Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst III

Job Summary

This individual contributor is primarily responsible for supporting financial planning, modeling, analysis, and forecasting, identifying and preparing reports on financial and budgeting trends, assisting in analysis of operational performance, and gathering and preparing recommendations on financial activities and plans.

Essential Responsibilities

• Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; providing occasional mentoring to team members; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; creating plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; anticipating and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensuring all procedures and policies are followed; leveraging an understanding of data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross-functionally to solve business problems; identifying and monitoring priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
• Supports the evaluation of the business environment by conducting financial assessments (e.g., Situational, Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats, Opportunity-Based Strategic Planning, system value chain analysis); and generating reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.
• Supports improving financial performance by identifying financial trends; using results of analyses; calling attention to operational issues that need to be addressed to improve performance; and partnering with the business to address operational performance issues.
• Supports business modeling by developing best-practice models; analyzing risk alternatives; and developing what-if scenarios and forecasts using in-house models or software.
• Supports reporting of region/business unit financial information by evaluating financial trends, data analysis reports, and forecasts of income and expense; reviewing assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses; and using data/inputs from region/business unit systems to support analyses (e.g., membership and utilization reports, volume reporting, day sales inventory, analysis spreadsheets, investment schedules).
• Supports assessment of the business vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives by conducting research to assess financial impact of strategies and initiatives.
• Supports strategic financial planning by performing and evaluating financial, utilization, and benchmark analytics.
• Supports strategic financial planning by gathering and preparing recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, financial requirements, and operating forecasts; and applying financial concepts for financial planning and control.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field
• Minimum three (3) years Financial Planning & Analysis experience, or directly related business experience

Additional Qualifications

• One (1) year experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports
• One (1) year project management experience