Financial Analyst, Consultant

Blue Shield of CA; Springfield Meadows (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Financial Analyst, Consultant to partner with the Mandates FP&A team, manage budgets, and provide strategic spend recommendations. The role focuses on forecasting expenses and tracking ongoing Mandates costs to ensure financial controls.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree, 7+ years of relevant experience, strong financial modeling and Excel proficiency, plus familiarity with accruals and reclasses.

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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Mandates FP&A portfolio to manage budgets and provide strategic recommendations on spend.
• Forecast future expenses and monitor spending trends for the portfolio.
• Track ongoing costs related to Mandates implementation and report variances.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support financial decisions and controls.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Excel

Planview

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.