Senior Financial Analyst - Cost Accounting Hybrid

Senior Financial Analyst – Cost Accounting (Hybrid) – Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield

This position serves as a key liaison between the Cost Accounting/Finance function and the other divisions throughout the organization. It is responsible for analyzing data, performing various Cost Accounting functions, and providing financial support to the business through analysis of cost accounting documents and results. It regularly interacts with business owners, data suppliers, and other finance division teams, optimizes accounting systems and processes, enhances reporting capabilities, and ensures accurate and efficient financial operations.

Additionally, it helps prepare and produce statutory and financial reports for regulatory bodies and internal stakeholders, analyzes financial trends, validates data accuracy, and ensures compliance with internal and external audit requirements. It collaborates with other Finance departments to define reporting specifications, methods, and timelines, prioritizing requests to meet regulatory deadlines in compliance with GAAP, FAR, and CAS.

• Prepares various financial reports for inclusion in consolidated financial reports and the corporate financial planning calculations.
• Analyzes financial trends, verifies data accuracy, and collaborates with other stakeholders to define reporting specifications, methods, and procedures.
• Provides required documentation for internal and external audit requests.
• Identifies trends, risks, and opportunities through data analysis and recommends actionable solutions.
• Ensures compliance with GAAP, Statutory regulations, CAS, FAR, internal policies, and audit requirements.
• Responds to manager, director, and executive inquiries; handles special requests; researches complex accounting topics and projects; communicates with corporate management on accounting/financial processes and regulatory requirements; prepares financial data for presentation to upper management; coordinates, reviews, and analyzes quarterly and annual financial report submissions to ensure corporate compliance with applicable regulations, laws, or guidelines; gathers, compiles, and interprets information collected through financial analyses to identify trends and provide insight for decision making.
• Develops, coordinates, and verifies data for statutory filings; creates specifications for generating regulatory statistics and develops procedures for accurate calculation and presentation of results.

Position does not have direct reports but is expected to assist in guiding and mentoring less experienced staff. May lead a team of matrixed resources.

• Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, related field or technical training OR, in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
• Licenses/Certifications Upon Hire Preferred:
  Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Experience:
  
  5 years experience in a finance, accounting or an analytical role within the finance sector or quantitative analysis.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  CPA or MBA strongly preferred;
  Healthcare insurance industry experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge,
  
  Skills and Abilities
  
  (KSAs):
  • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  • Proficient with financial analysis software (i.e., Delphi Technology, Oracle E-Business Suite Financials, Longview).
  • Proficient with database entry and query software.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers within set expectations for service excellence and provide positive customer service to all customers.

Salary Range: $66,888 – $132,847

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