Financial Analyst

Sr. Financial AnalystOur client, a leader in the healthcare industry, is looking for someone to provide financial and technical planning analysis support for a large corporation. To include both projects and "run the business" type of activities. This role will be instrumental in scope refinement and developing accurate project sizing to define financial and labor resource requirements. In addition, this role will support and monitor spend on key controllable areas, in partnership with the Finance team, to support leadership decision making.Required Skills:Project financial managementTechnical estimating, both with labor hours and third party costs (technology, professional services)Business analysis for contact center related efforts; Six Sigma preferred, not requiredA strong financial background is required, with a clear understanding of concepts like CapEx (Capital Expenditure) and OpEx (Operating Expenditure). The candidate must be able to "hold their own" in financial discussions.Able to get into the weeds with the business to understand their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)Job Duties:Review contact center project requirements and work with delivery teams to refine scope, identify dependencies, clarify work sequencing, and estimate costs and labor hours.Create and update business cases.Document business case and cost / labor estimates per company process, using Excel, Smartsheet and PPM tooling.Create presentations to support communications of business case and overall plan approachWork with third party professional services organization to establish scope clarity and project definition; support delivery owner and Sourcing department in contract execution administrationCollaborate with program teams to define capabilities and project the potential impact of initiatives.Support project management team during detailed planning phase to refine estimates and provide inputs into charter; support achieving planning stage gate approvalsUnderstand contact center teams' delivery capacity; provide analysis and reporting as required.Review project and technology spend forecasts and support monthly updates based on project and/or department activities, delays and other changes.Perform long-term financial tracking to root the company on its progress, which involves working with the VP over the finance portfolio and a portfolio manager to ensure program timelines align with value realization plans.Conduct quarterly API planning.Must review and ensure the correct value is assigned by quarter and that the value realization time is accurately tracked.Job Requirements:Project financial management on small to large ($10M projects) in a large corporate environment (5+ years)Technical estimating, both with labor hours and third party costs (technology, professional services) with (5+ years)IT Estimating and / or project management experience; contact center experience a plusPresenting information to VP levelCapacity planningLocal to DallasDesired Skills & Experience:Experience with an operational-type business is a significant plus, specifically demonstrating an understanding of how capability translates to tangible business savings.Compensation: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour