Requisition No: 822021 

Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration

Working Title: 68048410 - SENIOR MANAGMENT ANALYST II - SES

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 68048410 

Salary: $1,973.86 - $2,900.00 biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/11/2024 

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Agency Overview:

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is Florida's chief health policy and planning entity. The Agency is responsible for administering the Florida Medicaid program, the licensure and regulation of nearly 50,000 health care facilities, and empowering consumers through health care transparency initiatives.

Under the direction of the Agency Secretary, AHCA is focused on advancing Governor DeSantis’ vision for Florida’s health care system to be the most cost-effective, transparent, and high-quality health care system in the nation. Current Agency initiatives include implementing Florida’s groundbreaking Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program, overhauling Florida’s healthcare technological ecosystem, and increasing insight in the cost of health care services.

The Medicaid program provides low-income families and individuals with access to health care. If you have a desire to use your talent and skills at an organization that provides critical services to millions of individuals and families across the state, AHCA invites you to apply to become an essential member of our team. As one of Florida’s leading state agencies, AHCA’s diverse workforce community of more than 1,400 employees is proud of its efforts to serve the people of Florida.

Agency Objectives:

HIGH QUALITY

Emphasizing quality in all that we do to improve health outcomes, always putting the individual first.

TRANSPARENT

Supporting initiatives that promote transparency and empower consumers in making well informed healthcare decisions.

COST-EFFECTIVE

Leveraging Florida’s buying power in delivering high quality care at the lowest cost to taxpayers.

Position Overview:

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the quality of health care in Florida. We are seeking to hire Senior Management Analyst II - SES who desires to work to enhance the delivery of health care services through the Florida Medicaid Program. This position requires a candidate who is creative, flexible, innovative, and who will thrive in a fast-paced, team-based work environment.

This position is located in the Bureau of Medicaid Program Finance (MPF). MPF manages and projects Florida’s $34.5 billion Medicaid Services budget, oversees financial reporting of the Agency’s contracted Medicaid health plans, calculates both institutional and non-institutional Medicaid reimbursement rates, and disburses supplemental payments to Medicaid providers.

This position is responsible for developing, directing, coordinating, and evaluating the activities of the program analysis office related to selecting and implementing the most efficient and effective means of collecting, analyzing, and processing relevant Medicaid data; developing forecasting models to project caseloads and program expenditures determining the fiscal impact of changes or proposed changes in laws, rules, regulations, or policy; producing required state and federal statistical reports; and coordinating ad-hoc and special reporting requests with Medicaid’s fiscal agent.

The incumbent maintains detailed knowledge of the Medicaid program including Florida State Plan for Medicaid, Florida statutes, Florida Administrative Code, Medicaid federal regulations, provider manuals, the Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS), and the operations of the Medicaid fiscal agent. The incumbent also maintains knowledge of Medicare and other health care programs related to indigent health care and must be knowledgeable in fiscal planning methodologies and techniques, automated at processing, statistical analysis software, and information retrieval and management reporting capabilities.

This position is not a remote or telework position; it will have to report to a Field Office or the Headquarters in Tallahassee.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• State Group Insurance Coverage Options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;

• Flexible Spending Accounts;

• State of Florida retirement options, including employer contributions;

• Generous annual and sick leave benefits;

• 9 paid holidays a year and 1 Personal Holiday each year;

• Career advancement opportunities;

• Tuition waiver for courses offered by Florida’s nationally ranked State University System;

• Training and professional development opportunities;

• And more!

For more information about the Bureau of Medicaid Program Finance, please visit our website at http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/index.shtml.

Join us at the Agency for Health Care Administration in fulfilling our mission to provide “Better Health Care for all Floridians.”

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Ability to:

(1) Supervise.

(2) Write computer programs/algorithms.

(3) Analyze needs and product requirements.

(4) Conduct tests for performance measurement.

(5) Travel with or without accommodations.

 Knowledge of:

(1) Strong knowledge of SQL, SAS, VBA, or other programming skills related to data extraction, transformation, and loading.

(2) Organizational planning, coordination, and execution.

(3) Creating process flows/workflows for automated and manual business systems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

- Two years professional experience related to mathematics, budgeting, accounting, financial analysis, statistical analysis, or research.

-At least two years of experience working with SQL, SAS, or other statistical analysis software to manipulate and analyze multi-million record administrative database.

-Two years of professional experience using Microsoft Excel and Word.

- Professional experience writing official documents for state and federal requirements preferred.

- Experience related to budgeting or forecasting preferred.

- Experience interpreting, analyzing, and implementing state and federal language preferred.

- Two years of experience with R Studio and Tableau is preferred.

- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a field such as accounting, finance, economics, mathematics, or statistics is highly preferred.

- Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-to-year basis for the preferred college education.

- A master's degree in a compatible field, as mentioned above, can equate to two years of professional experience.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

N/A

CONTACT: BOBBY JERNIGAN (850) 412-4101

BACKGROUND SCREENING 

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.