OPS CDC+ BUDGET REVIEW SPECIALIST - 67930358

Requisition No: 864026 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: OPS CDC+ BUDGET REVIEW SPECIALIST - 67930358

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 67930358 

Salary:  $25.00 Hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 11/03/2025 

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 POSITION: OPS CDC+ BUDGET REVIEW SPECIALIST  - Other Personal Services (OPS)

WORKING TITLE: OPS CDC+ BUDGET REVIEW SPECIALIST

POSITION NUMBER: 67930358

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

This position is not a Telework position and is required to report to the APD office in the area it serves.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. 

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

SALARY RANGE

$25.00 Hourly

Position Summary

This is a professional OPS position in the CDC+ Program that is responsible for the monthly reconciliation of individual consumer accounts.

The Work You Will Do 

Responsible for ensuring the creation and distribution of monthly budgets for existing consumers, including monthly reconciliation of consumer accounts.

Responsible for reconciling the Agency requests for and receipt of Medicaid funds for the individual consumer's accounts for the Consumer Directed Care Plus (CDC+) Program. Identify and track all required Medicaid adjustments to the individual consumer accounts and to work with Program and Area Office staff as necessary. Monitor and accurately report consumer balances.

Ensures the preparation and provides analysis of a variety of programmatic and fiscal monitoring reports.

Develop and maintain necessary reconciling forms, processes guidelines, and operational procedures to reconcile the files sent and received for all Medicaid funds (including all paid, suspended, or denied claims). Prepare correspondence to consumer/representatives of any adjustments processed against the consumers accounts via email and/ or letters.

Prepare professional correspondence to consumers, representatives and consultants of CDC+ Participants ineligibility for Medicaid services via email and/or letters.

Monitor activities on consumer statements looking for discrepancies and correcting as needed.

Advises management on issues with AHCA's fiscal intermediary, the contractor subagent, program policies/processes related to CDC+ program and submits resolution if applicable to ensure the financial integrity of the Program. Designs and Implements modifications when necessary to achieve financial objectives with contracted provider and Agency IT.

Ensure that an accurate comprehensive report of consumer monthly balances is compiled and prepared – to include all pending adjustments to be used by various APD staff including management.

Plans and coordinates a response system/process to CDC+ consumers regarding financial issues.

Assists program staff in writing CDC+ financial policies to satisfy federal rules and regulations. Consults with program staff and other financial staff to determine problem areas.

Additional duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have two (2) years of experience with excel.

• Must have two (2) years experience writing professional correspondence.

• Must have two (2) years experience in financial reconciliation.

• Employees are responsible for and will safely retain all CDC+ consumers’ PHI according to Agency guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Accounting principles, practices and procedures.

• Methods of data collection.

Ability to:

• Reconcile both financial and banking.

• Analyze and correctly interpret accounting data.

• Plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.

• Communicate effectively.

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

• Work independently.

• Ability to prepare reports.

• Prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.

• Analyze and interpret accounting data.

• Understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to an accounting program.

Demonstrate Skills in:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Additional Information

Profile Completion

To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. 

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

Retiree Notice

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.

Direct Deposit Program

As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.  Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.
Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).

All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. 

Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.