Lead Financial Analyst

Looking for a chance to do meaningful work that touches millions? Come join the hardest working, nonprofit health plan in California and help us shape the future of health care. Blue Shield of California's Mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality care at an affordable price. Blue Shield is focused on improving health care delivery by working closely with providers and making it more accessible, affordable and customer-centric. Being a mission-driven organization means we do much more than serve our 4 million members: we were the first health plan in the nation to limit our annual net income to 2 percent of revenue and return the difference to our customers and the community, and since 2005 we have contributed more than $325 million to the Blue Shield of California Foundation to improve community health and end domestic violence. We also believe that a healthier California begins with our employees, so we provide them with resources to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle through our award-winning wellness program, Wellvolution. We're hiring smart thinkers and doers who want to work for a leader and innovator in the challenging, ever-changing healthcare space. Come and help us make health care better for everyone. Description: If you are COMMITTED to EXCELLENCE and value teamwork, you are a creative problem solver with financial analysis talents, you enjoy sharing value-adding insights and enjoy working with people, you look for new and complex projects, you flourish under pressure and you want to be part of a successful and growing HCQA (Health Care Quality and Affordability) Finance Team , we want to hear from you. Core finance support responsibilities include: Build annual project budgets/plans and forecasts around portfolio strategic initiatives and project plans. Identify and analyze business drivers, labor and other cost trends, project savings, and capital. Provide business partnership to the PMO and project managers. Develop and manage/nurture relationships with project managers and provide financial oversight. Advise the PMO and management team on resource allocation, balancing budget needs and meeting targets, and overall financial issues. Look for opportunities for financial process improvements. Manage overall project portfolio budget, including labor cost and capital expenditures. Track realized project savings on an ongoing basis. Alert management on budget and savings risks and recommend solutions. Maintain data in various tools including Planview and Hyperion Essbase. Support month end close (including year-end) and reporting activities, including consolidating accrual entries and reclasses. Consolidate actual results, track approved project funding, and perform variance analysis vs. Plan and forecast. Provide insightful expense reporting and actionable variance analysis. Support business case development by working with the PMO and HCQA Finance team to build financial models, review and evaluate requests (including ROI), validate assumptions (costs, capital, and savings), update existing business cases, and ensure governance process is followed. Coordinate with other Finance areas, including Enterprise Portfolio Governance group within Corporate Finance. Manage operating dashboard reporting for HCQA by coordinating and consolidating reporting from business owners. Support HCQA Finance team as needed on overall planning, monthly close and reporting, and other projects. Qualifications: Job Required Education/Experience Bachelor's degree required, with 7‑10 years of financial planning and analysis and business decision support experience. Master's degree a plus with 4‑8 years financial planning and analysis and business decision support experience. In-depth knowledge and application of financial analysis principles, concepts and standards. Knowledge of company and industry practices and standards. Previous experience in project finance support is a plus. Job Additional Education/Experience Skills Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships Team player who enjoys collaborating with other individuals who have a diverse set of talents Ability to explain finance concepts and concisely communicate key financial themes to non-finance business people Ability to influence business decisions using persuasive analysis and experience Effectively plan, organize and prioritize work Experience in and strong ability to turn data into actionable insights Enjoy learning new things and strong ability to obtain and process information Advanced Excel skills. Proficiency in PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. Experience in Hyperion Planning and Essbase preferred. Familiarity with Planview a plus. #J-18808-Ljbffr