Financial Analyst (Accounting)

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.