Finance System Analyst II

Position Title:
Finance System Analyst II

Department:
Financial Services

Job Description:

This position may be performed remotely from the following locations within the United States of America: Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

General Description:

This position is a part of our Financial System support team and will be responsible for researching opportunities to optimize, implement and troubleshoot our financial systems to improve the efficiency and accuracy of our processes. Will execute and report testing requirements, design and maintain standard operating procedures, provide training, and be a dynamic Finance representative for multi-function projects working with key SMEs from Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Data Analytics, IT, Internal/External Consultants and our Executive Leaders.

Will use knowledge of financial system applications in Workday, Adaptive, Tableau, and banking platforms to meet the goals of operations, accounting, and reporting across the entire hospital system. Will support the Manager of Financial Systems by maintaining our evolving financial structure, data collection and application for system integrations, application of accounting and audit requirements and support projects as needed. Will also support non-finance colleagues in the collection and appropriate use of budget and actuals data.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

• Accountancy - evaluate the accuracy of operational journal source transactions when in question, identify and apply proper accounting rules during project implementations, support Finance Leaders with system errors or business process change requests. Represent the finance systems department by being a change agent and protect the financials by strategic decision impacts; including, but not limited to, Monthly accruals, monthly and yearly financial close transactions, Sales tax execution in the system, cash applications for AR, AP, and expense reports, ad-hoc financial reporting, other operation departments with finance system requests.
• Data Integration - manage system data into and out of our finance system while maintaining enterprise best practices and adhering to data governance standards. Coordinate data integration schedules to meet the need of financial closes, check processing, and audit.
• Reporting - collaborate with colleagues across the enterprise to scope requests. Communicate and educate the available reports to minimize duplicate reporting efforts. Extract data from various data sources, validate results, create relevant data visualizations, and share with requester. Develop dashboards and automate refreshes as appropriate.
• Communication and Training - Create and maintain relationships across the organization to serve others by developing, sharing, and updating standard operating procedure, training, and reference materials for end users. Effectively document changes/enhancements of the system and the impact to processes. Clearly communicate to end users about major changes in a timely manner.
• Governance / Best Practices - showcase the appropriate use of the system to meet accounting standards. Also educate and support colleagues in best practices to ensure that data is used appropriately.
• Product Ownership - collaborate and act as the voice of the finance team to offer concrete feedback and project requests as well as an advocate for analytics from within the business units themselves.
• Runs, verifies, and builds upon core financial system processes such as budget planning, forecasting, and reporting
• Ensures business intelligence needs are met by collaborating with Data Analytics management and architecture teams to develop reports, train end users and assist with data base design.
• Develops ad-hoc self-service reports, analytics, and dashboards

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree required. Degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Business or Accounting Information Systems preferred.

Experience: 3-5 years of professional work experience required. Workday experience required, 2 or more years in Finance and/or SQL preferred. Healthcare experience, Project Management, and Tableau or other Reporting Software experience (Cognos, Crystal Reports, Prism Analytics, Query) preferred,

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: None.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• High level knowledge of the Microsoft Suite.
• A quick learner who is willing to learn and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand IT technical architecture diagrams.
• Knowledge of performing root cause analysis on internal and external data, operation transactions, and standard operating processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunity for improvement.
• Flexible and can support and work with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• Previous experience manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel while prioritizing appropriately.
• Must have experience influencing business leaders and peers about the proper use of standard business process flows and system functionality.
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Must be a good team player and good motivator.
• Ability to communicate effectively and present a professional image.
• Passionate about generating process improvements, serving others, and being an advocate for best practices.

• Self-starter, drives change, and promotes an environment of support.
• Must have analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral or diagram form.
• Capable of effectively presenting information to internal and external groups.
• Possess good organizational and time management skills.
• Must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems and products.
• Excited by the prospect of optimizing or re-designing the company's use of our ERP and supporting systems to promote our next generation of products and data initiatives.

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OU Health is an equal opportunity employer. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including PTO, 401(k), medical and dental plans, and many more. We know that a total benefits and compensation package, designed to meet your specific needs both inside and outside of the work environment, create peace of mind for you and your family.