Financial Analyst, Experienced - Blue Shield of California
Long Beach, CA 90802
About the Job
Your Role
The Shared Services Pricing team is responsible for providing consolidation, reporting, and analysis support for all line of business. The Financial Analyst, Experienced will report to the Shared Services Pricing Director. In this role you will collaborate with other stakeholders (actuarial, accounting, enterprise finance, growth solutions) to work through monthly close deliverables and develop analysis on financial results.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Monitor, analyze, and report on monthly financial and membership results compared to target and forecast
- Perform competitive analysis and market research to inform business strategy and financial projections
- Participate in the development of financial models; collect and evaluate data, analyze results
- Identify business process improvement opportunities and internal controls
- Provide highly complex analytical support through the analysis and interpretation of data in support of cross-functional business operations
- Follow and conduct audit processes and review internal controls to ensure financial transactions are accurate, timely and comply with accounting standards, principles and company policy
- Develop, prepare, and analyze reports for management review, and presents to various levels of management
- Establish work plans and timelines, coordinate with internal and external resources
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Requires at least 3 years of prior relevant experience
- Practical knowledge of Finance and Accounting processes and best practices preferred, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience
- Strong MS Excel, Access and PowerPoint skills required, Hyperion Essbase experience preferred, and SQL/SAS experience preferred
- Ability to take complex problems or sets of data and create meaningful and concise recommendations or reports
- Requires ability to adapt quickly to change and shifting directions
- Strong business aptitude, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
Pay Range: The pay range for this role is $71,280.00 to $99,770.00 for California.
Note: Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
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