Accounting Technician 2

Accounting Technician 2

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply. Welcome to the Department of Health! We'd be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today! This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing: As an Accounting Technician 2, you will help protect the fiscal integrity of Alaska's Medicaid program by reviewing, reconciling, and validating financial and claims transactions within the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and its interface with the IRIS accounting system. You will support Accounting Technician 3 in resolving discrepancies, preparing accurate financial work orders, and ensuring provider payments align with federal and state requirements. You will also participate in warrant stock audits, track federal dollars associated with Medicaid payments, and follow established procedures to resolve audit findings. This work ensures accurate accounting of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding, supporting timely and accurate payments to healthcare providers.

Mission and Values/Culture: Our mission is to provide health coverage to Alaskans in need and maintain the operational aspects of health care programs for Alaskans in need. We provide a full range of health care services and support services while promoting management efficiencies and the capitalization of Medicaid financing to ensure that services are available to customers. We are charged to protect and reduce the risk to the health, safety, and exploitation of Alaska's most vulnerable citizens being served, and to ensure that there is public confidence in the health care and community service delivery systems through regulatory, enforcement, and educational activities.

Benefits of Joining Our Team: The State of Alaska has a generous benefits package and retirement plan. Please see here for more information: You will join a supportive team that values precision, ongoing learning, and the meaningful public service behind Medicaid financial operations. Your work helps ensure that healthcare providers are paid correctly and that financial reporting remains reliable and compliant. You will gain exposure to complex financial systems, audit processes, state accounting procedures, and federal Medicaid rules — all of which build strong technical and analytical expertise. Our team fosters collaboration and offers opportunities to develop skills that support long-term career growth. This is a role where your attention to detail and analytical strengths have a real statewide impact.

The Working Environment You Can Expect: This position offers the opportunity to work from home based on the business needs of the Division; teleworking is possible with this position after training and approval from the Division Director. On-site work is located at 4601 Business Park Blvd., Building K, in Anchorage, is conveniently situated near shopping, restaurants, and major commuting routes. Free employee parking is available.

Who We Are Looking For: We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies:

• Accounting Operations: Knowledge of general ledger accounting and the control/subsidiary account relationships and reconciliation techniques, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and disbursing officer's accountability.
• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Accounting Technician 2:

Minimum Qualifications

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

1. Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
2. A copy of your last three (3) performance evaluations, or two (2) letters of reference if evaluations are unavailable.
3. A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to verify that you meet the minimum qualifications.

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

EDUCATION To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts) Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

If you have currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position This is required as minimum qualifications require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered If this information is not accurately reflected in your application, this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed. NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting. The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

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