Fiscal Information Data Analyst

Fiscal Information Data Analyst (WMS2/FS)

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This Fiscal Information and Data Analyst role offers a high-impact, non-supervisory position managing a $2.6 billion behavioral health budget. Ideal for analytical professionals, it provides influence over Medicaid rate setting, legislative processes, and AI/AN programs while working directly with executive leadership, offering significant career visibility, stability, and professional development.

All HCA employees will apply an equity lens to their work, which may include but is not limited to all analyses of core business and processes.

About the division

The Financial Services Division (FSD), in collaboration with other HCA divisions and a variety of external stakeholders and legislative partners, provides strategic financial expertise for Apple Health, Community Behavioral Health (CBH), PEBB and SEBB programs. In addition, FSD oversees the budget and compliance functions necessary to manage and monitor the single largest Washington State individual operating budget. Functions include budget management, accounting, forecasting, professional and hospital rate setting, financial analysis, and payment/collection operations. This division maintains a close working relationship with agency program, policy, and clinical divisions to ensure financially sound implementation and monitoring of program strategies. It is also accountable to the Governor and legislature in ensuring HCA operates within its budget.

About the position

The Fiscal Information and Data Analyst is a non-supervisory, analytical position that reports to the Section Management for Community Behavioral Health appropriations and concentrates on the systematic planning, budgetary analysis and post-implementation management of the Behavioral Health initiatives including American Indian Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Fee for Service (FFS) program.

This position provides advanced level technical analysis, advice, and recommendations to management decision makers, including the HCA Chief Financial Officer and agency executive management. The incumbent’s work directly affects the management of the Community Behavioral Health $2.6 billion budget, grant and discretionary funding, and Medicaid rate setting.

This position is eligible to telework but is required to report on-site 1 day a week and occasionally to meet business need. The default assigned work location of all Health Care Authority (HCA) positions – both on-site and telework eligible positions – is within the State of Washington. This position reports to Olympia, WA. Frequency of onsite work will vary based on business and operational needs. HCA has currently suspended the ability to support out-of-state telework.

Some of what you will do

• The FIDA must be able to manage multiple high priority assignments and resources concurrently, taking initiative to resolve problems or recommend alternative approaches when appropriate.
• This position also works closely with outside agencies and other external staff on many regular as well as ad hoc tasks, primarily receiving and requesting information and analysis.
• Provide expert financial level budget, program and system planning and analysis for the Statewide Behavioral Health programs for the community mental health and substance use disorder budgets based on policies set at the Executive level.
• Create and use complex databases, spreadsheets, tables, graphs, and tracking systems including Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS), Enterprise Reporting (ER) and ad hoc tools like Web Intelligence (Webl) to extract, summarize and evaluate fiscal data.
• Prepare and manage biennial and supplemental budgets for the assigned programs for the Statewide Behavioral Health program populations to provide community mental health and substance use disorder services, on behalf of the Agency.
• Develop and update the financial models prepared in a complex multi-system environment and reconcile the data used for budget requests and fiscal notes periodically to ensure they are always up to date.
• Monitor and analyze Agency expenditures for the Behavioral Health programs. Compare the same to relevant budgets, forecasts, and projections to ensure that the Agency operates within its budgetary allotments.

Required qualifications

Qualifying candidates will meet one of the following criteria options:

Option 1

• Bachelor's degree in public administration, healthcare administration, finance, accounting, business or related fields.
• Three (3) or more years of professional experience working with large, complex financial systems/information within the Behavioral Healthcare or Healthcare field is required.

Option 2

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) years of professional experience working with large, complex financial systems/information within the Behavioral Healthcare or Healthcare is required.

Option 3

• Seven (7) years of professional experience working with large, complex