Senior Financial Analyst - Pharmacy Specialist (Clinical Decision Support)

City of Hope; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope is seeking a Finance Analyst to serve as a key liaison between Finance, Analytics, IT, and Pharmacy Operations. You will translate complex pharmacy financial data into actionable insights, support reporting and forecasting, and ensure data quality across reporting processes.

The role requires five or more years in accounting/finance and a solid understanding of healthcare reimbursement and regulatory considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration (required).
• 5+ years of progressive accounting and/or finance experience.
• Health Care industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate financial data into information to drive sound business decisions and communicate to diverse audiences.
• Support pharmacy financial reporting, modeling, forecasting, and revenue recognition.
• Understand healthcare reimbursement methodologies, payer mix, contract performance, and regulatory considerations.
• Maintain strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to support accurate reporting.
• Own multiple projects and priorities with well-developed organizational skills.
• Identify opportunities to change how results are measured and reported to meet evolving requirements.
• Provide independent financial ownership and act as the voice of the function within the team.

Skills

Financial analysis

Healthcare finance

Data validation

Data transformation

Reporting & forecasting

Payer & reimbursement knowledge

Regulatory awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Project management

Independent ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Admin

Job description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

This role serves as a key liaison between Finance, Analytics, IT, and Pharmacy Operations, translating complex data into actionable insights that support informed decision-making, financial reporting, and operational performance. The Analyst will be responsible for pharmacy financial analysis, data validation, and documenting data transformation processes to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable reporting. The Analyst will also collaborate across business areas to improve data quality, reporting processes, and understanding of pharmacy systems and operations.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Proven ability to translate financial data into information to drive sound business decisions, and deliver messages at the appropriate level for the audience
• Demonstrates knowledge of pharmacy-related financial reporting, modeling, forecasting, and revenue recognition principles to support accurate financial analysis and informed decision-making.
• Demonstrates an understanding of healthcare reimbursement methodologies, pharmacy revenue and expense trends, payer mix, contract performance, and regulatory considerations, while maintaining strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to support accurate reporting and informed business decision-making.
• Well-developed organization skills to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Decide innovative changes in the measurement of and the reporting of business results in order to better meet the dynamic needs of reporting requirements.
• Must be able to stand alone with financial ownership of entity, serving as independent voice of function in team dynamic.
• Problem solving skills to show the ability to thrive in an unstructured environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong ability to present to management and communicate with diverse stakeholders
• Ability to recognize operational deficiencies through data, and effectively translate/communicate model outcomes and value driven opportunities to leadership

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting and/or finance experience.
• Preferred: Health Care industry.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.