Responsibilities

Under the general direction of the Senior Director of Finance, the Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for the preparation and coordination of the hospital's and controlled affiliates' operating budgets, as well as completion of various statistical or payroll analysis and other ad hoc fiscal reporting needs. Primary ownership for the maintenance of the organization's budgeting and cost accounting/decision support systems.

Essential Functions:

• Prepares and distributes the operating budget worksheets (both salary and other) to department managers beginning in January/February of each year so as to ensure their timely completion and incorporation into the overall hospital's and controlled affiliates' budgets.
• Verifies and analyzes the information received from management, making adjustments as needed, to ensure the data is accurately reflected.
• Prepares various budget-related analyses and schedules, which will become tools in projecting the upcoming fiscal year's revenues and expenses.
• Coordinates the redistribution of the approved departmental budgets to management and senior management to ensure their awareness of their respective approved budgets.
• Prepares and distributes the biweekly Department Hours per Unit of Production report and the monthly Department Expense per Unit of Production reports. Prepares summary-level Unit of Production reports for review by Senior Management and CEO.
• Monitors actual vs. budget revenues and expenses, providing explanations for the Senior Director of Finance.
• Coordinates statistical information reported monthly and works with management to determine variance explanations as part of the Financial Statement to enhance the accounting for activities to the Board of Trustees.
• Completes surveys and questionnaires, as appropriate, so as to comply with requests from both internal and external sources.
• Assists in the preparation of specific cost studies.
• Reviews position request for reconciliation of budgeted staffing so as to inform management on the fiscal status of various functions.