Senior Financial Analyst - Pennsylvania Hospital

Senior Financial Analyst

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines. Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Summary : The Senior Financial Analyst will provide oversight in the financial close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting. The role will enhance financial operations through process improvements and the development of innovative solutions. He / she will also provide strategic financial insights and leadership to support departmental and organizational goals.

Responsibilities :

• Assist in monthly financial close process including review, analyses, and distribution of internal and external financial information.
• Oversee the review of monthly transactions for unusual trends, resolve exceptions and correct errors. Suggest monitoring tools and facilitate the production of dashboards to identify issues in real time.
• Provide support for specific departments as assigned, including but not limited to revenue valuation, expense analysis and accrual proposals, and preparing regulatory reporting as needed.
• Determine & implement process optimization of statistics & revenue production to improve financial close cycle while maintaining detailed analysis for reviews.
• Provide insights & recommendations of value adding revenue & statistical reports. Create new processes that can be taught to staff accountants with oversight on the output.
• Create and maintain database of monthly ad-hoc data to support detailed review and analysis of collection rates and revenue trends.
• Assist with year-end financial audit as needed.
• Assist with budget process including leadership in key areas of statistics, revenue & specific departments as assigned.
• Provide leadership within the accounting team to resolve problems related to standard financial issues and practices.
• Provide departmental leadership by modeling behaviors that adhere to departmental standards for professional office environment. Constantly be aware of and adhere to UPHS employment policies and procedures.

Credentials : Bachelor's degree in accounting is required. An MBA is preferred. 4+ years' work experience in a related field is also required. Certified Public Accountant is preferred.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives. Live Your Life's Work We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.