Blue Shield of California

Financial Analyst, Senior

Blue Shield of California  •  Oakland, CA (Hybrid)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Your Role

The Operations Finance team is responsible for financial analysis, budget preparation, financial control, forecasting, reporting, and evaluating alternative financial plans. The Senior Financial Analyst will report to the Director of Operations Finance and play a key role in supporting the organization's financial planning and decision-making processes. This position will be responsible for month-end close activities, variance analysis, forecasting, annual planning, and management reporting. The role will partner with operations and finance leaders to analyze business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide financial insights that support operational and strategic objectives. The Senior Finance Analyst will also contribute to the analysis of key initiatives aimed at improving business results and operating efficiency.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

  • Support financial performance reporting and budget variance analysis including cost analysis and driver identification
  • Translate complex findings into clear narratives for leaders and stakeholders
  • Lead process improvements, automation, and documentation for assigned workflows
  • Work with cross-functional partners across the organization to achieve department and organization objectives
  • Support and sometimes lead, projects as subject matter expert 
  • Collect and evaluate data, develop and maintain financial models, analyze results and conduct scenario analyses 
  • Researching and helping in other areas when needed
  • Help the team with month end close activities, including streamlining existing processes

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • ​​Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree)
  • ​Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience​
  • ​​Detailed oriented with experience working with numbers, data, and systems​
  • ​​Strong Analytical abilities with a demonstrated history of driving process improvement​
  • ​​Quick learner and self-starter with strong communication and written skills​
  • ​​Advanced MS Excel required and Intermediate MS Access and/or Tableau skills highly desired​

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

Blue Shield of California

About Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. The health plan is a tax paying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Shield Association with nearly 6 million members, over 7,500 employees and more than $25 billion in annual revenue.

Founded in 1939 in San Francisco and now headquartered in Oakland, Blue Shield of California and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare healthcare service plans in California. The company has contributed more than $60 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation in the last three years to have an impact on California communities.

For more news about Blue Shield of California, please visit news.blueshieldca.com.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Oakland, California
Year Founded
1939
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