Accountant V - QAF

TX-HHSC-DSHS-DFPS • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Performs highly complex (senior-level) accounting work. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. This is the first of the senior levels. Employees at this level may:

Support billing, collections, and reconciliation for the Quality Assurance Fee (QAF) program area.
Prepare periodic analyses of fund balances and expenditures; and prepare technical reports on estimates, cost data, and budget items.
Audit financial documents and ensure compliance with statutes.
Review agency accounting records, such as expenditure, fund, appropriation, expense and revenue collection records; and ensure that agency assets are accounted for properly.
Maintain adequate records of expenditures, funds, appropriations, and expenses as well as revenue collected and deposited.
Maintain systems and controls necessary to provide accurate accounts of expenditures and budget balances for agency programs.
Monitor ongoing accounting operations and review and audit completed financial records for accuracy and compliance with legal and departmental standards.
Analyze and recommend improvements, adaptations, or revisions to the accounting system and accompanying procedures.
Coordinate data compilation for annual financial reports, which may include working with the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts’ Financial Reporting Section to compile the State of Texas Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
Develop methods for the control of cash receipts, deposits, and disbursements; the purchase of services, supplies, and equipment; and the documentation of claims for payment.
Develop, coordinate, or produce complex reports for monitoring and reporting agency financial information.

Requirements

• Knowledge of agency organizational structure for fiscal programs; governmental accounting; budget control methods, policies, and procedures; and laws and regulations pertaining to financial operations.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and procedures affecting the maintenance of accounting records and automated accounting systems.
• Skill in use of a networked computer and software including Microsoft Excel, Teams, Word, Access, PeopleSoft, CAPPS FIN, USAS and/or other financial software.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively both verbally and in writing with clients, providers, agency staff and others.
• Ability to plan and manage accounting and project workflows.
• Ability to prioritize assignments and meet work deadlines.
• Ability to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to update and maintain department policies and procedures, work instructions, or work guides and coordinate accounting operations and to provide guidance to others.
• Ability to interpret and apply accounting theory; to interpret laws and regulations; to work accurately with numerical detail; to analyze, consolidate, and interpret accounting data; and to communicate effectively.
• Experience in accounting and financial operations.
• Experience with automated accounting systems.
• Experience in the use of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook).
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, or a related field is generally preferred, however, each year of experience may substitute for one year of college on a year for year basis up to four years.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in customer service, accounting, finance, auditing, or budgeting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in conducting intensive research and reconciliation preferred.
• Accounting experience in State Government or Non-Profit organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Quality Assurance Fee (QAF) bed fee billing by calculating and sending out bills to facilities.
• Track payments and reporting by providers to assure compliance with all Texas Administrative Code and Federal rules and regulations.
• Responsible for entering daily AR deposits into the Financial Data Warehouse (FDW) to the satisfy invoices.
• Responsible for entering QAF max bed fee rates for facilities that have not completed fee entries by the assigned deadline.
• Reconcile QAF accounts for delinquency, assess late fees, send out delinquency notices, and place holds on TINS.
• Run QAF reports to perform the annual QAF reconciliation.
• Analyze QAF payments deposited by AR and submit fund moves and refund request forms to the appropriate AR teams.
• Act as an Accounts Receivables (AR) representative in meetings and for system testing.
• Serves as one of the primary contacts for QAF billing.
• Open mail, prepare correspondence and other paperwork.
• Answer questions via phone calls, emails, and MS teams.
• Maintain, revise, and publish agency policies and procedures for the QAF area of AR.
• Identify, develop, and implement improvement within this area of AR.
• Train and maintain knowledge transfer to assigned AR QAF backup staff.
• Work on special projects assigned by management including ad hoc requests.
• Support AR management as needed and assigned.

Benefits

• Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior