Senior Decision Support Analyst

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Department: Network Development

Salary Range: $59,322 - $96,762

Job Summary:

Develops, prepares, interprets and monitors moderate-to-complex financial analyses, financial projections, financial modeling, and reports used by system management in decision-making. Serves as an expert resource to provide guidance and support. Leads and oversees department employees supporting activities related to decision support.

Detailed Description:

Develop and incorporate clinical service line financials into the business planning process. Complete financial feasibility studies on existing and new programs and serve as an expert on data mining and use information to develop insightful information for decision-making. Prepare and assist in the presentation of the strategic financial plan.

Perform timely and competent analysis of budgets, forecasts, cash flow, operating results, and business plans to determine achievement of stated business objectives, rates of return, capital/cash flow etc. Partner with business plan sponsors & planning to assist with setting priorities through analyzing the consequences of choices and creating business plans. Prepare proforma analysis for management to explain business plan financial projections, cost effectiveness, and profitability.

Abstract information for financial analysis and decision support purposes, including service-line reporting, proforma and retrospective analysis, capital project analysis, forecasting/trend analysis, cost analyses, financial projections, labor productivity reporting, departmental analysis and other duties as may be identified to assist decision-making.

Provide monthly submission of operational data for input into databank benchmark system and database, and create reports to compare hospitals to peer group hospitals against key metrics. Extract, interpret, analyze, and prepare presentations of such information for senior management (e.g., service line, DRG, and physician profiling). Research other qualified outside benchmark data for comparison to internal benchmarks.

Work collaboratively with teams to provide analytical support to annual price setting process, to include data validation, discrepancy analysis, cost analysis, market referencing and rate rationalization modeling. Assist the charge master maintenance process through special cost studies and other analytic procedures as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting or related field.

Four or more years experience in decision support, financial planning/analysis, quality or accounting.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters in Business (Administration, Finance, Accounting or related) and or CPA/CMA.

Prefer related experience within health care industry.