Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a
Financial Analyst II with the Finance Department. This is a flexible remote
opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.
The Analyst II provides strategic cross functional collaboration and support for
key stakeholders across the University of Chicago Medicine's enterprise using
analytical skills, technical tools and software, and modeling techniques to
evaluate the financial health of the organization. The Analyst II supports a
range of finance department functions, including budgeting, forecasting, data
analysis, business strategy, reporting, controls, financial systems, tax,
investments, payer strategy, and revenue cycle and is responsible for the
maintenance of existing analytic reports and dashboards to enable leadership
decisions around resource allocation and strategy. The Analyst II leverage
business knowledge and analytical tools to complete core assignments in
partnership with diverse key stakeholders across the organization to identify
inefficiencies, develop solutions, and lead improvement initiatives across the
system. Ideal candidates will have a foundation in strategic business data
reporting and analysis, as well as demonstrated progressive growth in technical
expertise.
Essential Functions
Assists in the facilitation of department-level business planning and review
sessions to identify key variances and drive accountable action plans
pertinent to budget planning, forecasting, performance improvement, and
long-term financial strategies.
Collaborate with finance stakeholders to create and scale analytic solutions
for the enterprise. Builds analytic models and/or tools that help drive
system insights, provide actionable information and support leadership
decision making.
Provide financial assessments including business plans and pro forma
development that feed into the operating and capital budget.
Analyzes trends, identifies patterns, and identifies areas of opportunity to
improve financial performance. Supports decision support projects critical to
determining costs, revenues, and profitability of enterprise endeavors -
including hospital and physician activity.
Develops financial modeling methodologies and techniques to provide analytics
with actionable insights for clinical leadership, and streamline the annual
planning cycle. Identify key issues and synthesize complex information into
clear talking points and action items. Coordinates with Finance and
cross-functional leadership on developing the UCM Enterprise annual operating
budget targets for volumes, revenue, and expenses.
Support data integration and maintenance efforts with UCMIT and Strata system
Develop data quality and audit processes for financial reporting
Create clear documentation for each project, define inclusions/exclusions,
and maintain documentation and code
Collaborate with data teams within UCM to ensure data and analytics needs of
assigned projects are satisfied and garner the most effective clinical
monitors and insight to drive improvement, while allowing for efficient
analytics processes
Identify data collection and analysis needs as appropriate when relevant data
does not exist electronically.
Participates in and oversees the planning, design, implementation, and
completion of small to medium projects with support from supervisor and team
members
Executes project plan and provides daily support for moving the project
forward on large strategic initiatives with support from a supervisor.
Maintains detailed project documentation
Self-direct time to meet project deadlines. Ensure timely completion of work
and meet stakeholder expectations of deliverables.
Collaborate with clinical and operational leads and functional team to
develop meeting agendas and workplans that accurately capture and document
key discussions, decisions, and action items.
Lead and facilitate project meetings, employing basic facilitation skills
(e.g. encouraging participation, using process checks).
Define project KPIs throughout the project life cycle
Reviews data queries and report outputs for accuracy.
Develops technical and operational knowledge of UCM data sources and systems
such as Strata Management & Productivity Reporting, Tableau, Kronos, Epic,
and Oracle. Tableau, Kronos, Epic, and Oracle.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Health Care Administration, Business
Administration, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other related field.
4+ years of analytical experience required, ideally in a health care setting.
Skills
Preference for experience in healthcare performance improvement
Ability to independently lead small to medium scale/ scope projects.
Preference for broad knowledge of the US healthcare system and familiarity
with academic medicine
Ability to partner and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and
front-line leadership to meet goals for financial analysis, action planning,
and process improvement
Preferred expertise in data analysis tools: Python, R, Power BI, Tableau,
Excel (advanced with formulas and macros), QlikView, SAS, or other
statistical software
Knowledge of analytical tools and frameworks to approach financial evaluation
and insights
Strong data management skills, report maintenance, and dashboard development
across the enterprise
Familiarity with healthcare data systems and analysis (Prior experience with
Strata's EPM System, Epic, Kronos, Oracle, Tableau, and SQL preferred)
Willingness to learn and become highly proficient with Tableau or similar
data visualization tools
Willingness to learn and become highly proficient with SQL or similar
technical programming
Demonstrated analytical, statistical, problem-solving skills and business
acumen
Strong communication and customer service skills with proven experience
Detailed-oriented, process-focused, and highly professional
Strong organizational and consensus building skills
Demonstrated ability for public speaking
Strong project management skills
Self-motivated: given appropriate direction for goals, must be able to work
autonomously in a sometimes ambiguous and changing environment
Position Details:
Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
Shift: Days, Monday-Friday
Unit/Department: Finance
Work Location: Flexible Remote (Will need to commit to onsite training or
required onsite meetings when needed)
CBA Code: Non-Union
We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior
healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an
individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and
commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working
to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move
our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to
your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing
work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.
UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of
excellence at: UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities
[https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/careers]
UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified
applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental
status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other
legally protected characteristics.
As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a
pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the
flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions
will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.
Compensation & Benefits Overview
UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits.
The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably
expected to be offered for the position.
The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of
current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the
time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and
organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees
subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center
and their respective union.
Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits -
UChicago Medicine [https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/careers/benefits].