Financial and Business Operations Administrator

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medicaid and Long-term Care (MLTC), is seeking an innovative, business minded individual to join an exceptional team of highly motivated and skilled professionals as the Financial and Business Operations Administrator. MLTC is responsible for the provision of health care benefits, largely administered through contracted managed care organizations (MCOs), totaling over $2 billion annually. This position performs highly responsible professional work facilitating the Division’s financial and business activities including business operations, budgeting, rates and reimbursement, forecasting, contractor financial performance analysis, and other financial management analyses.

The position reports to and works closely with the Deputy Director of Finance and Program Integrity, and ensures compliance with appropriate legislative, regulatory, accounting, and auditing standards. The successful candidate will be a hands-on working manager who is capable of building and leading a team of dedicated staff.
Examples of Work
This position will serve as a leader involved in implementing initiatives to increase operational efficiencies in the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care. The Financial and Business Operations Administrator will be responsible for and involved in the creation, forecasting, and oversight of annual program budgets for the division. Additionally, the position is responsible for working with DHHS Operations and other agency divisions on strategic initiatives. The Financial and Business Operations Administrator will be involved in oversight of certain financial reporting for division contractors, and support DHHS Accounting and Operations with federal financial reporting requirements.

Responsibilities also include:

• Assisting MLTC program staff and DHHS Fiscal staff in developing and reviewing fiscal impacts for changes in policy, regulations, and state and federal law.
• Develop and maintain internal controls, policies, and procedures for the financial and business operations of the Division.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of pre and post audit activities to include compliance, performance audits, internal financial operations, and corrective action plans
• Manage a continuous quality improvement plan to ensure achievement of best business practices and productivity/efficiency standards, which includes continuous feedback mechanisms to confirm achieving of performance standards

Qualifications / Requirements

REQUIREMENT: Bachelor’s Degree in public administration, social work, human development, public health, behavioral science, law, finance, human resources or other program related field

AND four years of experience in a field related to the assigned program area including supervisory experience;

OR a Master’s degree in any of the above mentioned fields and two years commensurate experience. Equivalent experience or coursework/training may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Candidates must have an earned Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field.

PREFERRED: Candidates will have earned a graduate degree in business, accounting, or a related field.

Preferred candidates will possess experience:
1. working with complex budgets and financial operations
2. creating forecasts in a changing environment with limited information
3. leading projects and initiatives from conception to post-implementation operations
4. developing and changing processes to improve financial and business operations
5. leading teams through change management 6. working in the healthcare or Medicaid finance and/or operations industry

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal skills; problem solving/analysis skills; exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses; demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation; strong Microsoft Excel and Database skills; ability working with multiple stakeholders with different perspectives and objectives to collaborate towards a common goal; and understand how business decisions, processes impact financial outcomes and vice versa, knowledge of budgetary, accounting, auditing, revenue collections and financial reporting systems; state and federal laws impacting agency operations, and the ability to recognize opportunities for improvement and recommend changes to enhance financial and business results and ensures customer needs