Financial Analyst

St. Charles Health System Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Charles Health System in Oregon is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide financial analysis, strategic insights, and data-driven recommendations to support decision-making. This role maintains cost accounting data and service line reporting, driving cost transformation initiatives and operational improvements.

Collaborating with leaders across departments, you’ll translate complex information into actionable guidance and contribute to long-range planning and annual budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting or Finance; required.
• Valid Oregon driver's license with ability to travel to SCHS worksites.
• HFMA membership and certification preferred.
• Two years finance experience; Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Publish monthly Cost Accounting results and ensure data accuracy.
• Assist service line leaders with cost, revenue analysis, and budgeting.
• Develop operational benchmarks and support cost transformation initiatives.
• Convey complex financial concepts clearly to leadership.
• Contribute to long-range planning and annual operating budget.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

Service line reporting

Forecasting

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor of Science in Accounting or Finance

Two years finance experience

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Typical salary range: $63,731 - $87,630

In addition, this role is eligible to work remotely from an approved state by St. Charles (please refer to the list). If you do not reside in an approved listed state (or do not plan to relocate to an approved listed state) we request, you do not apply for this particular position. Approved states by St. Charles: Oregon, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE: Financial Analyst

REPORTS TO POSITION: Manager, Financial Insight and Analysis

DEPARTMENT: Accounting and Finance

DATE LAST REVIEWED: September 2026

OUR VISION

Creating America’s healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION

In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES

Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The Finance Team develops near and long-term financial forecasts, crafts pro-forma and ad-hoc financial analyses, manages and optimizes cost accounting and service line reporting, advises, and coaches all levels of leaders to better understand and influence their financial performance, creates and innovates financial reporting, and maintains the organization’s financial software systems. Collaborates with the Accounting Team on reporting, financial analyses, and various other topics. We will continuously drive St. Charles toward a financially sustainable model that provides affordable healthcare to our community.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Financial Analyst serves as an internal consultant, providing financial analysis, strategic insights, and data-driven recommendations to support organization decision-making. This role is responsible for maintaining and optimizing the cost accounting system, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of cost accounting data, service line reporting, and financial performance metrics. The position plays a key role in advancing cost transformation initiatives, identifying opportunities for operational and financial improvement, and translating complex information into actionable insights. This position does not directly manage any other caregivers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

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.

EDUCATION

• Required: Bachelor of Science degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance.
• Preferred: N/A

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION

• Required: Valid Oregon driver's license and ability to meet SCHS driving requirements. Ability to travel to business functions/trainings/meetings and all SCHS worksites.
• Preferred: HFMA membership and certification.

EXPERIENCE

• Required: Two (2) years finance experience. Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint) and document preparation.
• Preferred: Finance experience in the health care industry. Experience with cost accounting design and maintenance, clinical data systems, and rolling forecast.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Continually (75% or more): Use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.
• Frequently (50%): Sitting, standing, walking, lifting 1-10 pounds, keyboard operation.
• Occasionally (25%): Bending, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds, grasping/squeezing.
• Rarely (10%): Stooping/kneeling/crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling 11-25 pounds, operation of a motor vehicle.
• Never (0%): Climbing ladder/step-stool, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, ability to hear whispered speech level.

Exposure to Elemental Factors

• Never (0%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface.

Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category

No Risk for Exposure to BBP

Schedule

Schedule Weekly Hours: 40 Caregiver Type: Regular Shift: First Shift (United States of America) Is Exempt Position? Yes Job Family: ANALYST FINANCE Scheduled Days of the Week: Monday-Friday Shift Start & End Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

About St. Charles Health System

St. Charles Health System is a private, nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing high-quality care and the latest in health care technology to the communities it serves. Headquartered in Bend, Ore., St. Charles is an integrated delivery system, with a strong focus on population health, that provides a full range of evidence-based health care services within a 32,000-square-mile area in Central and Eastern Oregon. The health system owns and operates a trauma level II, tertiary referral center in Bend, a trauma level III, type B rural hospital in Redmond, and trauma level IV critical access hospitals in both Prineville and Madras. As the largest employer in Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System and St. Charles Medical Group care for our communities in more than two dozen outpatient clinics and in more than 20 specialty areas of medicine.