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Who We Are

WPS Health Solutions is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors, and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS Health Solutions has been making health care easier for the people we serve for more than 75 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.

Culture Drives Our Success

WPS' Performance-Based Culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled, and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an inclusive and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as an investment in our workforce-both current and future-to effectively seek, leverage, and include diverse perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.

From 2021 to 2023, WPS Health Solutions was recognized for several awards:

• Madison, Wisconsin's Top Workplaces
• USA Top Workplaces and the cultural excellence awards for Remote Work and Work-Life Flexibility
• Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces® with the further honor of Achievers "Elite 8" winner in the category of Culture Alignment
• DAV Patriot Employer
• VETS Indexes 4 Star Employer
• BBB Torch Award for Ethics from Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin

Role Snapshot

You will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the MVH Accounting team who is responsible for driving change, improving accounting processes, and ensuring existing processes are maintained. Primarily responsible for preparation of government reports, analyzing accounting business processes and working with other accounting and enterprise teams to design and implement process and system improvements.

In this role, you will:

• Analyze and reconcile data daily while initiating and implementing best practices to ensure adherence to all government rules, regulations, and requirements for the administration of WPS current contracts.
• Proactively communicate any issues to MVH Accounting Manager.
• Assist leadership with staff training and training initiatives to ensure department procedures are performed per the Standard Operating Procedure documents.
• Prepare monthly government reporting for all contracts including bank reconciliations, accounts receivable reports, and foreign gain/loss reports.
• Ensure all reports are prepared per the Standard Operating Procedure documents.
• Assist with year-end 1099 filing process and any ad-hoc tasks.
• Coordinate and assist with internal and external audit requests including providing data and gathering supporting documentation.
• Work with Accounting, Operations, and IS teams to triage, root cause, and resolve system job abend issues, system job out of balance issues, and reporting issues.
• Lead MVH Accounting systems projects and government change order projects, including concept development, requirement identification, user acceptance and controls testing, and production implementation from a process and operational standpoint.
• Define and implement best practices and procedures to ensure efficient and quality work.
• Create department Standard Operating Procedure documents and coordination annual reviews to ensure documents are current.
• Lead process improvement initiatives, including coordinating with operational and technical teams.

How do I know this opportunity is right for me? If you:

• Are an Individual contributor whom exhibits independence and sound judgement.
• Use strong analysis and problem-solving skills required to develop value added solutions.
• Clearly and concisely articulate issue root cause and resolution to management.
• Learn new processes, procedures, and technologies in a timely manner.
• Manage time and competing priorities to meet strict deadlines.
• Document processes and procedures thoroughly and completely.
• Utilize strong communication skills, including providing clear, timely, and consistent communication to accounting users and leadership regarding project and/or process issues/questions.

What will I gain from this role?

• Trains employees and develops/implements policies at the direction of the Manager of MVH Accounting.
• Determine most effective system changes to comply with government updates or system enhancements, best method to correct out of balance payment situations, as well as best approach to correct refund file records to eliminate future issues with processing records.
• Research and resolve accounting functional process issues, including root cause analysis.
• Assess accounting system(s) issues and determine appropriate path or party to address issue.
• Provide input to MVH Accounting Manager on necessary departmental system and procedural changes, and answer questions, as necessary.
• Experience working in an environment that serves our nation's military, veterans, Guard and Reserves, and Medicare beneficiaries
• Working in a continuous performance feedback environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Accounting or related field OR equivalent post high school education and/or work-related experience with emphasis on intermediate or advanced accounting and equivalent in accounting experience.
• (5) or more years of experience in accounting or accounting systems operations
• U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Easytrieve, internet, intranet and office equipment.
• Possess excellent reading comprehension, written communication, social interaction, and calculating skillsets.
• Ability to utilize sound reasoning and analysis, overcome regular distractions to meet strict deadlines, and respond appropriately in emergency conditions.

Remote Work Requirements

• High speed cable or fiber internet
• Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at https://speedtest.net)
• Please review Remote Worker FAQs for additional information

Salary Range

$50,000 - $75,000 annually

The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Work Location

We are a remote-first organization and offer remote work in the following approved states:

Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

Benefits

• Remote and hybrid work options available
• Performance bonus and/or merit increase opportunities
• 401(k) with dollar-per-dollar match up to 6% of salary (100% vested immediately)
• Competitive paid time off
• Health insurance, dental insurance, and telehealth services start DAY 1
• Employee Resource Groups
• Professional and Leadership Development Programs
• Review additional benefits here

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)