Financial Analyst II - Enterprise Finance & Analytics, Full Time - Days

• 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].