Apd Budget And Financial Analyst; Accountant Ii

Position: APD BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ANALYST (ACCOUNTANT II)
GRADE

STD
0016

LOCATION OF POSITION

MDH - Health Care Finance and Medicaid, Office of Advance Planning
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Main Purpose of Job

This position serves as the Advanced Planning Department's Budget and Financial Analyst within the Office of Advance Planning and is responsible for independently applying general accounting principles and practices and State and federal financial requirements to the development, analysis, verification, monitoring, reconciliation, and reporting of financial activities associated with Maryland's Advanced Planning Document (APD) portfolio and federally funded Medicaid enterprise initiatives.

The position develops and reconciles APD budgets and supporting financial records; monitors expenditures, funding utilization, award balances, procurement related expenditures, implementation spending, reimbursables, pass through funding, and budget variances; and prepares State budget documentation, including State Fiscal Year (SFY) Budget Notes and Project Activity Description (PAD) finance documents for the APD Program Cost Accounts (PCAs). This position applies general accounting principles and practices, including objectivity, consistency, full disclosure, and accuracy, to verify financial information, evaluate supporting documentation, identify discrepancies, and ensure fiscal integrity and compliance with approved APDs and State and federal requirements.

The APD Budget and Financial Analyst serves as an accounting and financial resource to the Director, Medicaid administrations, the Office of Finance, the Office of Enterprise Technology (OET), the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE), the Department of Human Services (DHS), procurement offices, contractors, vendors, consultants, and other APD business owners. The position interprets and implements accounting and financial requirements, advises stakeholders on the fiscal impact of budget and funding decisions, and develops or recommends financial procedures, verification standards, and internal controls supporting APD financial governance.

Program activities supported through the Office represent more than $1 billion annually in federal financial participation and operational investments associated with Medicaid enterprise systems, systems integration efforts, modernization initiatives, and federally funded healthcare programs. This position reports to the Director of the Office of Advance Planning.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education:
  
  A Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing.
• Experience:
  
  Two years of experience examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting systems, records and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles.
• 1. Candidates may substitute a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with thirty credit hours in Accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing, for the required education.
• 2. Applicants who have met the requirements for admission to the CPA examination prior to July 1, 1974 will be considered to have met the educational requirement referenced above.
• 3. Possession of a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a master's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• 4. Applicants may substitute one year of professional auditing experience for one year of the required experience.
• 5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in the Accounting Officer classification or Financial Management specialty codes in the Accounting field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional accounting experience applying general accounting principles and practices, including account reconciliation, review and analysis of financial transactions, expenditure verification, financial reporting, maintenance of supporting financial documentation, and identification and resolution of accounting discrepancies.
• Experience managing or coordinating complex financial activities across multiple programs, projects, funding sources, or organizational units.
• Experience with Medicaid or other federally funded programs, federal claiming and reimbursement, Federal Financial Participation (FFP), cost allocation, PACAP, CMS financial requirements, Medicaid…