Sr Financial Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

The Senior Financial Analyst supports hospital financial operations with a strong focus on productivity reporting, revenue cycle analytics, and financial planning. This role is responsible for creating and maintaining critical daily, biweekly, and monthly reports, supporting executive decision-making, and partnering with Accounting and Revenue Cycle teams to drive financial performance and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare and distribute daily productivity reports to monitor operational performance across departments
• Produce and analyze biweekly productivity reports , highlighting trends and opportunities for improvement
• Generate daily D& FP (Discharges & Financial Performance) reports to support leadership visibility
• Develop and compile the monthly Board package , including financial summaries, key metrics, and variance analysis
• Perform waterfall analysis to explain financial and volume variances across reporting periods
• Prepare post-close departmental expense analyses , identifying variances against budget and prior periods

Operational & Cash Reporting

• Produce and maintain the daily cash report , ensuring accurate tracking of inflows, outflows, and liquidity
• Build and maintain dashboards, including the Admitting Dashboard , to support front-end operations and throughput metrics

Revenue Cycle Support

• Partner closely with the Revenue Cycle team to:
• Support ongoing financial and operational initiatives
• Assist with Revenue Cycle reporting , including interpreting, validating, and enhancing existing reports
• Analyze and manipulate data structures to improve reporting accuracy and usability
• Leverage prior Revenue Cycle experience to identify optimization opportunities and improve financial outcomes

Accounting & Labor Support

• Provide contract labor reporting and analysis support to the Accounting team
• Ensure alignment of financial data between operational reports and the general ledger

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (required)
• 5+ years of financial analysis experience, preferably within a hospital or healthcare setting
• Demonstrated experience supporting or partnering with Revenue Cycle functions

Technical Skills

• Experience with healthcare financial systems, including:
• Paragon (preferred)
• Strata (preferred)
• Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities
• SQL skills (preferred)
• Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools (preferred)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret complex financial and operational data
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and deadlines
• Effective communication skills with both finance and operational teams
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment