Senior Financial Operations Analyst

Description

The Senior Financial Operations Analyst, Finance is responsible for HighFive’s financial planning and analysis function and provides analytical support to practice operations. The successful candidate will evaluate practice operating and financial performance to identify opportunities and risks; further working with the practice operating leaders to optimize the operations with a focus on best-in-class patient care and margin expansion. While serving as a key business partner to practice operations in this capacity, the analyst will develop budgets and forecasts, utilizing key operating and financial metrics and business trends to develop short-term and long-term plans. A keen owner of the company’s financial data, the analyst will track the health and profitability of the business, confidently advising executive leadership and other stakeholders using standard and ad-hoc analysis tools to make thoughtful decisions to steer the business. You will be a trusted resource to measure return of key strategic initiatives, coordinate future capital planning, and contribute to the preparation of executive presentations used in conversations with the Board, third-party investors, and analysts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert over the practice operating and financial reporting and forecast planning solutions, identifying process enhancements resulting in time efficient and measurable benefits for the practices.
• Drive the budget variance analysis (“BVA”) process and present findings to the practice leadership and executive leadership.
• Develop and consolidate annual budget/forecast models in partnership with operational leaders based on recent trends, expectations, and predictive models that assess the viability of new initiatives or projects that will benefit the business.
• Analyze financial reports and key business indicators utilizing requisite reporting systems. Identify trends, anomalies, and discrepancies that require management attention.
• Partnering with the operations support team evaluate and model operating process improvements, including cost/benefit analysis of those operating changes in various scenarios.
• Develop presentations and reports that accurately reflect the state of practice performance, opportunities, and risks to internal and external stakeholders.
• Utilize analytical tools to analyze large data sets to aid in budgeting and forecasting automation.
• Support the inputs to the annual capital planning cycle, including the development of cash flow and cost benefit models to adequately calculate ROI and payback on strategy investments.
• Partner with practice and corporate leaders by serving as a trusted advisor; providing insights and measurable data to improve operating results.

Requirements

• 3 or more years of experience in financial reporting and analytics.
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, preferably in accounting or finance. CPA, CFA, and/or MBA a plus.
• Thorough understanding of financial modeling concepts with a focus on cash flow modeling and end-use financial metrics (i.e. – ROI, IRR, NPV, etc).
• Excellent planning, observation, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to problem solve and think analytically.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience with financial systems such as Sage Intacct, Adaptive Solutions, SQL, Alteryx, Power Bi, and/or Tableau is desirable.
• Ability to prioritize and work independently but also be collaborative with others.
• Must be able to multi-task and be detail oriented.
• Enjoys a fast-paced work environment.