Financial Reporting Analyst

Southern Ohio Medical Center•Portsmouth, OH

About The Position

The Financial Reporting Analyst supports Southern Ohio Medical Center’s financial performance by developing, analyzing, and communicating accurate financial and operational information. The role prepares recurring and ad hoc reports, analyzes trends and variances, maintains reporting tools and data, and translates complex financial information into actionable insights for leaders. It supports the financial operations of the hospital and associated entities through data analysis, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting, while helping ensure compliance with GAAP and healthcare-specific regulatory requirements. The analyst is responsible for accounting, reporting, and tracking the hospital’s ambulatory group within the Medical Care Foundation (MCF). The position plays a key role in month-end and year-end close, ensuring accurate accounting and reporting by ambulatory group and provider for revenues, expenses, payroll allocations, and contractual modeling. The role reports to the Administrative Director of General Accounting and Finance. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or successful completion of an equivalent high school exam.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least two years of relevant accounting experience.
Experience with GAAP accounting, financial reporting, and analysis.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare experience.
Experience with ERP accounting systems.

Responsibilities

Prepare, analyze, and distribute financial, operational, productivity, and performance reports, dashboards, scorecards, and presentations for leadership and key stakeholders.
Monitor and evaluate performance against budgets, forecasts, benchmarks, and organizational goals; investigate and explain variances and trends.
Develop financial models, forecasts, and ad hoc analyses to support planning, operational decisions, resource allocation, and business initiatives.
Partner with finance, clinical, and operational leaders to assess departmental and service-line performance and recommend improvements.
Support cost accounting and decision support, including costing methodologies, allocations, profitability analyses, contribution margin reporting, and financial-data validation.
Evaluate new programs, services, capital investments, staffing initiatives, and vendor proposals using ROI, break-even, sensitivity, and scenario analyses.
Analyze labor productivity, staffing utilization, FTEs, overtime, workload, and other workforce metrics to identify efficiency and performance improvement opportunities.
Support operating budget development, forecasting, and long-range financial planning through analysis, modeling, reporting, and validation of assumptions.
Administer financial aspects of grants and externally funded programs, including budget monitoring, reporting, reimbursement requests, compliance tracking, reconciliations, and audit support.
Reconcile and validate financial and operational data across systems to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of organizational reporting.
Maintain and enhance reporting tools, dashboards, and analytical models, documenting methodologies, assumptions, and processes.
Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and reporting efficiencies to improve data quality, timeliness, and decision support.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to support accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and organizational objectives.
Perform data analysis, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting for the hospital and associated entities.
Account for, report on, and track the hospital’s ambulatory group within the Medical Care Foundation, including supporting month-end and year-end close.

Benefits

Competitive pay with quarterly market analysis.
Performance-based annual increase and bonus eligibility.
Up to 4% employer contributions to retirement plans (403(b) and Cash Balance Pension).
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
Earned Wage Access.
Paid Time Off bank with three annual sick days.
Life insurance and disability coverage.
Tuition and certification assistance.
Club LC discounted or free gym membership.
Employee discount and payroll deduction programs.
Other benefit offerings; eligibility depends on employment status, position type, and hours worked.