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State of Missouri · 2 hours ago

Accountant Manager

Jefferson City, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

The State of Missouri is seeking an Accountant Manager to join the Division of Youth Services, which focuses on creating a safe and educational environment for youth. The role involves overseeing fiscal matters, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations while supervising a team and coordinating with various departments.

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Responsibilities

Oversight of the Division’s Budget Books, both Department Request and Governor’s Recommendation. This includes working with leadership and program staff to develop core reallocations, core request forms, program description forms, new decision items and form 9’s

Responsible for the coordination of responses to inquiries/requests from the Division of Finance and Administrative Services (DFAS); the Office of Administration and the General Assembly

Accountable for all divisional fiscal notes and processes

Work with DFAS on budget control issues

Coordinate with DFAS on PS/EE allocations

Attend all budget hearings during legislative session, which may include any special session and/or veto session regarding budget

Work with DFAS and OA FMDC (Facilities Management Design & Construction) on the preparation of all capital improvement (CI) project needs for the Division; maintenance and repair (M&R) needs; and projects for DYS leased space. This includes reviewing budget book forms, identifying long-term plans and project prioritization; and, attending all budget hearings for CI and M&R

Participate in budget presentations at the legislature with the division director

Keep the division director informed on all DYS related fiscal matters

Supervise a team of employees with varying job duties pertaining to DYS

Oversee Medicaid claims and eligibility for the Division, this includes ensuring youth have proper medical coverage and that Medicaid claims are filed in a timely manner

Responsible for setting the DYS Medicaid rate (for rehabilitative services) based on a two-week time study every three years and ensure compliance with the State plan amendment

Oversee the education billback (local tax effort) for the Division – ensure school districts pay timely once invoices are generated

Serve as the division’s purchasing card coordinator

Oversee all vehicles within the division

Responsible for all education related finances and ensure compliance with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) timeline on expenditure reporting and tracking. This includes all Title I, Special Education, Vocational Rehabilitation and the USDA Breakfast and Lunch Program

Oversee the USDA program for DYS residential and day treatment facilities. This includes preparing the yearly financial report; coordinate the preparation of new menus with the contracted vendor; work with DESE for all DYS administrative reviews; ensure timely submission of monthly point of service count and reimbursements and meet required training standards

Work with division leadership to set yearly budget allocations to the five regional offices, 20 residential facilities, 6 day treatment sites and all case management units. This includes looking at historical trends, current spending, anticipated changes and needs within each program. Work with regional fiscal executives to ensure allocations are updated in legers and monitor monthly with review of the monthly expenditure reports

Represent the division in RFP development and pre-bid conferences and participate in contract and DSS delegation evaluations in coordination with division program staff

Approve DFAS contract awards under $25,000 and competitively bid department delegations

Work with DFAS and DYS program staff on contract enforcement

Work with DFAS to identify areas of concern to focus compliance and quality assurance reviews

Coordinate division corrective actions from DFAS compliance and quality assurance reviews

Prepare required ACFR documents for DYS. This includes the tracking of non-appropriated funds with the Division (youth trust funds) and inventories maintained at the DYS facilities

Coordinate with DFAS responses to external audit questions and responses to/corrective action plans from external audit findings

Coordinate division’s implementation of corrective action plans from external audit findings

Serve as point of contact for Division of Youth Services related to state and federal audits and reviews

Work with DFAS accounts payable and budget staff to ensure accurate coding of payments; monitor expenditures for correct multi-level coding. This would include payments from the state accounting system, as well as other payment systems

Coordinate between DFAS and programs the development of and adherence to policies and procedures to report/manage receivables and debt

Provide fiscal support and identification of resources for automated systems that support DYS activities such as Production and YouthLink

Work in coordination with DFAS to develop and monitor comprehensive budget and spend plans to guide fiscal and administrative activities supporting program initiatives, such as contract awards and cash management

Assist DFAS in assuring program division adherence to fiscal and administrative policies

Qualification

Budget ManagementFiscal ComplianceAccounting ExperienceContract ManagementFinancial ReportingTeam SupervisionLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

Required

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 15 earned credit hours in one or a combination of the following: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Public or Business Administration, or a closely related field

Four or more years of professional experience in accounting, auditing, purchasing, budgeting, fiscal management, or in general management with some fiscal responsibility