Senior Financial Analyst - FT - Days - Financial Analysis and Planning @ MV
About The Position
El Camino Health is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to support financial analysis and decision support, predictive analytics, business intelligence and reporting, and executive and stakeholder communication. The role evaluates financial decisions and service-line performance; compiles, validates, interprets, and benchmarks data from hospital financial, clinical, supply chain, and workforce systems; and supports budgeting, cost accounting, and program development. The analyst builds and maintains predictive models and clinical-financial analyses, supports AI-enabled scenario modeling, and pilots AI/ML, large language model, and automation tools to improve forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis. The role also develops dashboards and scorecards, supports data governance and lineage, and prepares and presents analyses and recommendations for finance, clinical, operational, and executive audiences. The position works in partnership with the VP, Business Intelligence & Finance AI Strategy, and provides consultative support to department leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, data science, health administration, or a related quantitative field.
- Seven or more years in a financial analyst role with progressively responsible duties.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Access.
- Working knowledge of SQL.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex analysis for non-technical audiences.
- Consultative and collaborative approach to cross-functional work.
- Intellectual curiosity and comfort piloting new analytic and AI tools in partnership with Business Intelligence & Finance AI leadership.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or relevant certification, such as CHFP, FHFMA, or CDMP.
- Experience in healthcare, enterprise data management, data warehousing, financial modeling, or business intelligence/financial analytics reporting.
- Exposure to AI/ML tools, predictive modeling, or automation applied to financial or operational analysis.
- Experience with BI and visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Familiarity with Python, R, or similar tools for predictive or statistical modeling.
- Understanding of Epic or Cerner data structures and how clinical data supports financial analysis.
Responsibilities
- Analyze lease-versus-buy decisions and capital purchase justifications using NPV and ROI methods; document assumptions and identify contract and compliance considerations.
- Evaluate the financial contribution of existing service lines and programs using contract reimbursement data, verify data accuracy, and explain year-to-year variances.
- Mine, compile, interpret, benchmark, and audit financial data from the enterprise data warehouse, general ledger, cost accounting, supply chain, and workforce systems.
- Support annual budgeting, cost accounting, and program development processes.
- Build and maintain predictive models, such as models for patient propensity to pay, length of stay, labor demand, and volume variability, under the direction of the VP, Business Intelligence & Finance AI Strategy.
- Develop clinical-financial integration analyses connecting Epic clinical data with financial performance to help service-line leaders understand the cost and value of care.
- Support AI-driven scenario modeling for reimbursement changes, labor fluctuations, and market shifts.
- Pilot and apply AI/ML, large language models, and RPA tools, including Python or R, to streamline forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis; share results and opportunities with the VP.
- Build and maintain KPI dashboards, financial scorecards, and service-line profitability views using BI platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Support the Finance Data Governance Council by documenting data definitions, validating source data, and maintaining data lineage for reports and dashboards.
- Integrate data across Epic, general ledger, cost accounting, supply chain, and workforce systems to support accurate, unified reporting.
- Prepare complex financial analyses, written summaries, and Board- or executive-ready materials in partnership with the VP.
- Present findings and recommendations to Finance, clinical, and operational leaders, adapting communication to the audience.
- Provide consultative, collaborative support to department leaders and teach effective use of financial tools, spreadsheets, and dashboards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
