Sr. Financial Decision Support Analyst - FP&A

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The primary focus of this position is to provide financial analyses to support organizational leaders across the WVU Medicine System in decision making and strategic planning. The role will coordinate and complete complex financial analyses, financial projections, and business plans to support the strategic decision making of leaders and executives throughout the system. The Senior Financial DS Analyst will have a thorough understanding of the healthcare industry and will be able to handle multiple tasks with high productivity and minimal supervision.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Hospital Administration or related field AND Four (4) years of experience in financial analysis and reporting

OR

Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Hospital Administration or related field AND Two (2) years of experience in financial analysis and reporting.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Advanced degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Health Administration or related degree

EXPERIENCE:

1. Experience in a healthcare industry with business planning and complex analyses

2. Experience with Workday, Epic, StrataJazz, and Tableau

3. Experience working with Executive Leadership

4. Experience with Cost Accounting

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Provide complex ad-hoc financial analysis and solve complex financial and statistical hurdles, to support assigned hospital executive leadership in the decision-making process, via full scope financial, statistical, and variance analysis and developing proformas

2. Coordinate and drive the forecasting process by serving as a key point of contact to hospital leadership, assisting Lead Analysts and Directors with keeping the timeline on track, in addition to providing financial support for assigned Acute Hospitals by providing scenario analysis and recommending assumptions

3. Coordinate and drive the budget process by serving as a key point of contact to hospital leadership, assisting Lead Analysts and Directors with keeping the timeline on track, in addition to providing financial support for assigned Acute Care Hospitals by providing full analysis with recommendations

4. Coordinate and prepare complex business plans for large capital investments/master campus plans, additions of new services, and for strategic planning purposes by creating dynamic, multifaceted financial models, and summary presentation files for executive leadership in addition to driving the plans to completion as the primary point of contact for all subject matter experts contributing to the plan

5. Develop and provide quarterly signature line financial reporting and full analysis and review for more complex signature lines in addition to serving as the expert on the data analysis during presentations

6. Develop and provide WVUHS system level financial reports, ensure accuracy and usefulness, and coordinate distribution to system-wide leaders

7. Drive improvement projects as assigned by Director, and support Lead Analysts in any complex improvement projects or system-wide projects

8. Serve as a support for other analysts in ad-hoc reporting, data retrieval and analysis, and review of their analyses.

9. Create excel tools and templates with consistent formatting and accurate formulas for use by all analysts in order to more efficiently analyze and process data

10. Recommend areas for data improvement and troubleshoot information systems issues within decision support platform to ensure we are optimizing the use of data

11. Serve as a direct support to the Director on special projects as needed

12. Serve as liaison to outside departments and inter-departmental efforts.

13. Promotes and contributes positively to the teamwork of the department by assisting co-workers, contributing ideas, and problem-solving with co-workers

14. Takes a leadership role in performance improvement through planning and implementing change and maintaining and improving productivity through attendance and participation in staff meetings, committees, task forces, cross functional groups, projects and discussions with hospital management and staff

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Office environment.

2. Ability to work remotely.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to provide support for dynamic, complex financial analyses

2. Strong organization skills, attention to detail, and analytical aptitude

3. Ability to multi-task and work in a challenging deadline driven environment

4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

5. Independent work and analytical thinker with the ability to conduct research, data analysis, and resolve issues.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Company:

SYSTEM West Virginia University Health System

Cost Center:

675 SYSTEM Financial Planning & Analysis