GRADE
STD0016
LOCATION OF POSITION
MDH - Health Care Finance and Medicaid, Office of Advance Planning
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Main Purpose of Job
This position serves as the Advanced Planning Department's Budget and Financial Analyst within the Office of Advance Planning and is responsible for independently applying general accounting principles and practices and State and federal financial requirements to the development, analysis, verification, monitoring, reconciliation, and reporting of financial activities associated with Maryland's Advanced Planning Document (APD) portfolio and federally funded Medicaid enterprise
initiatives.
The position develops and reconciles APD budgets and supporting financial records; monitors
expenditures, funding utilization, award balances, procurement related expenditures,
implementation spending, reimbursables, pass through funding, and budget variances; and
prepares State budget documentation, including State Fiscal Year (SFY) Budget Notes and Project
Activity Description (PAD) finance documents for the APD Program Cost Accounts (PCAs). This position applies general accounting principles and practices, including objectivity, consistency,
full disclosure, and accuracy, to verify financial information, evaluate supporting documentation,
identify discrepancies, and ensure fiscal integrity and compliance with approved APDs and State
and federal requirements.
The APD Budget and Financial Analyst serves as an accounting and financial resource to the
Director, Medicaid administrations, the Office of Finance, the Office of Enterprise Technology
(OET), the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE), the Department of Human Services (DHS),
procurement offices, contractors, vendors, consultants, and other APD business owners. The
position interprets and implements accounting and financial requirements, advises stakeholders on
the fiscal impact of budget and funding decisions, and develops or recommends financial
procedures, verification standards, and internal controls supporting APD financial governance.
Program activities supported through the Office represent more than $1 billion annually in federal
financial participation and operational investments associated with Medicaid enterprise systems,
systems integration efforts, modernization initiatives, and federally funded healthcare programs.
This position reports to the Director of the Office of Advance Planning.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing.