Senior Financial Analyst - Pediatrics

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

7d•Remote

About The Position

Within the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, this role assists with Operating Budget development, submission, and implementation. It oversees monthly accounting, workflow, reporting, variance analysis, and reconciliation processes. The position also performs financial analysis and develops proformas for business and strategic initiatives. This position is eligible for remote work within Iowa and requires a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of employment. Work arrangements will be reviewed annually and must comply with the remote work program and related policies, as well as the employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Data Analytics, Management Information Systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting, business analysis, healthcare analytics, or a related field.
Experience preparing and analyzing financial, statistical, and operational reports.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions, pivot tables, and data analysis.
Experience developing reports and dashboards using Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
Working knowledge of SQL or similar query languages to extract and manipulate data.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends, variances, and opportunities.
Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in academic medicine, healthcare finance, physician practice management, or hospital operations.
Experience using Epic, decision support, data warehouse, and healthcare reporting systems.
Experience developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards for executive leadership.
Experience with budgeting, forecasting, reconciliations, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

Create, validate, and disseminate incentive plan reports.
Track RVUs across providers.
Calculate and track penalties including Charge Lag, Documentation Deficiency, Bumped Clinic, Compliance, and DRG (CDI) Queries.
Update the monthly faculty funding report.
Respond to ad hoc report requests from providers and executive leadership.
Assist the Finance Manager with annual budget preparation and salary posting.
Complete required reconciliations and reporting activities in accordance with established procedures.
Assess variance reports on revenue, expense, and other statistical measures.
Prepare highly specialized reports as requested.
Perform complex financial, operational, and statistical analyses utilizing financial, clinical, and decision support systems.
Utilize decision support and data warehouse systems to develop proformas and business analyses supporting operational and strategic initiatives.
Maintain and update the Formula Orders Spreadsheet, including pricing and documentation accuracy.
Serve as the primary contact for PCD/PFS questions related to metabolic formula processes and Charity Care considerations.
Manage new bill area setup, provider/APP bill area requests, and Allowed Services reviews.
Manage the department's AAAP survey and benchmarking process end-to-end — completing routine and ad-hoc AAAP surveys, downloading and verifying the annual AAAP benchmark data, and analyzing results to inform faculty compensation and departmental benchmarking decisions.
Refresh the faculty salary setting file against benchmark data.
Develop, maintain, and analyze operational and financial dashboards and reports utilizing Power BI, Excel, and other reporting tools to support departmental leadership decision-making.
Generate routine and ad hoc reports to support departmental leadership decision making.
Track and report key performance indicators, including: Revenue and collections, Work RVUs (wRVUs), Patient volumes, Clinic utilization, Patient satisfaction metrics, Access and scheduling indicators, Inpatient volumes, Average daily census (ADC), Faculty and provider productivity.
Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through data analysis and benchmarking.
Present findings and recommendations to departmental leadership and committee groups.
Deliver best-practice training to others.
Recommend and assist in developing training solutions to increase accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness of financial transactions.
Advise leadership within the department on appropriate financial controls, transactions, and accounting processes.
May provide functional and/or administrative supervision (direction, assignments, feedback, coaching, and counseling) to assure outcomes are achieved.
Assist in coordination/preparation of analysis for strategic plans in support of DEO/administrator.
Support development and preparation of the department business plan.