Senior Financial Analyst

Gundersen Health System; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

HSA/FSA

401k Match

PTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

Wellness program

Job summary

Gundersen Health System seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to drive financial performance and strategic planning across the organization. You will partner with administrative leadership to deliver insights, support initiatives, and improve business performance.

The role requires strong analytical, forecasting, and modeling skills, with a Bachelor's in Business, Accounting, or Finance and 5–7 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Accounting or Finance required.
• 5-7 years of experience as an accountant, financial analyst or auditor.
• Experience with developing financial models: budgeting, business expansion/contracting.
• Strong financial acumen with ability to translate data into insights for leadership.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience building financial models.
• Experience with Power BI, Strata, or similar planning/decision support tools.
• Proven ability to analyze large datasets and identify trends for decision making.
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills with leadership presentation experience.

Responsibilities

• Partners with Administrative Directors/Directors in developing and analyzing strategic financial plans.
• Provides strategic consulting and support on financial decisions and growth strategies.
• Identifies financial risks and rewards for growth and expense reductions.
• Prepares financial analyses, graphs, and presentation materials for senior management.
• Prepares monthly financial reports and justifications for capital expenditures.
• Performs ad-hoc financial analyses at multiple levels of complexity.
• Develops and participates in system-wide annual and quarterly capital forecasting.
• Provides financial support to management interpreting financial information.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Data interpretation

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Strata

Job description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Emplify Health is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to play a critical role in driving financial performance, strategic planning, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.

This highly visible role partners with operational and executive leadership to deliver financial insights, support strategic initiatives, and enhance overall business performance.

The Senior Financial Analyst will leverage strong analytical, forecasting, and modeling skills to identify opportunities, evaluate business initiatives, and provide recommendations that support organizational goals.

Responsibilities Include:

• Partners with Administrative Directors/Directors in the development and analysis of strategic financial plans.
• Provides strategic consulting and support with respect to organizational and/or department financial decisions and growth strategies.
• Accesses and identifies financial risks and rewards to related strategic and tactical growth and expense reductions.
• Prepares financial and statistical analyses, graphs, and presentation materials, and provides analytical support for a variety of personnel, including senior management and directors.
• Prepares periodic statistical and month‑end financial reports and financial justifications for capital expenditure requests based on standard reporting templates to provide consistency.
• Perform financial analyses required to set new fees and reevaluate existing fees.
• Assist with revenue enhancement projects.
• Ability to develop and analyze productivity reports, forecasts, trends, variances and anomalies.
• Develops and/or participates in system‑wide annual and quarterly capital forecasting process.
• Provides financial support to management, utilizing knowledge of financial systems, interpreting financial and accounting information, and responding to questions and queries.
• Performs ad‑hoc financial analyses at multiple levels of complexity which may include calculations of rate of return, depreciation, working capital, investments, forecasting, cost analysis, and financial and expense performance comparisons.
• Conducts research and analysis of financial data needed in planning, budgeting, cost control, and project control to provide informed recommendations to leadership across the organization.
• Works collaboratively with various departments to meet customer needs.
• This position requires the viewing of clinical systems and protected health information in order to validate cost accounting and financial reporting for the organization.
• In collaboration with the other Financial Operations Consultants maintains a consistent and uniformed financial approach for the organization.
• May provide leadership and/or supervision for financial analysis, including education.
• Develop interactive dashboards and reporting using Power BI to visualize key financial and operational pharmacy metrics Leverage advanced Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, financial models, data analysis) to manage complex datasets and deliver actionable insights.

What's Available:

• Full time, 1.0 FTE - 40 hours/ week
• Schedule: Monday-Friday Days
• Location: Will consider remote options for those who reside in WI, MN, or IA only.
• May have occasional need to come onsite in La Crosse, WI or Green Bay, WI.
• Starting salary $79,000 and up, based on your years of experience.
• Please note: Immigration sponsorship (e.g., H-1B) is not available for this position.

To excel in this role, you'll bring:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Accounting or Finance or a related field
• Experience: 5-7 years of experience as an accountant, financial analyst or auditor.
• Experience with developing financial models: budgeting, business expansion/contracting.
• Strong financial acumen, with the ability to translate complex data into clear business insights
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience building financial models.
• Experience with Power BI, Strata, or similar financial planning, decision support, and data visualization tools.
• Proven ability to analyze large datasets, identify trends, and support strategic decision‑making
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills with experience presenting to leadership
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment

You’ll receive:

A highly adaptable and mission‑driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated.

• Competitive Benefits: A comprehensive and generous benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life Ins, HSA/FSA) ensuring your comfort and well‑being as a valuable team member
• Substantial retirement contribution including a 401k match & annual discretionary base contribution
• Work‑Life Balance: Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need
• Professional Development: Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, and our Career Development Center
• Additional Employee Discounts and Perks
• Other benefits include a Wellness program with incentives, employer‑paid life insurance and AD&D, optional short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, pet insurance, Inspire & Celebrate colleague recognition and rewards program, a discount program, and more!

PRACTICES AND PROMOTES BEHAVIOR CONSISTENT WITH THE MISSION, VISION AND VALUES:

• Mission: Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating.
• Vision: Leading with love, we courageously commit to a future of healthy people and thriving communities.
• Values: Belonging, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Teamwork, Humility

Emplify Health is comprised of two of the Midwest’s most respected healthcare systems, Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System. Once neighbors, we are now partners, united in our mission to provide exceptional care to our communities. As a not‑for‑profit, patient‑centered healthcare network, we have headquarters in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Our extensive network includes 11 hospitals and more than 100 clinics, serving 67 cities and rural communities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With over 4,500 dedicated nurses and providers, we are committed to delivering primary, specialty and emergency care, along with innovative medical education programs. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you’ll love! Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years.

Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you. We’ve made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love.

Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family‑centered care to the communities we serve. You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission‑driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee‑first culture, work‑life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself!

What You Can Expect:

Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth Culture that encourages self‑care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well‑being as a valuable team member Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world‑class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are.

Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties.

Our physician‑led, not‑for‑profit healthcare system includes a 325‑bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services.

Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees. Select Remote/Hybrid Eligible under More search to see our remote‑eligible openings. A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you. Learn more about our excellence in patient care, education, research, culture, and something we call Love + Medicine at www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/life.