Financial Analyst, Consultant

Blue Shield of CA; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA in Long Beach is seeking a Financial Analyst, Consultant to partner with the Mandates FP&A team on budgeting and forecasting for a $60M portfolio of projects.

You will analyze spend, provide strategic recommendations, and track ongoing costs related to Mandates implementation, reporting to the manager of Strategic Initiatives FP&A. This role combines finance rigor with hands-on project support in a hybrid workplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong financial modeling skills.
• Strong experience with Excel.
• Knowledge of accruals and reclasses.
• Desired: Project Management methodologies.
• Desired: PlanView Project Management Software.
• Desired: State and federal mandates.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Mandates portfolio to manage budgets and forecast expenses.
• Provide strategic recommendations on spend and forecasting.
• Track ongoing costs related to Mandates implementation.

Skills

Financial modeling

Excel proficiency

Accruals & reclasses

Project management methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Planview Project Management Software

Job description

Your Role

The Mandates FP&A team provides financial partnership and controls to a $60M portfolio of projects . The Financial Analyst, Consultant will report to the manager of Strategic Initiatives FP&A. In this role you will be partnering with the Mandates portfolio of projects and helping to manage their budgets, providing strategic recommendations about spend and forecasting future expenses. You will also be tracking the ongoing costs related to Mandates implementation.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires strong financial modeling skills
• Requires strong experience and expertise with Excel
• Requires knowledge and experience with accounting accruals and reclasses
• Desired experience with Project Management methodologies
• Desired experience with Planview Project Management Software
• Desired experience with state and federal mandates

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.