Accountant 2

Luzerne County•Wilkes-Barre, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The position is primarily responsible to work within the Fiscal Department and is supervised by the Fiscal Officer 3. This position is responsible for overseeing the Program’s Single Audit regulations as well as Federal, State, and Local regulations. This position also performs provider monitoring and various reconciliations. The work involves applying prescribed professional accounting principles and techniques to the treatment of transactions and other accounting operations. The work is performed within established policies and procedures.

Requirements

Considerable knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and procedures.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of auditing and cost accounting.
Some knowledge of the principles and practices of office management.
Ability to assemble, analyze, and prepare reports and statements of difficult financial data.
Ability to analyze and interpret accounting and cost accounting records.
Ability to apply accounting principles to the solution of a variety of accounting or fiscal problems.
Ability to train and supervise a professional and non-professional accounting staff.
Ability to develop and install modifications in established accounting systems, procedures, records, and controls.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Proficiency in the use of a personal computer and Microsoft Office, with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
One year as an Accountant I; OR Two years of professional accounting experience, and graduation from a four year college or university, including or supplemented by 15 credits in accounting; OR Four years of bookkeeping experience and 18 college credits in accounting may be substituted for college graduation.
Be a resident of Pennsylvania.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of the O.D.P. HCSIS and Promise Payment Systems.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Program's Single Audit Coordinator, responsible for analyzing and developing responses to exceptions identified in the Independent Audit of the Counties MH/DS Program.
Work with the Fiscal Officer 3 to develop a Corrective Action Plan for audit findings.
Determine contracted providers' audit requirements based on Single Audit Supplement 2 CFR 200, Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book), and Department of Human Services (OHS) audit guidelines.
Request provider audit submissions annually to ensure compliance.
Review and analyze all audit submissions, including reconciling audited expenditures to MH/DS Payments.
Participate with Bureau of Financial Operations auditors and O.D.P. Regional Office staff in reviewing contracted providers for compliance with fiscal regulations.
Report pertinent issues arising from activities to the Fiscal Officer 3.
Oversee all provider-monitoring activities for the Luzerne-Wyoming Counties MH/DS program (funding over $22 Million).
Provide budget oversight for MH/DS program provider services contracts, including maintaining a contract spreadsheet tracking all amounts billed.
Prepare monthly invoices to draw down funds from the Wyoming County Human Services Block Grant allocation and reconcile Wyoming County Expenditures.
Reconcile all accounts related to special grant programs and prepare quarterly draw down files.
Maintain the current listing for tracking the program's fixed assets and minor equipment inventory, including an annual physical inventory.
Review contracted provider year-end Income & Expenditure Reports and complete related cost reconciliation spreadsheets.
Obtain a working knowledge of the O.D.P. HCSIS and Promise Payment Systems for generating and analyzing financial reports.
Act as a liaison between MHDS and Mental Health providers to authorize consumer units of service and perform adjustments in the Mental Health billing software system.
Maintain the Mental Health provider rate file.
Review and report Mental Health client count data to OHS and work with the Information Technology department to collect this data.
Reconcile the internal general ledger to the County general ledger (New World Systems) on a quarterly basis, communicating with County Budget & Finance staff for adjustments.
Perform various reconciliations, including postage and bank reconciliations.
Prepare journal entries as needed.
Perform other related duties as required.