Financial Analysis Lead Analyst – Express Scripts – Hybrid
About The Position
The job profile for this position is Financial Analysis Lead Analyst, which is a Band 3 Senior Contributor Career Track Role. Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply! Our people make all the difference in our success. This is a hybrid role and will require the ability to work in-person at our St. Louis, Missouri office. The Financial Analysis Lead Analyst provides advanced professional input to complex Financial Analysis assignments/projects. The Financial Analysis Lead Analysis will also be responsible for analysis and interpretation of complex financial information. Utilizing independent judgment and discretion, the Financial Analysis Lead Analyst identifies trends, variances, and key issues and provides recommendations for adjustments. As a Financial Analysis Lead Analyst, you will be responsible for conducting moderate to complex financial analysis projects and/or reporting. In addition, you will help answer pharmacy appeals and work directly with pharmacies on payment issues. May conduct audits to ensure data controls are maintained. May design, enhance and maintain system applications for processing and reporting financial information. Works autonomously, only requiring “expert” level technical support from others. Exercises judgment in the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of both standard and complex techniques and procedures. Utilizes in-depth professional knowledge and acumen to develop models and procedures, and monitor trends, within Financial Analysis.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field preferred
- 2+ years in a finance, accounting or highly analytical position
- Technical knowledge of relational database concepts, querying, data warehouses and decision support tools, including but not limited to: SQL and Excel
- Ability to utilize independent judgment and discretion, identify variances, and recommend solutions
- Experience in a highly regulated business environment
- Ability to communicate results of analytics to a multitude of individuals/groups
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- A self-motivated team player who thrives on challenges, is comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and is ready for development within our Company
- Innovative and strong desire to learn
Nice To Haves
- Experience in healthcare / insurance industry preferred
- MBA a plus
Responsibilities
- Extract, analyze, validate, and communicate intelligence from large sets of data
- Develop new analytic resources and views of data from in-depth analysis and understanding
- Communicate externally with pharmacies and pharmacy managers
- Develop, help maintain, and troubleshoot complex internal MS Excel spreadsheets
- Assist with Ad-Hoc request
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
