Senior Finance Operations Analyst

highmarkhealth; Wexford (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a finance professional to support the hospital CFO by monitoring financial performance and delivering insights to leadership. You will collaborate with operational leaders to enable informed decisions, align with corporate finance policies, and provide reporting and training as needed.

The role focuses on monthly reporting, budget validation, KPI analysis, and collaboration across hospital and corporate teams to drive financial performance and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, statistics, or related field, or 6 years of related experience in lieu of degree.
• 3 years of experience in finance or accounting.
• 3 years in healthcare industry, hospitals or providers.

Responsibilities

• Populate monthly financial data and support monthly reports and presentations for hospital leadership.
• Track and approve position requests with Workforce Management Office.
• Support Kronos reporting and align productivity standards with hospital operations.
• Liaison between clinical and operational managers on purchasing issues; assist in training new finance managers.
• Run basic profitability reports in Tableau/Strata and summarize variances; assist with hospital analytics.
• Validate budget assumptions and final budget submission with onsite leadership and corporate budget teams.
• Document and track capital requests and ensure alignment with AHN Capital Plan.”],
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• Finance analyst in Pittsburgh area with 3+ years of finance experience: market range is $65k–$90k gross annually.
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• COMPANY NAME: Highmark HealthKEY POINTS: Financial analysis support, budget coordination, hospital reporting
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• <p>Highmark Health is seeking a finance professional to support the hospital CFO by monitoring financial performance and delivering insights to leadership. You will collaborate with operational leaders to enable informed decisions, align with corporate finance policies, and provide reporting and training as needed.</p><p>The role focuses on monthly reporting, budget validation, KPI analysis, and collaboration across hospital and corporate teams to drive financial performance and accountability.</p>
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Skills

MS Office

Data analysis

Time management

Communication

Initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, statistics, or related field

6 years of related experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Tableau

Kronos

Job description

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

This job is responsible for supporting the hospital chief financial officer in overseeing the financial performance of the hospital. This job will work closely with operational leaders to ensure they have the access, reporting and training required to make operational and financial decisions. The position will collaborate with corporate finance teams to ensure alignment of corporate financial processes and policies in the hospital. The position will assist the CFO in providing insights to hospital and corporate leadership on the financial drivers for the hospital.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for initial population of standard financial and volume data in hospital specific for monthly financial reports, analysis, and presentations to hospital and network leadership. Provides initial inputs on themes / outcomes for the month. Work with corporate finance teams (FP&A and Decision Support) to integrate into overall AHN Hospital monthly result narrative 15%
• Track / approve position request . Work with Workforce Management Office to review and approve open positions 15%
• Support operational managers with Kronos reporting. Partner with corporate to gain understanding on how productivity standards are determined, provide perspective on how those standards align / don't align with specific hospital operations and update as necessary to accurately represent the department's work effort 15%
• Liaison between clinical and operational managers when issues occur with purchasing, invoicing, etc Initial training of new managers of Finance/ Productivity reporting and systems 10%
• Run basic profitability reports from Tableau / Strata. Basic understanding of how to read / summarize profitability and variance reports Utilize tableau reporting and other self service tools to support hospital analytic needs. Collaborate with Decision Support on hospital analytic needs 10%
• Work with corporate budget team and onsite leadership teams to validate budget assumptions and final budget submission 15%
• Collaborate with department managers to document and track capital request through the capital process (run mini "capital committees" at each hospital). Work with Capital team to ensure hospital capital plans are aligned with overall AHN Capital Plan. Ensure capital system is current with all capital requests 5%
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EXPERIENCE:

Required

• 3 years of experience in finance or Accounting role
• 3 years in the healthcare industry, particularly as it relates to hospitals or other providers

Preferred

• None

Q UALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, statistics, or related field (OR) 6 years of related and progressive experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree

Preferred

• None

SKILLS:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)
• Ability to analyze and interpret various types of data including financial results, operational metrics, clinical outcomes, and other key datasets
• Ability to juggle multiple projects at once and manage time effectively, in order to meet established deadlines
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop partnerships across the organization
• Self-starter who takes initiative, and drives progress on major projects without being asked or with minimal supervision

Disclaimer:

The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement :

This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company's Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable fede