Job Listing: Senior Financial Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Senior Financial Analysis

BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Supports the Regional Performance Management department in achieving its goals and accountabilities by producing monthly financial reporting and analysis. Activities include planning and budgeting, reforecasting, and multi-system data extracting. Supports the monthly close process and analysis of performance trends/variances and helps communicate results to delivery system managers.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Designs, develops and maintains data sets and analytic models required to support service delivery planning and variance analysis
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2. Interprets all aspects of performance trends to assist service delivery managers in making resource management decisions, including compiling, analyzing and reporting monthly financial results and budget variances; discusses and explains such reports to management as required.

3. Acts as consultant to managers on all aspects of the organization’s business planning processes and assists new managers in using the financial and statistical reports provided; tracks and reports changes made during the budget process and assures that budget assumptions used by managers are reasonable and accurate.

4. Supports the delivery system’s annual planning and budgeting processes, including the preparation of budget targets and the organization; supports the consolidation and reconciliation of budgets in the organization’s financial systems.

5. Provides analytic support on special projects, including business case analysis, benchmark comparisons, and performance scorecards.

ADDITONAL DUTIES

This position requires broad exposure to and coordination with multiple business functions including financial planning, accounting, information technology and clinical operations. This position interacts with these departments to organize, analyze and report cost, utilization and other financial and other performance-related information. This position works directly with service delivery managers and administrative staff to provide a variety of decision support services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration or related field. Advanced degree in finance, business or health care administration preferred.

2. Minimum five years of directly related experience, preferably in health care industry.

3. Strong analytic skills and experience. Experience in use and/or development of relational database models and reports preferred.

4. Successful team-building experience.

5. Critical competencies include conceptual and critical thinking, effective communication, and adaptability and resourcefulness.

Required Skills for Senior Financial Analyst Job:

About Stephen James Associates:

Stephen James Associates provides professional and managerial placement search services.

Stephen James offers both contingent search services for direct placement and interim search for consultants in a host of disciplines including Accounting & Finance, Banking, Human Resources, Marketing and Sales.

Recognizing the complexity and importance of finding candidates with specific skills and abilities, Stephen James Associates employs a hands-on recruiting approach to guarantee that they deliver the best candidates available.

Stephen James Associates is part of the Allegis Group, the world's largest privately held staffing company.

Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.