Senior Administrative Analyst

Senior Administrative Analyst

The Butte County Behavioral Health Department is seeking a Senior Administrative Analyst with the ability to lead trainings and work review for our medical billing team, including Medi-Cal, Medicare, Insurance and Private Pay billing for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder programs. Maintains member financial accounts in the Electronic Health Record (EHR), including uniform determination of ability to pay (UMDAP), Sliding Scale, and Fee Waiver adjustments. Identifies and resolves billing problems. Processes claims, disallowances, and voided claims. Reviews and interprets Federal, State, County and department regulations, policy, and other guidance to ensure fully compliant claiming. Prepares desk references and reports, as well as providing recommendations related to billing processes.

This recruitment is for an In-Person position. This is not a remote position. The current vacancy is with the Department of Behavioral Health. The eligibility list created from this recruitment may be used to fill any current or future vacancies in ANY Butte County Department.

FLSA: Exempt

Under general direction, assigns, directs, reviews, and participates in the work of staff providing analytical assistance in the administration of assigned operations, programs, and projects including budget development, financial administration and reporting, grants, purchasing, contract administration, human resources, risk management, and training/staff development, management analysis, legislative analysis and regulatory compliance, and/or program analysis; researches and analyzes programmatic practices and procedures and makes recommendations for organizational, operational, policy, and procedural improvements; conducts needs analyses, feasibility studies, and evaluations for assigned projects, programs, divisions, and/or departments; assists in departmental/divisional planning activities to improve organizational productivity and customer service; fosters cooperative working relationships among County departments; and performs related duties as assigned.

Receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises technical and functional direction over and provides training to lower-level staff. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.

This is the advanced journey-level lead classification in the Administrative Analyst series responsible for performing the most complex work assigned to the series, while also providing lead direction and training to lower-level staff. Incumbents regularly work on tasks which are varied and complex, requiring considerable discretion and independent judgement. Positions in the classification rely on experience and judgement to perform assigned duties. Assignments are given with general guidelines and incumbents are responsible for establishing objectives, timelines, and methods to deliver services. Work is typically reviewed upon completion for soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. This class is distinguished from the Supervising Administrative Analyst in that the latter a first-line supervisor in the series responsible for organizing, assigning, supervising, and reviewing the work of assigned staff.