Senior Financial Analyst II - FP&A

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System•Spartanburg, SC

25d

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst II is a key member of the Finance team, responsible for advanced financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, decision support, cost accounting support, productivity reporting, and operational performance analysis for hospital and health system operations. The role partners with clinical, operational, physician practice, and executive leadership to provide timely, accurate, actionable financial insight that supports decision-making, strategic initiatives, and financial performance improvement. Working with a high degree of independence, this position leads complex financial analyses; supports annual operating and capital budget processes; maintains decision-support and reporting tools; develops financial models; and communicates with stakeholders about financial results, productivity, service-line performance, reimbursement trends, and opportunities for improvement. The specific job grade will be determined by the applicant’s placement on the Finance Division career ladder.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in accounting, finance, healthcare finance, FP&A, decision support, budgeting, cost accounting, or related financial analysis.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including financial modeling, pivot tables, complex formulas, and data analysis.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Strong analytical, mathematical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations; write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; present information effectively; and respond to questions.
Ability to apply arithmetic and concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret technical instructions, and work with abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily; reasonable accommodation may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Finance, or a related field.
Experience in healthcare accounting, hospital finance, physician practice finance, decision support, budgeting, productivity, or cost accounting.
Experience with Epic, Infor-Lawson ERP, Strata Decision Support, Strata Budgeting/Planning, cost-accounting applications, Power BI, or similar financial reporting and analytics tools.
Power BI Data Analyst Associate, Strata Administrator, CPA, CMA, CHFP, or related certification.

Responsibilities

Prepare financial and statistical analyses for hospital operations, physician practices, service lines, departments, and strategic initiatives.
Support annual operating, capital, and labor budget processes, including schedule preparation, data validation, stakeholder support, and budget variance analysis.
Develop forecasts, pro forma analyses, return-on-investment models, and financial projections for new programs, capital equipment, service expansion, and other business opportunities.
Maintain and support decision-support, cost-accounting, budgeting, productivity, variance-analysis, dashboard, and management-reporting tools.
Collect, validate, summarize, and interpret financial, clinical, operational, productivity, statistical, and reimbursement data from source systems.
Prepare and review monthly financial schedules, dashboards, financial summaries, productivity reports, variance analyses, and materials for close meetings, leadership reviews, and board presentations.
Analyze service-line profitability, patient-volume trends, labor productivity, rate and volume variances, margin performance, accounts-receivable trends, and other key financial indicators.
Partner with department directors, managers, clinical leaders, and finance leadership to explain financial results and recommend opportunities to improve financial and operational performance.
Participate in developing, improving, and standardizing financial reporting processes, tools, dashboards, and analytical methodologies.
Serve as a resource and subject matter expert in financial analysis, budgeting, decision support, productivity, variance analysis, cost accounting, and reporting tools.
Support special projects, regulatory surveys, management-reporting requests, and other assigned financial analysis duties.