Program Manager of Accounting
12 days ago
Liberty
Job Description Duties and other assigned tasks and responsibilities are designed to meet CCPHC’s mission of delivering the essential public health services of prevention, promotion and protection to the communities of Clay County, as well as a response to the CCPHC Strategic Plan. SUMMARY With guidance from the Section Chief of Operations, the Program Manager of Accounting establishes and maintains effective programs through hands-on, collaborative and strategic program management. The manager also supervises and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in carrying out program goals. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include the following: (Other duties may be assigned.) • Ensures accurate financials and compliant financial functions, evidenced by zero findings in annual independent audit, • Maintains agency financial controls and adheres to Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) guidelines and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), • Manages cash, investment, asset and budget functions, • Manages medical billing, accounts receivable and payable functions and staff, • Oversees payroll (through ADP), tax and other legal filing requirements, • Works with agency staff in grants and contracts management, • Leads annual audit process, • Maintains a program that meets agency strategy, goals, and regulatory requirements, • Facilitates communication in program-related matters, maintaining strong collaborative relationships, • Practices responsible stewardship of CCPHC resources/public funds, working collaboratively with the Section Chief to develop and manage the program budget, • Maintains program SOPs and forms, works with Section Chief on development and revision, • Monitors program performance and provides detailed reports, work plans and records to the Section Chief for action, • Proactively provides feedback for improvements that improve quality, efficiency, cost savings, productivity, systems, and/or procedures, • Ensures compliance with regulatory and CCPHC standards, and stays current on and advises Section Chief regarding program compliance changes, • Recommends changes when warranted regarding goals, policy, procedure, and controls related to program initiatives, • Utilizes data and continuous improvement processes to make evidence-based, forward-looking decisions and to improve efficiency, cost savings, and productivity, • Maintains accurate and organized program files according to Record Retention Schedule, • Maintains strict confidentiality; adheres to all HIPAA guidelines/regulations, • Reports for special assigned duties during a public health emergency, if applicable Management responsibilities include but are not limited to: Interviewing, on-boarding and training employees, planning, assigning and directing work, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and organizational policy and procedure, maintaining a healthy organizational culture, and identifying and managing issues or conflict as needed. The manager also ensures a competent workforce by coaching and developing staff, monitoring and evaluating employee development and performance, and providing positive reinforcement or appropriate discipline as referenced in the Personnel Policy Manual. PUBLIC HEALTH CORE COMPETENCIES Analytical/Assessment Skills • Assesses community health status and factors influencing health in a community, • Determines quantitative and qualitative data and information needed for assessing the health of a community, • Applies ethical principles in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining, and disseminating data and information, • Develops options, goals and objectives for policies, programs, and services, • Examines the feasibility and implications of policies, programs, and services and makes recommendations Implements policies, programs, and services and the organizational strategic plan, • Monitors current and projected trends, • Assesses the health literacy of populations served, • Communicates in writing and orally with linguistic and cultural proficiency, • Solicits input from individuals and organizations for improving the health of a community, • Selects approaches for disseminating public health data and information, • Conveys data and information to professionals and the public using a variety of approaches, • Recognizes the ways diversity influences policies, programs, services, and the health of a community, • Ensures the diversity of individuals and populations is addressed in policies, programs, and services that affect the health of a community, • Identifies, suggests, establishes and maintains relationships that are affecting health in a community, • Facilitates collaboration and establishes linkages between partners and key stakeholders, • Distinguishes the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental organizations in providing programs and services to improve the health of a community, • Explains the ways assets and resources can be used to improve health in a community, • Engages community members to improve health in a community, • Discusses the scientific foundation of, and the prominent events in the history of, the field of public health, • Applies public health sciences in the delivery of the 10 Essential Public Health Services and the administration and management of programs, • Retrieves evidence from print and electronic sources to support decision making, • Determines limitations of evidence (e.g. validity, reliability, sample size, bias, generalizability), • Explains the structures, functions, and authorizations of governmental public health programs and organizations, • Identifies government agencies with authority to address specific community health need, • Develops and implements policies and procedures, • Participates in program budget development, • Uses evaluation results to improve program and organizational performance, • Motivates personnel for the purpose of achieving program and organizational goals (e.g., participating in teams, encouraging sharing of ideas, respecting different points of view), • Negotiates contracts and other agreements for programs and services and prepares proposals for funding, • Incorporates ethical standards of practice into all interactions with individuals, organizations, and communities, • Describes public health as part of a larger inter- related system of organizations that influence the health of populations and explains the ways organizations work together or individually to impact the health of a community, • Collaborates with individuals and organizations in developing a vision for a healthy community, • Contributes to continuous improvement of individual, program, and organizational performance (e.g., mentoring, monitoring progress, adjusting programs to achieve better results), • Provides opportunities for, and ensures the use of, professional development opportunities by individuals and teams (e.g. training, mentoring, peer advising, coaching), • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university AND five years related experience; OR, • Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university AND four years related experience., • Preference toward Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance majors., • Related professional experience should be directly linked to performing financial and accounting tasks, including but not limited to, journal entries, account corrections, review invoices, payroll, accounts payables purchasing activities, monitoring/tracking budgets. Preference toward experience in governmental accounting and/or auditing., • Excellent computer, communication, organizational, math, time management, attention to detail and accuracy skills are required. Computer experience includes but is not limited to proficiency in electronic medical record/billing practice software, word processing and spreadsheet applications., • Strong working knowledge of spreadsheets with pivot tables or database applications., • Two years of direct supervisory experience leading people is highly preferred., • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, • While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear and use hands to perform office work, • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job, • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate