Financial Analyst-Senior

Full-time - Mid Level

Kennewick, WA

Hospitals

About the position

The Senior Financial Analyst position plays a key role in the accounting department that serves all operational and administrative departments across the company. This role involves maintaining relationships with department managers and administrative staff in the preparation and analysis of financial reports to provide information and resolve problems concerning variances from the approved budget. The analyst will assist in developing and managing productivity standards and reporting, as well as develop, create, and maintain financial models for future projections and forecasting to propose business solutions. Additionally, the position requires analyzing big complex data and extracting valuable insights in a compelling summarized view to present to management. The analyst will perform trend analysis to identify unique outliers or indicators of changes within the business and provide project cost analysis to determine various financial metrics to measure viability. Furthermore, the analyst will provide business leaders with financial support in investment decision making, work closely with management to develop and maintain financial performance reporting, and support the annual budgeting processes and monthly forecast process. The role also includes assisting with end of month financial close variance review, financial and operational metric reporting, and the preparation of presentations of financial and operational business results and analysis for Executives, Directors, and the Hospital Support Center. Ad hoc financial and operational analysis and duties as needed will also be part of the responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain relationships with department managers and administrative staff in the preparation and analysis of financial reports.
• Assist in developing and managing productivity standards and reporting.
• Develop, create, and maintain financial models for future projections and forecasting.
• Analyze big complex data and extract valuable insights to present to management.
• Perform trend analysis to identify unique outliers or indicators of changes within the business.
• Provide project cost analysis to determine various financial metrics to measure viability.
• Provide business leaders with financial support in investment decision making.
• Work closely with management to develop and maintain financial performance reporting.
• Support the annual budgeting processes and monthly forecast process.
• Assist with end of month financial close variance review and financial and operational metric reporting.
• Assist with the preparation of presentations of financial and operational business results for Executives, Directors, and Hospital Support Center.
• Perform ad hoc financial and operational analysis and duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related demonstrable business concentration required.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in an accounting or analytics role for financial reporting and/or business analysis required; within the healthcare field highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of financial analysis concepts.
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and with a diversifiable group.
• Excellent communication: written, verbal, and presentation skills required.
• Self-sufficient and able to take initiative for projects.
• Advanced level knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office products.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Business Administration or Healthcare Administration preferred.
• Experience with Financial Planning or Performance Management system preferred.