Finance and Accounting Analyst 1

Department Overview

The Finance and Accounting Analyst 1 performs basic professional accounting and financial processes; provides analysis support by maintaining financial records and reports; and collects data relating to budget, financial, and expense performance comparisons for the CNE Cabinet. Supports the Division of Care Management in maintaining compliance with departmental, organizational, and federal regulations around patient assistance. Assists with departmental procurement including but not limited to contract compliance, invoice processing, and other forms of disbursement.

Function/Duties of Position

Analytical Financial tasks

• Financial/Variance Analysis
  • Pull and analyze financial data to understand appropriate utilization of funds, flow of revenue, spending trends, and areas of opportunity to improve spending, with a particular focus on patient assistance.
  • Analyzing departmental budget-to-actual variances.
  • Assisting leadership team to understand and explain variances over time or budget versus actual.
• General Accounting
  • Maintain spreadsheets of patient assistance funding and reconcile against GL and for internal and external reporting purposes.
  • Process journal entries to move charity funds spent in Care Management programs to Foundation funds.
  • Validating contract invoicing and recognition conforms to GASB for large dollar, multi-year agreements.
  • Any misc accounting tasks as needed.
• Financial Reporting
  • Financial reporting for patient assistance for Care Management Division, to determine appropriate utilization of funds and tracking spending over time
  • Create reports as needed.
• Budgeting/Planning
  • Maintains records of patient assistance and other departmental data to help facilitate budget planning.
  • May assist with entering budget data.
• Policies/Processes
  • Process review to remove or update outdated, ineffective or noncompliant policies and procedures.
  • Propose improvements and efficiencies in non-standard procurement processes.
• Compliance
  • Review patient assistance expenses for Care Management Division for compliance with institutional and federal rules.
• Data Queries
  • Research financial and accounting questions on behalf of CNEI hub using Oracle, Cognos, Webi, Epic and Axiom.

Non – Analytical Financial Tasks

• Reconcile vendor invoices against spreadsheets, vouchers, or patient chart data for accuracy, compliance and approval.
• Submit invoices to AP for payment.
• Follow up with vendors on invoice and payment questions.
• Process disbursement requests.
• Effort certification & labor adjustments.
• Revenue reconciliation including tracking and coding physical checks received for deposit.
• Pharmacy Industrial Account Usage Reconciliation for Care Management.
• Any misc non-financial tasks as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field from an accredited college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience. AND

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work in a high-volume setting.

• Proficiency with Excel.

• Analysis related to operational improvements and business cases.

• Medical terminology.

• Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel.

• Intermediate to advanced skills Microsoft Word.

• Ability to work with a variety of diverse customers, sometimes in difficult situations.

• Ability to prioritize work demands and adjust work as priorities change.

• Demonstrated excellent communication and conflict-resolution skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Healthcare Experience.

• Contract Experience.

• Oracle Experience.

• MMIS system.

• Inpatient Epic.

• Financial processes.

• Excel spreadsheet creation and maintenance.

• Program coordination.

• Management of external customer relations.

• Contract interpreting.

• Manager reporting.

• Process and protocol creation and maintenance.

• Collaborative problem solving.

Additional Details

Benefits

• Healthcare for full-time employees covered 100% and 88% for dependents.
• $50K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee.
• Two separate above market pension plans to choose from.
• Vacation - up to 200 hours per year dependent on length of service.
• Sick Leave - up to 96 hours per year.
• 9 paid holidays per year.
• Substantial Tri-Met and C-Tran discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Childcare service discounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts to local and national businesses.

Why apply to OHSU?

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact

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