Lead Financial Analyst

Lead Financial Analyst

at Highmark Health in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Job Description

Company :

Highmark Inc.

Job Description :

JOB SUMMARY

This job performs financial and business related research and analysis such as the preparation of forecasts and/or analysis of financial reports, records and trends; develops and maintains spreadsheets and databases to facilitate analysis and reporting; and is responsible for conducting and documenting financial analysis projects.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Display effective communication skills.

+ Coordinate with other departments, locations, and divisions.

+ Communicate with other departments and/or outside agencies to resolve problems.

+ Communicate with management at the Organization, subsidiaries, affiliates, other third parties, etc. as to project status and completion deadlines.

+ Advise management of expected outcomes, and recommending 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, conduct 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.

+ Advise 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, compiles and prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed.

+ Serve as a project lead for special projects within the department.

+ Lead and document 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.

+ Coordinate activiti

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