Financial Analyst

HealthPartners is hiring a Financial Analyst. The Financial Analyst serves as a finance liaison for their assigned service line(s). To effectively fulfill their role, the Financial Analyst will be teamed with a Senior Financial Analyst and work with the service line leaders to identify their financial needs and opportunities. Examples of financial needs would include month end variance analysis, accounting system maintenance, analysis of growth opportunities and responding to other requests such as general analysis work, report generation, account hierarchy maintenance, and expense research. The Financial Analyst will help develop the service line’s financial knowledge base and will acquire and maintain knowledge of all systems and processes that impact financial data. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting required. 
  • Other applicable degrees may be considered, determined by the leader.
  • One year experience in finance, accounting, or business-related field
  • Extensive experience in developing personal computer spreadsheets and models.
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • NA
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Strong PC system background with proven proficiency in utilizing spreadsheets and relational database software. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • MBA or CMA is a plus.
  • Strongly prefer 1-3 years’ experience in financial analysis and/or accounting, preferably in a healthcare setting.
  • Previous experience utilizing Oracle.
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • NA
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Experience in developing personal computer spreadsheets and models.
  • Demonstrated communication and relationship building skills.
  • Ability to interact effectively with the rest of the operational analysis team.
  • Balance independent thinking with team support
  • Prioritize multiple projects.
  • Understand accounting methodologies. 
  • Strong aptitude for systems and data analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 

1. (35%) – Perform analyses: 
   1. Proforma, including capital profitability 
   2. Month end actual performance variance analysis 
   3. Ad hoc analysis at customer’s request 
   4. Data gathering and formatting/interpretation
2. (25%) – Support service lines and Finance about forecast process and results.
3. (15%) – Provide follow up and resolutions to customer’s requests. (Miscellaneous requests not included elsewhere)
4. (15%) – Perform other projects as assigned. May include decision support, program excellence, process improvement projects, and surveys.
5. (10%) – Facilitate general ledger and subsystem structure changes, process improvement and process problem identification and resolution.
6. (Always) – Facilitate customers in developing their financial knowledge.