Senior Financial Business Systems Analyst

Stanford Medicine Children's Health•Sacramento, CA

4d•$63 - $81•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Finance Business Systems Analyst supports core business and financial applications for the health system, helping enable cost-effective, high-quality, efficient, and safe patient care. Under minimal guidance from senior team members, this position implements, administers, and supports assigned systems. The analyst applies a thorough understanding of business and financial operations in a healthcare environment and independently addresses moderately to highly complex issues and design decisions with little or no supervision. The role communicates and documents complex concepts related to applications, interfaces, data structures, and workflows across the organization; acts as a liaison among business teams, application vendors, and IT; translates complex business needs into recommendations; and guides project teams through meetings, communications, and working sessions. The role leads ERP upgrade initiatives and change control, coordinates project estimation, helps prepare requirements and system-impact documentation, and identifies opportunities to optimize systems and resolve issues. The analyst researches problems, evaluates solution options and their consequences, reviews configuration and design choices, and recommends appropriate system maintenance. Duties are performed in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, Service Standards, and Code of Conduct, and in keeping with Joint Commission requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business Management, Accounting, or a related field from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Five years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
Knowledge of Workday and its implementation.
Knowledge of current issues and trends in healthcare and clinical operations in a healthcare system.
Knowledge of core business and financial applications and other information systems and computer applications used in a healthcare setting.
Knowledge of computer systems and software used in the functional area.
Ability to analyze highly complex systems and workflows and implement solutions to simplify, streamline, and automate transactions.
Ability to conceptualize, plan, organize, coordinate, and manage work for a major departmental program or function.
Ability to engage actively in complex discussions, including challenging or controversial subjects.
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and build consensus.
Ability to negotiate on behalf of others to achieve favorable outcomes for the department and organization.
Ability to handle confrontation professionally and cordially, with appropriate firmness, and to manage or resolve disputes.
Ability to communicate concepts concisely to management and cross-functional teams verbally, in writing, and through pictures or diagrams when appropriate.
Ability to establish tasks and activities associated with an intended outcome and timeline.
Ability to take action consistent with available facts, constraints, and anticipated consequences.
Ability to understand and adhere to operational standards, policies, and procedures.
Ability to identify risks or issues and propose solutions.
Ability to develop new skills and teach others.
Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and interpret results.

Responsibilities

Act as a technology subject matter expert and communicate technical concepts in business terms across groups while influencing outcomes.
Lead ERP upgrade initiatives, addressing technical details, user expectations, project goals, work effort, accountability, and deliverables.
Coordinate project-estimation efforts for review by cross-organizational technical and business teams.
Assist in preparing detailed system requirements documents incorporating system-impact analysis and use cases.
Identify system optimization and enhancement opportunities and design and implement effective solutions.
Identify trends and detect or anticipate problems early.
Review system configuration and design options on an ongoing basis and recommend appropriate system maintenance requests.
Lead issue resolution and update Functional Specification documents as required.
Research issues and independently analyze solution options, including their pros, cons, risks, benefits, costs, and unintended consequences.
Lead the change-control process, including procedures, issue tracking, training-material development, communicating changes, and delivering end-user training.
Follow hospital policies and procedures, Service Standards, Code of Conduct, and applicable Joint Commission requirements.