Financial Analyst | Chicago, IL | Hybrid | Contract to Hire

Financial Analyst | Minimum of 5 years experience | Hybrid | Chicago, IL | Contract to Hire

Walker Healthforce is seeking a Financial Analyst with 5+ years to support a healthcare client based out of Chicago, IL. This is a 6-month contract to hire opportunity.

START DATE: ASAP
HOURS/SCHEDULE: M-F; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST (3 day onsite, 2 days remote) 
WORKER TYPE: Full-Time W2

CORE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Business, Economics or Finance and 5 years business experience in corporate financial reporting and budgeting or IT operational functions in IT Financials

  • OR 8 business experience in corporate financial reporting and budgeting or IT operational functions in IT Financials.

• Strong Variance Analysis experience - Analysis with Actual vs. Budget and Actuals vs Forecasts 

• Data Analysis experience - PowerBI, Excel and strong skillset to analyze data

• PC proficiency to include Word, Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes.

WE CONSIDER IT A BONUS IF YOU ALSO HAVE:

• Experience with financial modeling

• Knowledge of Oracle and Smartview

• Experience with business/financial models/business cases and forecasting

• One year of coaching or mentoring experience
• Customer service skills including managing customers’ expectations and/or vendor relationships

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaise with leadership and department budget owners to drive insights and understanding of the latest trends to help stakeholders make well-informed decisions. Gather and analyze key divisional and portfolio performance metrics and communicate these metrics from detail to summary level.

• Lead presentations to all levels of management within the organization.

• Identify risks/issues and assist in making recommendations on process improvements to internal stakeholder teams and lead/assist in the implementation.

• Create and manage complex financial models, benefit determination, and forecasting.

• Capability to build and analyze complex models to support ongoing business operations. ? Proactively communicate complex analysis in a concise, organized manner to both financial and non-financial senior leadership for decision making.

• Provide consultative services to business partners and senior leaders.

• Review analysis of financial reports prepared by team, i.e. variance analysis, staffing analysis, corporate reporting of Budget. Actual, metric reporting.

• Develop and analyze cost savings opportunities; reporting and measuring against metrics to assess the financial success of the program.

• Develops automated reporting and forecasting tools for more efficient use of data

• Performs other related duties as assigned and ad hoc analysis as needed (cross company)

WHAT WE OFFER: 

• Competitive compensation package

• Weekly pay via Direct Deposit

• Medical, Dental & Vision available

• 401k options

WHY WORK WITH WALKER? 

• Access to our top ranked team of recruiting and placement specialists

• Continuous, one-on-one support from a dedicated engagement manager

• Professional resume development and interview preparation

Contact our Recruiting Team today to experience the Walker Healthforce difference!

ABOUT US:
Walker Healthforce is known as the dominant force of performance, precision, expertise, and integrity in the healthcare consulting community! As a certified WMBE, we provide end-to-end healthcare IT and clinical solutions to hospitals, health systems, and payer organizations, including Fortune 100 firms nationwide. We are healthcare experts, we’re custom not commodity and we’ve been exceeding expectations for nearly 20 years. Join forces with us to experience unparalleled results today!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.

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