Accountant 3 - 00197326

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is one of Georgia's four health agencies serving the state's growing population of over 10 million people. DCH serves as the lead agency for Medicaid, oversees the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) and Healthcare Facility Regulation, impacting one in four Georgians.

Through effective planning, purchasing and oversight, DCH provides access to affordable, quality health care to millions of Georgians, including some of the state's most vulnerable and under-served populations. Six enterprise offices support the work of the agency’s three program divisions. DCH employees are based in Atlanta, Cordele and across the state. 

DCH is committed to providing superior Customer Service and Communication, embracing Teamwork and fostering Accountability to ensure that our internal and external customers and stakeholders feel included, respected, engaged and secure.

The Department of Community Health is seeking a qualified Accountant 3 with the Office of Financial Services within the Division of Financial Management. Under minimal supervision, this role will perform advanced level finance, accounting, and fiscal control functions. In the Benefits Recovery Section of the Office of Financial Services, the Accountant 3 performs and/or oversees documentation and analysis. Accountant 3 will be responsible for preparing Accounting Transaction Receivables from audit findings. Accountant 2 and Accountant 3 will work closely together on these cases. They will work with other Departments such as Hospital Reimbursements, Office of Inspector General, Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Myers and Stauffers and the Georgia Department of Law. The Accountant 3 will be responsible for logging and tracking all cases prepared by keeping spreadsheets updated, in addition to providing customer service and technical program support for an accounting office or related financial function. Also acts as a lead worker.

Performs job responsibilities with minimal supervision

• Carefully reviews documentation, entries and reports for accuracy and completeness

• Reviews and analyzes requests prior to processing for errors

• Accurately identifies and corrects errors processed based on timely recognition of problems

• Accurately explains accounting systems, subsystems, procedures and practices

• Corresponds with providers via email and phone to discuss audit balances

• Communicates and co-ordinates all AR booking for recovery from various departments

• Requests documentation for funds owed due to audits

• Reconciles monthly with various departments for funds received

• Submits spreadsheets to HPE for balances to be transferred for payment

• Carefully reviews reports used to prepare monthly and quarterly reconciliations  

• Upload reports received to be used for financial processing

• Ability to plan and prioritize work

• Ability to identify problems and develop solutions

• Maintains a consistent, high quality, customer – focused orientation when conducting business and providing services to internal and external customers

• Updates Spreadsheet for tracking purposes from AR bookings

• Performs all other duties as assigned

• Ability to review financial reports

• Possess strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Ability to provide support and respond to requests from management and team members

• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient in Excel – knowledge of working with queries, importing and exporting data and performing VLOOKUP

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field AND Two years of experience performing accounting and/or fiscal control functions Or Four years of experience performing accounting and/or fiscal control functions OR One year of experience at the lower level with the Ability to accurately process requests and recognize errors on requests prior to being processed. Knowledge of the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and knowledge of Medicaid Policies.

EARN MORE THAN A SALARY! In addition to a competitive salary, the Georgia Department of Community Health offers a generous benefits package, which includes employee retirement plan; paid holidays annually; vacation and sick leave; health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, health and child care spending account.
 
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification. 
 
THIS POSITION IS SUBJECT TO CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SATISFACTORY APPLICANT POOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT WORK EXPERIENCE LISTED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. CURRENT GEORGIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO STATE PERSONNEL BOARD (SPB) RULE PROVISIONS. THE POSITION MAY BE FILLED AT A LOWER OR HIGHER POSITION LEVEL.
 
This position is unclassified and employment is at-will. Candidates for this position are subject to
a background history and reference check. For more information about this job contact: http://dch.ga.gov