Principal Financial Analyst

Dayton Children's Hospital; Rome (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dayton Children's Hospital is seeking a Principal Financial Analyst to support finance leadership and provide insightful financial analysis. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field and 7+ years in finance or analytics, preferably in healthcare. Responsibilities include delivering financial insights for executive decisions and synthesizing complex data into actionable recommendations. The role offers hybrid work flexibility and requires experience with financial tools, SQL, and Power BI.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in business/finance/accounting/analytics related position required.
• 5+ years in healthcare or insurance required.
• 10+ years in healthcare analytics preferred.
• 5+ years with SQL preferred.
• 5+ years with Power BI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis.
• Support executive decision making with financial recommendations.
• Synthesize complex financial and operational information.

Skills

Financial statements and accounting

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Power BI

Data storytelling

Dashboard development with Power BI or Tableau

Statistical concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting

Master's degree in business, finance, accounting

Job description

Job Details

The Principal Financial Analyst is a senior individual contributor within Financial Planning & Analysis, serving as a trusted partner to finance leadership, Accounting, and Revenue Cycle teams. This role is responsible for delivering timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis to support executive decision making, with particular emphasis on midmonth forecasting, month end net revenue reporting, allowance modeling, and payer related financial risk. Operating with a high degree of independence, the Principal Financial Analyst synthesizes complex financial, operational, and revenue cycle information into clear executive ready narratives and actionable recommendations. This role is designed for an experienced healthcare finance professional who thrives in a consultative, analytical capacity, prefers deep subject matter ownership over people management, and values flexibility while maintaining a high standard of accountability and impact.

Facility

Work from Home - Hybrid - Ohio

Department

Decision Support

Schedule

Full time

Hours

40

Education

• A Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, informatics and data management required
• A Master's degree in business, finance, accounting, informatics and data management preferred

Experience

• 7+ years in business/finance/accounting/analytics related position required
• 5+ years in healthcare or insurance required
• 10+ years in healthcare analytics preferred
• 5+ years with SQL preferred
• 5+ years with Power BI preferred

Skills/Competencies

• Experience with financial statements and accounting required
• Strong skills in Microsoft programs, primarily excel required
• Experience with financial tools used for cost accounting, budgeting, long term financial planning or financial reporting required
• Perform data manipulation with SQL, SAS, R, Python, or SPSS required
• Familiarity with basic statistical concepts required
• Storytelling with data to front-line audience required
• Dashboard development with Power BI or Tableau required
• Storytelling with data to executive level audience preferred