What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst - Budget & Decision Support position at Billings Clinic Health System?
Financial Analysts are required to work independently with minimal supervision and are responsible for continual analysis, development, maintenance, improvement and evaluation of clinical and/or financial data system applications. Works collectively with other analysts in completion of clinical and/or financial analyses. Responsible for extracting, understanding, sharing and presenting information from decision support and accounting systems with Billings Clinic and/or subsidiary leadership, management, medical staff and all others necessary.
Essential Job Functions
• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service.
• Works in concert with other Financial Analysts in accessing, extracting, synthesizing and verifying clinical and/or financial information.
• Summarizes clinical and/or financial information for formal presentation, including interpretation of data and supporting recommendations based on findings.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining integrity of decision support information systems.
• Identifies the data required and the internal/external means to gather that data. Prepares quantitative and qualitative analyses within required deadlines and within Billings Clinic financial policies and procedures.
• Identifies end user needs for information and designs, implements and monitors systems that collect the information. Provides timely and meaningful financial analysis and assistance to all levels of management and other customers.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for leadership, department management and appropriate staff regarding the inter-relationships of data.
• Takes proactive approach to identifying problems and opportunities and recommending solutions that support the strategic direction of the department or the organization.
• Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess departmental and organizational gaps in performance and identify ways to improve quality and reduce waste.
• Identifies individual educational needs and sets goals for own growth and development; meets all mandatory organizational skill requirements and departmental knowledge requirements.
• Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
