Financial Analyst

Bachelor's Degree Finance/Accounting or related experience

3 to 5 years Financial Planning & Analysis

Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management, including senior level executives

Able to maintain a professional and respectful demeanor at all times

Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel

Proficiency in Hyperion Planning, Smartview, and Microsoft Access preferred

Strong presentation skills preferred

Attention to detail required

Strong time management, multitasking, and organizational skills required

Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality

The primary purpose of the job is to:

The IS organization at Amerihealth Caritas is responsible for monitoring all day to day IT operations from a company perspective, as well as building out a multi-year strategic roadmap to innovate and advance IT capabilities across the organization. Due to this initiative, the IS Finance group will need to be fully integrated with the strategy plan to help identify, report, and track all IS costs to ensure budget compliance and financial results are achieved. The IS Financial Analyst will play a pivotal role by combining the traditional planning and analysis responsibilities with IS specific duties and tasks to effectively provide timely information and reporting to the IS team. Primary duties include:

• Assist in monthly, quarterly, and annual IS planning exercises and analyze cost impact and budget implications by Production Support, Enhancement, and Project categories

• Weekly IS internal & external headcount reporting, including contractor onshore/offshore ratio analyses and IS internal vs Corporate contractor metrics

• Monthly Capital reporting and quarterly reforecasting of all IT related spend, including HW/SW usage tracking and project capital needs based on technical specifications

• Prepare monthly spend analyses of Production Support, Enhancements, and Project initiatives

• Maintaining/updating the schedule for all HW, SW, and Licensing maintenance & support coverage periods on a continuing basis in coordination with the Corporate Sourcing group

• Collaborate with IS internal teams to create IS investment analyses and business cases as needed

• Create monthly telephony cost allocation with IS Telecommunications & Networking team

• Annual budget and reforecast preparation, including spend budgeting by Production Support, Enhancement, and Project categories based on time-tracking analysis

• Month end financial review and variance reporting

• Year-end financial close/accrual process

• Daily G&A and Capital spend tracking

• Daily requisition tracking (submittals, approvals, budget validations, etc.)

• Various financial analyses and process improvements as needed

Bachelor's Degree Finance/Accounting or related experience Required

Financial Planning & Analysis experience Required 4 Years

Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management, including senior level executives Required

Able to maintain a professional and respectful demeanor at all times Required

Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel Required

Proficiency in Hyperion Planning, Smartview, and Microsoft Access Highly desired

Strong presentation skills Highly desired

Attention to detail Required

Strong time management, multitasking, and organizational skills Required

Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality Required