Senior Financial Systems Analyst

About the role

The Senior Financial Systems Analyst develops and maintains robust, user-friendly dashboards and reports using business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, SSRS). Collaborates with Finance and Operations teams to understand reporting needs and delivers insights that support strategic and operational goals.

Responsibilities

• Pulls data from EMR/EHR software.
• Analyzes financial and operational data to identify trends, variances, and improvement opportunities.
• Acts as a liaison between Finance, IT, and other departments to ensure alignment on data governance, reporting standards, and system improvements.
• Buils and maintains data models and pipelines using SQL and other tools to support scalable reporting and analysis.
• Supports self-service BI by training users, creating data dictionaries, and promoting data literacy within the organization.
• Participates in or leads cross-functional initiatives that require financial and data analysis expertise.
• Ensures data accuracy and consistency across reporting systems and contributes to data quality initiatives.
• Translates complex data into clear, concise, and compelling visualizations and narratives.
• Continuously evaluates BI tools, technologies, and methodologies to improve analytics capabilities.
• Determines system specifications and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility.
• Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Finance, Data Science, or a related field. Master’s preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics or Business Intelligence in a financial or healthcare setting.
• Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills required.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems independently.
• Ability to design and implement complex modeling tools to improve the financial performance of the hospital.
• Has a full understanding of healthcare industry practices and/or company policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions for difficult assignments and of diverse scope.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience or certification in visualization tools (i.e., Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to establish and meet deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to work collaboratively to improve outcome and efficiencies with strong customer service.
• SQL knowledge preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of healthcare industry practices and/or company policies and procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with data modeling and pipeline development.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with data visualization tools.

Skills

• Tableau
• Power BI
• SQL

Benefits

Hybrid work schedule.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Hybrid