Financial Analyst, Senior

Blue Shield of CA; Rancho Cordova (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to lead data governance, develop analyses, and build driver-based forecasts. You will create monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and support Board reporting. Reporting to the Director of Finance Analytics, you will elevate FP&A processes and drive improved financial performance.

The role emphasizes data integrity, advanced Excel, Power BI/Tableau, and cross-functional collaboration in a hybrid environment with two in-office days weekly.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree or equivalent with finance focus.
• Five years of progressive financial analyst experience with forecasting ownership.
• Experience leading recurring forecasting processes and delivering monthly/quarterly insights.
• Experience with expense allocation methodologies and financial reporting impacts.
• Experience establishing data governance standards and data integrity controls.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (PivotTables, XLOOKUP, VBA) and data visualization tools.
• Proficiency with Power BI and Tableau for enterprise reporting.
• Ability to translate analysis into clear management-ready narratives.

Responsibilities

• Manage data governance including review of cost centers and allocations.
• Develop analyses and financial models for strategic decisions.
• Create monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, supporting Board reporting.
• Elevate reporting quality and streamline FP&A processes.
• Collaborate with Finance Analytics leadership to drive performance improvements.

Skills

Forecasting

Data governance

Excel proficiency

Power BI

Tableau

Workday

Workday Adaptive Planning

Hyperion

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or economics

Tools

Workday

Workday Adaptive Planning

Hyperion

Job description

Your Role

The Enterprise Finance Consolidations and Business Systems team leads the Company's end-to-end consolidated financial forecasting and reporting, as well as the administration of core finance business systems, financial data governance and expense allocations. The team oversees the annual planning cycle and the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation of financial results, delivering insightful actionable insights reporting to the Board of Directors, executives, senior leaders, and external stakeholders. In addition, the team manages administrative expense allocations and supports the optimization of key business systems, including Hyperion, Concur, and Planview. Through close collaboration with key partners across our legal entities, the team helps ensure accuracy, efficiency and strategic alignment across all financial operations.

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Financial Analyst who is integral part of the team and will manage the data governance process, including reviewing cost centers, products, expense allocations. Additionally, you will develop analyses and financial models for use in strategic decision making, as well create monthly, quarterly, annual reports and support Board of Directors reporting. In this vital position, reporting directly to the Director of Finance Analytics, you will play a central role in our FP&A Corporate team. By elevating our reporting and streamlining our processes, you will drive substantial improvements in our overall financial performance and position our organization for continued growth and success.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. A degree in finance, accounting, or economics is preferred
• Requires five years of progressive financial analyst experience, including ownership of at least one forecasting model and delivery of monthly/quarterly performance insights to leaders
• Demonstrated ability to lead role related initiatives or recurring processes, such as owing a monthly reporting cadence, coordinating inputs from multiple stakeholders, and driving issues to resolution
• Demonstrated experience with expense allocation methodologies, processes, and financial reporting impacts required
• Experience establishing and enforcing data governance standards, policies, and controls to ensure data accuracy, integrity, consistency, and compliance
• Experience with Workday, Workday Adaptive Planning, and Hyperion preferred
• Advanced applied knowledge of Finance and Accounting, including the ability to build driver-based forecasts, perform sensitivity and scenario analyses, and explain impacts to the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, with the ability to investigate data, identify root causes, and translate complex information into actionable insights
• Experience developing, implementing, and enhancing enterprise-wide consolidated financial reports
• Advanced Excel proficiency, including the ability to build, and maintain complex workbooks and financial models using PivotTables, structured formulas, lookup functions such as XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP and VBA, etc.
• Advanced technical proficiency using Power BI, Tableau, and related reporting tools
• Skilled at translating analysis into clear, management-ready PowerPoint slides and narratives
• Self-motivated, innovative thinker with a continuous improvement mindset and a passion for optimizing processes and systems
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and a demonstrated commitment to accuracy and quality

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.