Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascension is a nonprofit Catholic health system seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for its Solutions Accounting department. The role performs financial analytics, budgeting and planning, internal management consulting, accounting close activities, systems integration, and reconciliations to support organizational decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Financial Analytics & Reporting: Extract internal source data to perform statistical, cost, and operational financial analyses, engineering actionable reports to guide core business decisions
- Budgeting & Planning: Facilitate end-to-end budget preparation and strategic financial planning processes across organizational initiatives
- Management Consulting: Serve as an internal financial advisor across all leadership levels, providing quantitative decision support for strategic initiatives, policies, and operational procedures
- Systems Integration & Reconciliation: Load final budget spreads into designated financial software systems and execute comprehensive data reconciliations to ensure ledger accuracy
- Accounting Fundamentals & Close: Apply robust accounting knowledge to execute month-end close processes, ledger reconciliations, and foundational financial operations
- Data Analytics & Communication: Leverage strong analytical skills to manipulate complex data, interpret findings clearly, and deliver insights with executive presence to cross-functional leaders
- Educational & Professional Foundation: Bring a strong baseline of technical accounting expertise, supported by a Bachelor's degree (highly preferred)
Skills
- Remote (Must be located near Indianapolis, IN or St. Louis, MO)
- High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required
- Apply robust accounting knowledge to execute month-end close processes, ledger reconciliations, and foundational financial operations
- Leverage strong analytical skills to manipulate complex data, interpret findings clearly, and deliver insights with executive presence to cross-functional leaders
- Bring a strong baseline of technical accounting expertise, supported by a Bachelor's degree (highly preferred)
Benefits
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Various health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer match plans
- Long-term & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
- Parental leave & adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Ways to give back to your community
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