PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR 3 - 64205

Executive Service

Who we are and what we do:

TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.

Mission:

• Protect, promote, and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee.

Vision:

• Healthy People
• Healthy Communities
• Healthy Tennessee

Our Values:

• Collaboration
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Respect
• Health Equity

Strategic Priorities:

Prevention:

• Support Local Leadership
• Decrease Youth Obesity
• Decrease Tobacco Use
• Decrease Substance Misuse
• Prevent and Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences

Access:

• Optimize Internal Clinical Efficiency
• Improve External Primary Care Access
• Leverage Innovation
• Expand Partnerships

Job Overview:

The Fiscal Director is responsible for the management of the accounting / budget functions for the Division of Health Licensure and Regulation. The Fiscal Director is responsible for supervising the cash office staff and supporting program staff for the Health-Related Boards and Emergency Management Services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise, train, and provide strong leadership to the cash office team.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on accounting policies, procedures, and systems for internal and external business partners.
• Present financial to Boards and as needed attend Government Operations Hearings.
• Ensure the timely and accurate creation of ad hoc financial documents.
• Review and maintain the monthly checklist and reconciliations to ensure all transactions are recorded and reviewed timely.
• Run queries in Edison (PeopleSoft), LARS (the database system used for licensure), Inovah (payment processing system) and utilize excel skills to ensure transactions are timely and accurately processed.
• Participate in quarterly reviews of financial results with program staff and central office management.
• Assist the central office staff in completing all state-wide year-end closing tasks by the established deadlines.
• Create and maintain documented accounting standard business practices and procedures as needed.
• Assist in the completion of the annual risk assessment/board audits and related corrective action plan when required.
• Develop performance evaluation goals and desired work outcomes for assigned subordinates to evaluate and develop job performance.
• Effectively communicate with program management to provide value and service to the Health-Related Boards and Emergency Management services divisions.
• Assist with special projects as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Intermediate Excel skills with the ability to analyze and summarize data through the use of formulas and pivot tables.
• Experience with PeopleSoft and Oracle systems is preferred but not required.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to provide solutions through critical thinking.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial internal control systems is preferred but not required.

Education Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or Public Administration or a related acceptable field with at least 12 semester hours in accounting and experience equivalent to three or more years of full-time professional fiscal services and/or auditing work including, at least, one year of experience in the supervision of fiscal and/or auditing staff.

OR

• Current certification as a Certified Public Accountant or license as a Public Accountant with the State of Tennessee may substitute for the required bachelor's degree and one year of full-time professional fiscal services and/or auditing work, there being no substitution for the required supervisory experience.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.