Senior Finance Operations Analyst

Allegheny Health Network; Wexford (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a Finance Specialist to support the hospital CFO in monitoring financial performance and providing insights to leadership. You will collaborate with operational leaders to ensure access to reporting and training for informed decisions and align hospital processes with corporate finance policies.

You will prepare monthly financial data, participate in budget validation, and run profitability and capital reports using Tableau and Strata.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in finance or accounting.
• 3 years in the healthcare industry, hospitals or providers.
• 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

Responsibilities

• Populate standard financial and volume data for monthly reports and presentations to leadership.
• Track and approve position requests with Workforce Management.
• Support Kronos reporting and align productivity standards with hospital operations.
• Liaise between clinical and operational managers on purchasing and invoicing; train new managers.
• Run profitability reports from Tableau/Strata and summarize variance; support analytic needs.
• Collaborate with budget teams to validate budget assumptions and submissions.
• Document and track capital requests and align with AHN Capital Plan.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Data analysis

Time management

Communication

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Tableau

Strata

Kronos

Excel

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.

• 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.

Company

Allegheny Health Network

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.

Required

EXPERIENCE

• 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

Qualifications

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

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

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