Financial Analyst II / Finance Budget

Hartford Healthcare • New Britain, CT

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About The Position

Reporting to the Director or Manager of Budget & Financial Planning– Budgeting and Financial Planning role will serve as a critical member of the regional acute finance team. This role will focus on preparation of the annual operating and capital budgets, short- and long-term forecasts, business plan development and financial analysis spanning the full financial statements, related statistics and metrics of assigned business units. The position will create meaningful reports and facilitate insightful analysis between leadership and finance by collaborating with members of regional finance, SSO finance partners across the enterprise, all levels of leaders in the assigned region as well as peers in other regions to ensure consistent service delivery. The role will serve as a key business partner with operational and clinical leaders providing customer service, education, advice and guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or other Financial related field or 2 yrs equivalent financial planning and budgeting work experience
• 2 years progressive financial experience post-college with at least 2+ years in a Budgeting and/or Financial Planning and Analysis capacity preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong and strategic business relationships
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills with the ability to execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Strong financial acumen, proven ability to connect the linkages of the project results to the financial and business benefits
• Acute attention to detail and ability to produce polished deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to balance numerous time-sensitive requests in a fast-paced working environment
• Requires expert computer skills (e.g., generating spreadsheet or developing templates for use by other team members, preparing presentations), advanced user of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project and ability to learn advanced technology tools.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, creativity, and initiative
• Strong business analytics background includes the ability to develop and analyze contracts, proforma's, business plans, and financial projections.
• Ability to interpret financial statements and a firm understanding of physician group/healthcare operations.
• Ability to multi-task and work well in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, training and speaking skills
• Willingness to work in a collaborative environment
• Highly organized but willing to adjust direction when necessary

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of healthcare finance principles, preferred not mandatory
• 2+ years progressive experience post-college with at least 2+ years in a Budgeting/FP&A capacity preferred
• Work experience with an entity of relevant and comparable scale
• 2+ years’ work experience in a healthcare finance capacity preferred not mandatory

Responsibilities

• Budgeting - Works with Regional Director to construct annual operating and capital budgets, volumes, statistics, related support schedules, presentations and other materials as required.
• Forecasting - Supports periodic short- and long-term financial forecasting and re-forecasting of financial statements, budgets, volumes, statistics as required.
• Planning & Consulting – Serve as a consultant to local managers on financial matters & provides ad-hoc reporting. Guides local managers through system resources where support is needed. May lead or participate in workgroups to analyze business needs, formulate new plans or monitor progress on existing business plans.
• Financial Analysis - Provides assigned department management with insightful analysis, standard and ad-hoc reports that clearly explain issues to operational leaders. Become a trusted partner of the regional care team.
• Data Integrity – Maintains and reconciles maintenance of various datasets and tables in applicable software. Make recommendations for structural changes to enhance financial reporting. Partners with system resources where possible to streamline standard work.
• Month-End Close – Position supports accounting close cycle. Partner with accounting team to monitor close progress, provide accrual recommendations, create support schedules and research issues to explain financial results. Publishes statistical and other reporting used by all levels of the organization.
• Ad Hoc – Other Duties to support the regional finance office, special projects, as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level