Analyst, Finance I

About the role

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system.

Responsibilities

The Analyst, Finance I provides financial management services by devising and implementing efficient and effective financial management systems. Such responsibilities may involve the collecting and analyzing of information prior to presenting to management; preparing reports, expediting work results; and establishing and revising work procedures.

• Budget Planning & Development: Prepares the annual operating budgets, presents budgets to direct manager in a timely fashion, ensures consolidations are correct, and ensures all contractual relationships and obligations are appropriately reflected in the budget.
• Implementation and Coordination of Budgets: Implements approved budgets, manages the department within the approved financial targets and guidelines, monitors and manages the activity and balances for all departmental accounts, and prepares meaningful variance analyses as required by the organization and health system.
• Coordinate Department Payroll Processes: Maintains faculty common paymaster Position and Appointment forms, prepares faculty common paymaster payroll paperwork, processes faculty additional pay forms, and collects data to enable the Department Administrator to make effective decisions for the department.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent financial management experience, High School degree, and 1 year of experience in a relevant role.
• Preferred: Previous experience in an academic medical center strongly preferred.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.