible to work from home up to two business days per week, with the remaining days expected to be worked on-site. The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State's Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.
Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Analyze, review, and reconcile system payments as well as supplemental programmatic payments to health plans and health care providers from PMMIS (Prepaid Medical Management Information System) to AZ360, the State accounting system to ensure system integrity and timely disbursement of payments and recording of expenditures. Collaborate with Dept. of Administration General Accounting Office (GAO) regarding any processes that have not successfully run or that reject such as JVFT process or items on the AD Exception report.
Run Cognos and journal accounting downloads to summarize expenditure/revenue data elements reconciliations and management requests. Enhance existing reports that can assist division to analyze and assist with monthly financial reviews.
Provide supervision, training, and monitor the accuracy and quality of all work products including direct supervision of accounting staff.
Collaborate with Dept. of Administration General Accounting Office and Provider Registration to fix vendor conversion/modification errors for system integrity, timely payments, and 1099s.
Analyze and manipulate large volume of data to reconcile the JVFT process when they are not run successfully, as well as moving aged invoices from one budget year to another.
Research and respond to health plan and FFS provider Service Now ticket inquiries, and requests. Enter new or update health plans in AZ360.
Monitor and Run Call Center reports to identify problem areas for training and evaluations, as well as to track misdirected calls that belong to other divisions.
Monitor the management of sister agency sub fund for DES/DD reconciliation of revenue and expenditures.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of:
Principles, concepts, practices, methods and techniques of government accounting and fiscal management (GAAP, GAAS), AHCCCS rules and regulations
Rules and regulations and processing of all administrative claims as outlines under the State of Arizona Accounting Manual
Complex knowledge of the Federal funding process related to programmatic expenditures including knowledge of the applicable Code of Federal Regulations (CFR's) and the Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA)
Mainframe, PMMIS, AZ360, Info Advantage, Cognos, and Data Warehouse in order to research provider's payments and remittances as well as large volume of data downloads
Comprehensive knowledge of reconciliation processes
Microsoft Office applications including, Excel, Word and Access database and Google Suite
Skill in:
Analysis and interpretation of financial data and accounting systems
Oral and written communication
Interpersonal relationships as applied to individuals associated with this agency, other State agencies and healthcare providers
Organizational skills
Supervisory techniques related to organization and management of staff workers and supervisory personnel
Ability to:
Resolve problems and questions from management, peers, and subordinate staff regarding work processes, policies, and organization or methods of financial data compilation and reporting
Write reports summarizing financial data compilation, interpretation, and analysis
Write procedures for work assignments
Work effectively and efficiently in a high paced continuously changing environment with frequent interruptions
Analyze and research problems independently, determines the nature of the problem and provides resolutions
Perform multiple tasks and meet established timelines as well as coordinate various assignments and establish priorities
Provide quality customer service
Qualifications: Minimum:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or a closely related field and one year experience at the Accountant 4 level or equivalent.
Preferred:
Master's Degree in Business Administration or Accounting.
Pre-Employment Requirements:
Successfully pass fingerprint background check, prior employment verifications and reference checks; employment is contingent upon completion of the above-mentioned process and the agency's ability to reasonably accommodate any restrictions.
Travel may be required for State business. Employees who drive on state business must complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R .)
Worksite address
phoenix, AZ, 85003, US
Who can apply
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