Portfolio Budget Manager; WMS​/FS

This is a full-time permanent, hybrid position required to report on site 1 day a week and occasionally at other times to meet business needs.

All HCA employees are required to be Washington state residents upon their first day of employment.

This position is responsible for developing and monitoring key components of the Medicaid budget, mental health budget, administrative budget, agency budget requests, allotment processes, fiscal notes, and financial analyses in a manner that ensures the process undertaken and content of all deliverables meet the HCA and Office of Financial Management (OFM) requirements and guidelines. This position is responsible for identifying and analyzing financial variances and communicating them in an accurate, timely fashion to all parties as appropriate, to include program managers, HCA executive management, and OFM.

• Perform and provide complex analysis and financial modeling for decision packages under consideration by the HCA director, Chief Financial Officer, OFM, and legislature that outline issues with current funding and/ or initiate policy proposals to address anticipated future needs.
• Create financial models and determine the fiscal impacts of legislative, policy, or rule making proposals put forth by the HCA or state or federal legislative bodies related to Medicaid managed care, including alternative scenarios of appropriate.
• Coordinate with fiscal and programmatic staff internal and external to the HCA to ensure
  1) the accuracy of data and information presented in agency biennial and supplemental funding proposals and
  2) that budget policy objectives are met while furthering the strategic goals of the HCA.
• Communicate and coordinate with external and other internal agency staff, OFM and legislative staff, and others as necessary on development of HCA or interagency proposals and analyses.
• Oversee any necessary adjustments, specialty payments, and journal vouchers (JVs) for Medicaid services.
• Provide technical assistance and contribute to the development of Medicaid managed care rates.
• Work in partnership with HCA accounting staff and other units as needed to develop monthly and year-end close accruals for Medicaid services and ensure the accuracy of the fiscal year close activities.

As a Portfolio Budget Manager, you are not just crunching numbers, you are a trusted high-level strategist who directly influences HCA’s state legislative budget, Medicaid premium rates, and major public policy decisions. This position offers the rare opportunity to operate at the center of the action, collaborating with senior leadership, state agencies, and legislative staff to solve complex, high-stakes financial puzzles.

You will thrive here if you enjoy full analytical ownership, love turning massive datasets into clear strategic directions, and want to see the immediate, real-world impact of your expertise on state-wide healthcare funding.

Experience may have been gained through paid or unpaid activities. Please ensure any relevant experience defined below is outlined in your cover letter, resume, and application.

Analytic & Technical

Skills:

• Demonstrated expert level skills in, and knowledge of, large, complex financial systems/information.
• Demonstrated skills in querying complex data through programs such as Power BI – Power Pivot.
• Demonstrated skills in the development of complex financial modeling at the expert level.
• Demonstrate knowledge of state budget processes, fiscal policy, fiscal notes, decision packages, and management principles.
• Demonstrate ability to map program data, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations for resource…