Financial Analyst

Summary

St. Charles Health System is a healthcare organization focused on providing affordable, high-quality care to its community. The Financial Analyst provides financial analysis, strategic insights, and data-driven recommendations to support organizational decision-making. The role maintains and optimizes cost accounting systems, analyzes financial performance, supports budgeting and forecasting, and identifies operational and financial improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Processes, reconciles, and publishes monthly Cost Accounting results. Partners with IT resources to ensure data interactions are accurate and identifying current issues. Researches and implements software updates, proactively identifying improvement opportunities and take actions
• In collaboration with the Financial Insight and Analysis Manager, assists Service Line Leaders and Senior Directors with projects and/or assignments relating to development, performance, and improvement for the service line
• In collaboration with the Financial Insight and Analysis Manager, drives consistency, system-wide service line approach across all facilities in conjunction with processes and standards set by leadership
• Prepares, validates, and analyzes monthly and daily financial information. Utilizes all tools, including Labor Productivity and Cost Accounting systems to share insightful and useful information with various audiences
• Drives insight into service line performance and provides recommendations to support decision-making
• Discovers and coordinates service line initiatives to improve operating efficiencies, revenue optimization, and cost transformation
• Leverages cost accounting and service line reporting in financial analysis and modeling
• In collaboration with the Financial Insight and Analysis Manager, supports decision making through report development and analysis for financial modeling, cost and revenue analysis, operational benchmarking, ad-hoc analysis, and performance improvement
• Readily communicates complex financial concepts to all levels of leadership in a way that is easy to understand
• Pursues continuous improvement of metrics and empower leaders with an understanding of how their decisions impact the cost of healthcare
• Supports the creation of standard work for systems and processes
• Consolidates input from operational leaders and Finance Analyst to develop operational budgets
• Supports the creation of the long-range financial plan and the operating budget
• Supports the vision, mission, and values of the organization in all respects
• Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients, and guests
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, supporting the organization’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings
• Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient, and accurate
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned

Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance
• Valid Oregon driver's license and ability to meet SCHS driving requirements
• Two (2) years finance experience
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint) and document preparation
• HFMA membership and certification
• Finance experience in the health care industry
• Experience with cost accounting design and maintenance, clinical data systems, and rolling forecast

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor of Science degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance
• Valid Oregon driver's license and ability to meet SCHS driving requirements
• Two (2) years finance experience
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint) and document preparation

Nice to Haves

• HFMA membership and certification
• Finance experience in the health care industry
• Experience with cost accounting design and maintenance, clinical data systems, and rolling forecast

Benefits

• Eligible to work remotely from an approved state by St. Charles, limited to Oregon, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.