Sr Financial Analyst

Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation•Franklin, TN

20h

About The Position

This position will serve as an integral part of the finance team to support the Treasury, Accounting, and company-wide financial departments. This position will primarily be working in a financial planning and analysis role, assisting the Manager of Financial Analysis with the quarterly projections, the annual budgets, variance analysis, and other ad hoc analyses as requested. Qualified candidates will demonstrate strong skills in analytical problem solving, general ledger accounting, financial analysis, data querying, report presentation, and organizational skills. Candidate should also demonstrate keen attention to detail. The Sr. Financial Analyst will work with personnel from various corporate entities, hospitals, and shared service centers to obtain information, understand issues requiring attention and present actionable solutions to management. Much of the analysis will be new and will require the position to think critically through problems and use resources to obtain the information.

Requirements

At least 3+ years’ experience in accounting and financial analysis, public accounting preferred
Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
Experience as a strategic thinker with the proven ability to communicate new concepts effectively to implement new ideas smoothly
Proven analytical experience, including the ability to think independently and drive projects to a thorough conclusion
Being detail oriented is critical to this position. The individual must tie-out and diligently review their work.
Highly proficient knowledge and experience with Excel
Superior analytical and financial modeling skills
Willingness to learn and become proficient with analytic tools including Alteryx
A self-directed individual with a strong ability to manage ambiguity and adapts readily and easily to changes in priorities and business conditions
The individual must be able to think critically and present data in a meaningful manner
Comfortable working with very sensitive data and can maintain a high degree of discretion

Nice To Haves

MBA/CMA/CFA/CPA preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare and maintain monthly reports as part of the close process.
Assist in the yearly budgeting activities including preparation of budgets.
Develop and analyze end-to-end financial analysis identifying trends and relationships between data.
Assist in the quarterly projection process.
Aggregate, analyze and prepare quarterly forecast reports.
Utilize Alteryx to perform data manipulation, organization, and analysis.
Analyze company-wide projections vs. actual vs. budget and research differences.
Analyze and maintain actual corporate EBITDA compared to budget and forecast.
Develop financial, cost and statistical models, working with colleagues throughout CHS to improve, manage, and benchmark performance.
Analyze vendor spend at Corporate as well as individual hospitals against prior year, budget, and expectations.
Perform additional company-wide quarterly or yearly financial analysis as requested.
Prepare Ad-Hoc analysis as requested by various executives and departments over expenses and statistics.
Assist in special projects as needed.
Perform other duties as reasonably required to support the corporate accounting and financial reporting departments.