Accountant ; Accounting Unit Supervisor - PCN

What You Will Be Doing

• The Accountant 4 will serve as a high-level supervisor and principal assistant to the Accounting Section Manager for a complex and critical unit within the Alaska Medicaid program.
• Provides oversight of reform and cost-savings initiatives, including management of the Third-Party Liability (TPL) contractor.
• Supports Medicaid, Allocation, and Audit Services (MAAS) with annual budget management, reporting, and reconciliation across multiple fund sources.
• Oversees recoveries and collections tied to federal settlements, restitution, commercial insurance, and Indian Health Services (IHS) and IHS-related funding streams.
• Leads reconciliation and reporting for CMS 64, CMS R-199, CMS-10180, IBNR, Drug Rebates, and Medicaid/CHIP program audits, including legislative audit responses.

The Health Care Services mission is to provide all eligible Alaskans access and oversight to the full range of appropriate Medicaid services. We also protect Alaska’s most vulnerable populations through our certification and licensing sections.

The vision is to innovate health plans that improve quality of health care for all Alaskans, attract excellent providers, and be known for outstanding customer service.

Core Values
:
Articulate, Competent, Constructive, Ethical, Strategic, Sincere.

We offer comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, paid leave, and more. Specific benefits vary by employee group and bargaining unit.

This position offers the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, based on the Division's business needs; telework is possible after training and approval from the Division Director. This position will be supervised by an anchor-based position in Anchorage.

• Leadership:
  Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety situations.
• Financial Management:
  Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization.
• Adaptability:
  Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Competency-based minimum qualifications include knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• Analysis and Assessment:
  Using information technology to access, collect, analyze, maintain, and disseminate data.
• Financial Analysis:
  Knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques of financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling.
• Principles of Accounting:
  Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices.
• Reasoning:
  Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information.
• Technical Competence:
  Applies knowledge acquired through formal training or on‑job experience.
• Leadership:
  Influences, motivates, and challenges others.
• Financial Management:
  Prepares, justifies, and administers budgets.
• Adaptability:
  Adjusts work plans using critical thinking in a changing environment.

Name/

Title:

Gloria Posenjak, Accounting Section Manager / Medicaid Program Specialist 4

Phone:

Email: gloria.posenjak

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations, auxiliary aids, services, or alternative communication formats, please call in Juneau, or TTY:
Alaska Relay 711 or  or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK . The State of Alaska is an equal‑opportunity employer.