Senior Financial Analyst

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communicate effectively. Display effective communication skills.
• Cook with other departments, locations, and divisions.
• Coordinate with other departments and/or outside agencies to resolve problems.
• Communicate with Management at Highmark, subsidiaries, affiliates, other third parties, etc. as to project status and completion deadlines.
• Advise management of expected outcomes, and recommend ways to improve the outcomes.
• Conduct presentation to all levels of management in order to provide a summary of analysis regarding financial results and trends.
• Communicate with Management as to project status and completion deadlines.
• Perform financial and business related analysis.
• Analyze, evaluate and interpret appropriate financial and statistical data.
• Develop and/or document business policies, conducts special financial and business related studies and cooperate with other departments in the preparation of analyses.
• Conduct financial and business related analyses and research including the preparation of forecasts and/or analysis of trends.
• Analyze financial reports and records.
• Provide reasoning for variances and make recommendations relative to the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
• Advises management of expected outcomes, and recommend ways to improve the outcomes.
• Independently pursue fundamental problem solving and documents the recommendations to management.
• Facilitate analysis and reporting.
• Utilize computer to input, retrieve or display accounting information.
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets and databases.
• Utilize PC and/or mainframe based systems and software, compile and prepare reports, graphs and charts of data developed.
• Serve as a project lead for special projects within the department.
• Led and documented financial analysis projects including the preparation of ad hoc reports; to include but not limited to; gathering of data, analysis, documentation of findings, and calculation of results and generation of reports for distribution.
• Cook with activities to ensure the project is advancing properly and to ensure the project is completed within the timeframes established.
• Include communication with Management at Highmark, subsidiaries, affiliates, other third parties, etc. as to project status and completion deadlines.
• Make recommendations based on findings when necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Required Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree
• Experience: Required 5 - 10 years of relevant, progressive experience in Accounting and/or Finance
• Preferred: None

SKILLS

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Client focused with strong business acumen
• Self-starter with the ability to work under pressure independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to think strategically and act proactively to create strong trust and confidence with business units
• Strong innovative problem-solving capabilities
• Language (Other Than English): None
• Travel Requirement: 0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

• Position Type: Office-based
• Teaches / trains others regularly
• Occasionally Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site
• Rarely Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)
• Never Physical work site required
• Yes