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Financial Analyst (Accounting)

Penobscot Community Health Care · Bangor, ME · 4 mo ago
HybridAccountingFull-time

About the role

Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of deep accounting expertise and strong analytical skills to help drive better financial decisions within a large, complex healthcare organization.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Accounting Foundation

    • Perform month-end accounting for assigned departments, including accruals, prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, grant revenue, and other journal entries
    • Reconcile departmental financial activity and ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness

  • Partner closely with Accounting and Grants staff to ensure clean financial reporting

  • Prepare and explain monthly financial statements, variance analyses, and performance reports

  • Serve as the primary finance partner for assigned departments—helping leaders understand their results, budgets, and forecasts

  • Identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and recommend actionable improvements—and partner with leaders to implement and sustain them

Budgeting, Forecasting & Modeling

  • Collaborate with department leaders to develop quarterly forecasts and annual operating budgets, and monitor performance against them

  • Build draft budgets for review by the CFO and leadership team

  • Support development of organizational operating and capital budgets, including allocations

  • Develop financial models, benchmarking analyses, and scenario analyses to support decision-making

Strategic & Organizational Impact

  • Build dashboards and metrics that clearly communicate financial performance

  • Prepare departmental metrics for Board-level financial reporting

  • Assist with HRSA and other grant reporting and data requests

  • Drive process improvements that strengthen financial controls, reporting quality, and operational effectiveness

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field, with a demonstrated strong knowledge of accounting principles required.

  • At least 5 years’ experience in a financial accounting environment (and preferably healthcare experience) required.

  • Advanced knowledge of Excel spreadsheets (pivot tables, vlookup, xlookup, index and match), word processing and general ledger software required.

Qualifications

  • Curious, or interested to learn more? Apply today!

  • You can request a full copy of the detailed job description by emailing recruitment@pchc.com.

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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