Sr Financial Analyst FP&A

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsburgh, PA

Hospitals

About the position

The Sr Financial Analyst FP&A role at UPMC involves conducting and documenting complex financial analysis projects to support the organization's financial planning and analysis functions. The position requires a deep understanding of UPMC's diverse operations and systems, as well as the ability to communicate effectively with senior management and other personnel. The analyst will be responsible for compiling budgets, developing financial reports, performing statistical analyses, and recommending budget adjustments based on financial data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Compile, consolidate and review all business unit budgets for accuracy and reasonableness based on knowledge of key operational elements.
• Develop financial reports for forecasting, trending and results analyses.
• Perform complex statistical, cost and financial analysis on reported and projected results.
• Classify financial transactions and events in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Understand and become very knowledgeable of UPMC's diverse operations and systems.
• Utilize PeopleSoft General Ledger / Financial Reporting system to meet reporting and operational requirements.
• Analyze complex financial data; extract and define relevant information; interpret data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability; recommend budget adjustments; identify performance improvement opportunities.
• Work in conjunction with the Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, to establish guidelines, deadlines and procedures for the annual corporate-wide budget process and weekly forecasting of financial operations for total UPMC.
• Analyze the related financial impacts and use this knowledge to assist in the development/enhancement of key metrics.
• Communicate and interact with varying levels of UPMC personnel, including highest senior level executive management, on a consistent basis.
• Interpret financial transactions / events and prepare comprehensive analyses on those interpretations for presentation to users who must make economic or business decisions.
• Perform under tight deadlines with minimal to no errors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance or related business field.
• Minimum of three years of related work experience required OR High School Diploma/GED and five years of related work experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in forecasting financial operations and budgeting experience required.
• Ability to interact effectively with executives and business unit management.
• Excellent oral and written communications and time management skills are required.
• Strong analytical ability and knowledge of accounting and financial reporting matters.
• Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint proficiency required.
• PeopleSoft General Ledger proficiency preferred.
• Knowledge of system operations preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• CPA/MBA preferred.