Financial Analyst

UCSF • San Francisco, CA

12d • $105,400

About The Position

The Financial Analyst, also known as Senior Decision Support Analyst, performs application and analysis functions supporting UCSF Health’s Financial Decision Support system. The role helps maintain the system so it produces high-quality, accurate, and timely patient-level financial and clinical data for Finance and Operational business partners. This system provides critical financial data used by operating units, Vice Presidents, and Directors for ROI analyses on capital and value-improvement projects, case-based budgets, and program and service-line profitability reporting.

The analyst develops business cases and extracts cost, billing, patient demographic, and other information from the Health System cost accounting database, dashboards, and Business/Clinical Intelligence tools. The role requires building effective working relationships with staff who have deep knowledge of UCSF IT applications and databases to support analysis of complex data sets.

The position supports the Director – Shared Service in strategies to achieve best practices in managing the decision support system and associated reporting tools. The Senior Analyst develops and maintains key relationships with Financial and IT professionals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related area or four years of equivalent experience or training.
• Five or more years of experience in Decision Support or Financial Management in the healthcare field, preferably in a hospital setting.
• Experience with hospital cost accounting concepts and systems, including Strata/EPSi, and familiarity with hospital and professional patient billing data and healthcare reimbursement concepts.
• Experience with Strata/EPSi cost accounting or decision support systems.
• Knowledge of and experience working with healthcare-specific EMR, Decision Support, and financial accounting software, such as Epic, Strata/EPSi, Oracle, or similar systems.
• Advanced data management and data mining skills, including the ability to develop and execute highly complex SQL queries and stored procedures to organize, transform, and extract financial and clinical data for reports, statistics, analyses, and forecasts.
• Advanced interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead projects and teams and collaborate productively on highly complex projects with key personnel at all professional and technical levels.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain sophisticated technical and financial information clearly and concisely and present analyses, reports, and investigation results.
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical ability, and in-depth knowledge of documentation and reporting, including the ability to run highly complex queries and studies, collect and analyze financial and performance data, and produce reports, analyses, and forecasts.
• Ability to work with senior staff and managers across departments as a technical leader and information resource in decision support, providing recommendations and advice on decision support processes, business and financial issues, and industry trends and advances.
• Ability to work onsite when required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform application and analysis functions in support of UCSF Health’s Financial Decision Support system.
• Help maintain the decision support system to ensure production of high-quality, accurate, and timely patient-level financial and clinical data.
• Develop business cases and extract cost, billing, patient demographic, and other information from the Health System cost accounting database, dashboards, and Business/Clinical Intelligence tools.
• Establish effective working relationships with staff knowledgeable about UCSF IT applications and databases to support analysis of complex data sets.
• Support the Director – Shared Service in strategies to achieve best practices in managing the decision support system and associated reporting tools.
• Develop and maintain key relationships with Financial and IT professionals.

What This Job Offers

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