[{"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Financial Analyst Financial Reporting\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position is responsible for distributing, updating, reviewing, tracking and receiving monthly and quarterly reports, schedules and templates; performing reconciliations; loading data into TM1 and producing TM1 reports; assisting in the monthly, quarterly and annual close process; and other duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Perform various monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliations as directed.\n- Update schedules or reports, create additional ones as needed, distribute to regions/entities, track their return and copy and distribute to appropriate POFR staff.\n-Assist in processing manual checks.\n- Produce monthly Summary Statement of Membership and Net Income (Flash Report).\n- Load regional/entity data into the TM1 cube.\n- Assist in performing quality control checks on IMROP and other documents/reports.\n-Monitor compliance with records retention policy.\n- Prepare monthly and year-end close calendars and checklists, or assist/backup other staff in this function.\n- Track timeliness of various regional/entity deliverables to POFR and prepare Timeliness report each month for distribution to regions/entities, or act as backup to staff performing this function.\n- Collects PBC information for year-end audit or act as backup to staff performing this function.\n-Assist as directed by the Manager of Financial Reporting in the closing process and the preparation of financial statements.\n-Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically two (2) to four (4) years financial analysis or related experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field or equivalent experience.\n- General application of financial analysis concepts and principles.\n- Full use and application of standard, financial analysis principles, theories, concepts and techniques.\n- Required proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables and macros.\n- Working knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems.\n- Able to formulate study designs and conduct analyses.\n- Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques and standards.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:45:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657074/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Analyst Financial Reporting", "reqid": "135077", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28657074}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Lead Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Management Group - Infrastructure Planning and Delivery, SOX and IT Asset Management (ITAM)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Lead Financial Analyst is a client-facing role and high-level subject matter expert responsible for IT finance issues and processes. This individual will provide financial analysis to ensure that clients' needs are met accurately, and in a timely and professional manner. This position is responsible for the strategic analysis that informs business cases, budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans, while working with KP-IT business partners responsible for scenario planning, business case development and strategic analysis requirements of the IMG-IPD, SOX and ITAM organizations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Prepare the annual budget and monthly forecast in conjunction with the client\n- Analyze and comment on month-end financial results, provide variance analysis, research and resolve financial irregularities, and ensure transparency\n- Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives\n- Prepare concise and informative presentations of your analysis to senior management to inform and to educate/persuade\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Prepare Ad hoc analysis and reporting\n- Participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, and targets; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data, acting as a significant information resource\n- Analyze project business cases as needed, challenge financial spending and savings assumptions and participate in special projects as needed\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Lead cross-functional teams to solve issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of Finance experience.\n- 5+ years of related experience including the ability to demonstrate experience analyzing, modeling, and forecasting financial data, including a thorough understanding of financial statement construction and analysis. Experience in budgeting/forecasting and long range planning. Knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and practices required.\n- A minimum of 1 year experience in business case development for large scale multi-million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis, scenarios and sensitivity analysis.\n- A minimum of 1 year of large capital project finance experience.\n- Results driven and can deliver under pressure.\n- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills.\n- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style.\n- Proficiency with MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.\n- Ability to travel 10-25% within the local area and between SCAL & NCAL\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- 1 year of experience of activity based costing or project costing experience\n- Working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's systems and financial tools\n- Proficiency with MS Access\n- Working knowledge of Cognos, Business Objects, SAP, or Hyperion\n- MBA or equivalent", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403564/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Management Group - Infrastructure Planning and Delivery, SOX and IT Asset Management (ITAM)", "reqid": "134169", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28403564}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Non-Network Projects\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Senior Financial Analyst will assist with supporting Infrastructure Non-Network Projects for the IT Infrastructure Finance team. This position is responsible for assisting the team on leading financial projects and to become a subject matter expert on financial projects related to Non-Network Infrastructure. The analyst will work with KP-IT finance as well as business partners on initiatives that produce process improvements, analysis of variances and special requirements of the IT Infrastructure Finance team. The individual will assist with financial analysis in support of multiple financial and operational initiatives, be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement, and operate in a professional and ethical manner at all times.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Perform special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed\n- Support business case development and analysis\n- Assist in the development of financial models\n- Develop, improve and enhance financial reports, models and databases\n- Initiate investigation of budget and forecast variances, cost trends and utilization patterns and perform analysis\n- Work autonomously but collaboratively with teammates and clients\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Design analytical reports and prepare financial trend and data analysis reports\n- Will be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses\n- Develop spreadsheet and PowerPoint decks for presentation and analysis of financial reports\n- Identify operational impact from analytical findings\n- Monitor compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management, budget systems and related automated systems\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes\n- Travel (10%) within the local area or possibly between SCAL and NCAL\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of finance experience.\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to keep track of communications with multiple clients simultaneously\n- Excel skills including Pivot Tables, V Look-up formulas and IF statement formulas\n- Experience with PowerPoint presentations\n- Strong overall analytic and problem solving skills\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment\n- Ability to work under tight deadlines with a high level of accuracy\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style\n- Confidentiality concerning all information and projects\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- MBA or equivalent\n- Experience developing business cases for large scale multi-million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis\n- Proficient in budgeting and reporting software applications including Cognos and Business Objects\n- Proficiency with MS Access", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403567/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Non-Network Projects", "reqid": "134173", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28403567}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Network Services\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Senior Financial Analyst will assist with supporting Infrastructure Network Services for the IT Infrastructure Finance team. This position is responsible for assisting the team on financial topics and to become a subject matter expert on financials related to Network Infrastructure. The analyst will work with KP-IT finance as well as business partners on initiatives that produce process improvements, analysis of variances and special requirements of the IT Infrastructure Finance team. The individual will assist with financial analysis in support of multiple financial and operational initiatives, be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement, and operate in a professional and ethical manner at all times.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Support business case development and analysis\n- Assist in the development of financial models\n- Develop, improve and enhance financial reports, models and databases\n- Initiate investigation of budget and forecast variances, cost trends and utilization patterns and perform analysis\n- Work autonomously but collaboratively with teammates and clients\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Design analytical reports and prepare financial trend and data analysis reports\n- Will be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses\n- Perform special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed\n- Develop spreadsheet and PowerPoint decks for presentation and analysis of financial reports\n- Identify operational impact from analytical findings\n- Monitor compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management, budget systems and related automated systems\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes\n- Travel (10%) within the local area or possibly between SCAL and NCAL\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of finance experience.\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to keep track of communications with multiple clients simultaneously\n- Excel skills including Pivot Tables, V Look-up formulas and IF statement formulas\n- Experience with PowerPoint presentations\n- Strong overall analytic and problem solving skills\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment\n- Ability to work under tight deadlines with a high level of accuracy\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style\n- Confidentiality concerning all information and projects\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- MBA or equivalent\n- Experience developing business cases for large scale multi-million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis\n- Proficient in budgeting and reporting software applications including Cognos and Business Objects\n- Proficiency with MS Access", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403566/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Network Services", "reqid": "134172", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28403566}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders.\n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following.\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078149/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "132525", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28078149}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nPrepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management. Responsibilities include compiling and generating reports, providing supporting data for budget purposes, providing consultative and advisory recommendations to managers on data analysis and performance reporting, and working with various financial leadership to develop departmental operational and financial reports. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts variance analysis process as defined. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews. Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Initiates and facilitates investigation variances trends, cost trends and utilization patterns and performs analysis.\n- Coordinates process as defined. Ensures analyses are conducted in accordance with administrative objectives.\n- Designs analytical reports and prepares complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses.\n- Proactively identifies potential data and analytical needs to support management and performance monitoring requirements.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Performs special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed.\n- Develops work plans independently.\n- Completes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients and project teams.\n- Works autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients.\n- Identifies operational impact of analytical findings.\n- Manages projects of moderate to complex scope with general supervision.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data and systems.\n- Develop spreadsheet and database analyses for presentation and analysis of financial reports.\n- Coordinates and interacts with any of the following: Finance Team, Revenue Cycle, Admin, Dept. Administrators & Chiefs, and other organizational department leadership (as appropriate) in providing analytical assistance within defined parameters.\n- Facilitates data analysis for and gives presentations.\n- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management and budget systems and related automated systems.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Ability to facilitate design and requirements definitions meetings with a wide variety of managerial leaders.\n- Demonstrate experience in both detailed financial and operational data analysis and consultative skills.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.\n- Works under limited guidance and accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide functional direction to junior finance staff.\n- Skilled in various applications including MS Excel, Access, VBA, SQL and KP Health Connect preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038149/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "132147", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28038149}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders. \n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following.\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "132141", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28038147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders. \n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following.\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947700/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "131753", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27947700}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting and Costing\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nSenior Financial Analyst - Financial Reporting and Costing\n\nThe Senior Financial Analyst position within the Financial Reporting and Costing group is located at our Pleasanton, CA Campus and is responsible for providing reporting and analytical expertise and support to our IT Business Partners. In this role you will develop analytical reporting in support of IT's financial goals as well as ad hoc and change management projects as assigned in a timely and professional manner. You will support the monthly reporting and analysis process across the IT organization, maintaining Service Level Agreements with both internal (IT) and external (KP) clients. You will identify and prepare evaluations on a variety of complex and diverse subjects including formal presentations of IT's financial results through both statistical and operational analysis. You will participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, targets and reports; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities by identifying key business issues; create financial models and make recommendations. You will partner closely with the IT finance team to improve financial analysis, reporting, and other financial processes. You will not only ensure that proper processes and deadlines are met, but will also develop and implement internal processes and procedures to support and comply with IT finance policy and procedures.\nEssential Functions:\nResponsibilities include but may not be limited to:\n- Support monthly close activities on a monthly basis in a timely manner. Ensure proper processes and deadlines are met, develop and implement internal processes and procedures to support and comply with IT financial policy and procedures.\n- Prepare concise and informative analysis for internal and external reporting partners.\n- Partner closely with the IT finance team to improve financial analysis, reporting, and other financial processes. Act as a significant information resource.\n- Participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics reporting; assisting in identifying improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data.\n- Prepare ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed.\n- May also include identifying, initiating, researching and preparing financial models and/or analysis on a variety of complex and diverse projects and problems (e.g. financial, statistical, operational, and costs/benefit analyses) supporting strategic initiatives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of financial planning and analysis experience in successively responsible roles including the ability to demonstrate experience modeling and financial data analysis.\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles.\n- Experience designing and implementing report modifications and improvements.\n- Import and export of data and graphics files from multiple databases or data warehouses to develop complex financial and management reports, tables and charts.\n- MS Office 2007 Suite - requires advanced level proficiency with MS Word, Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, h-lookup, charts) and PowerPoint.\n- Strong analytic and problem solving skills; high level of accuracy.\n- Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with ability to keep track of communications with multiple clients simultaneously.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's systems and financial tools desired, including Business Objects Xi and Cognos.\n- Understanding of IT business rules and how those rules translate into financial systems and financial reporting.\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, team environment. - Excellent interpersonal teamwork skills; service oriented.\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890640/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting and Costing", "reqid": "131244", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27890640}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst, MSSA Finance (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Financial Analyst\nBurbank, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst in Burbank. This position will support the Marketing Sales and Service Administration (MSSA).\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Provide finance support for thesales function throughbudgeting, forecasting, month-end closing and reporting processes and be responsible for oversight ofinternal controls and performance managementimprovement.\n - Willprovide, develop, interpret and implement financial concepts for financial planning and control.\n - Perform financial analysis to determine present and future financial performance.\n - Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, future requirements, and operating forecasts.\n - Accountable for the coordination, compilation, and distribution of financial data\n - Prepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management.\n - Up to 5% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 5+ years of financial analysis or related experience that focused on forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and accounting work\n - Bachelor's degree in finance related field or 4 years of additional equivalent experience\n - Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields\n - Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, and database management\n - Team player, ability to see the big picture, and detail oriented\n - Strong oral, written, and presentation skills\n - Proactive business partner with a track record for great customer service", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:58:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540448/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst, MSSA Finance (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "129688", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27540448}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Analyst, Financial\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nJob Summary:\nThe Financial Analyst is responsible for modeling (developing forecasts, budgets and multi-year plans), analyzing and reporting financial and operational results. They will assist with developing business cases, and will support operation and capital planning activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Prepares annual plan/budget (s), monthly forecast(s) and multi-year forecasts taking into account changes in tactical and strategic plans, operations, contracts trends, etc. Maintains FP&A's budgeting system\n - Provides financial/analytical support to key constituents throughout the organization\n - Identifies, analyzes and tracks trends that impact financial performance (e.g., new/changed product offerings, utilization and operations)\n - Prepares business cases including financial, operation and economic analysis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field\n - One to three years of financial analytical experience\n - Computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (e.g., Excel, Access) and SQL or other relational database tools\n - Excellent communication skills both verbal and written\n - Excellent problem-solving skills and teamwork abilities\n - Demonstrated ability to multi-task and meet deadlines\n - Must be a self-starter and have excellent follow-through skills\n - Ability to handle changing priorities\n - Detail-oriented\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Knowledge of health care industry (e.g., health delivery, health insurance)", "date_new": "2012-03-17 20:17:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27224664/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Analyst, Financial", "reqid": "127046", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27224664}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders. - Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\n\nKaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or Master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following:\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-02-29 19:31:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26841645/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "125323", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 26841645}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPrepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management. Responsibilities include compiling and generating reports, providing supporting data for budget purposes, providing consultative and advisory recommendations to managers on data analysis and performance reporting, and working with various financial leadership to develop departmental operational and financial reports. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts variance analysis process as defined. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews. Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Initiates and facilitates investigation variances trends, cost trends and utilization patterns and performs analysis. Coordinates process as defined.\n- Ensures analyses are conducted in accordance with Administrative objectives.\n- Designs analytical reports and prepares complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses.\n- Proactively identifies potential data and analytical needs to support management and performance monitoring requirements.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Performs special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed. Develops work plans independently.\n- Completes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients and project teams.\n- Works autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients. Identifies operational impact of analytical findings.\n- Manages projects of moderate to complex scope with general supervision.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data and systems. Develop spreadsheet and database analyses for presentation and analysis of financial reports.\n- Coordinates and interacts with any of the following: Finance Team, Revenue Cycle, Admin, Dept. Administrators & Chiefs, and other organizational department leadership (as appropriate) in providing analytical assistance within defined parameters.\n- Facilitates data analysis for and gives presentations. Monitors compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management and budget systems and related automated systems.\n\nKaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. CPA or Masters degree preferred.\n- 4+ years related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.\n- Ability to facilitate design and requirements definitions meetings with a wide variety of managerial leaders.\n- Demonstrate experience in both detailed financial and operational data analysis and consultative skills.\n- Works under limited guidance; accountable to complete work assignments. May provide functional direction to junior finance staff.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPA or Masters degree preferred. Skilled in various applications including MS Excel, Access, VBA, SQL and KP Health Connect.", "date_new": "2012-02-29 19:31:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26841646/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "125325", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 26841646}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr. Financial Data Analyst - National Revenue Cycle (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSr. Financial Data Analyst - National Revenue Cycle (Oakland, CA)\n\n\nThe Sr. Financial Analyst develops, interprets, and implements financial concepts for financial analysis, data driven decision making, modeling, forecasting, planning and control with KP's revenue cycle function. Assists the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by extracting, analyzing, manipulating, and reporting data. Performs technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance. Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for future performance, and operating forecasts.\n\nPerforms research and studies in the areas of revenue, expected reimbursement, rates of return, accounts receivables, reserves, investment opportunities, investment performance and impact of governmental requirements. Studies, forecasts, and makes recommendation on opportunities for process and technology improvements based on results of analysis.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\n- Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts' and partners within the revenue cycle on variance analysis process as defined.\nExtracts, manipulates, and scrubs data to be used in producing metrics and analyses. Builds and/or maintains complex queries.\nConducts robust data validation and error correction.\nDelivers metrics and analytic results using custom reports or automated reporting tools. For some projects, interprets results and translates data and information into actionable knowledge, and assists others in using the knowledge. Guides use of metrics and analyses towards actionable results.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional targets and forecasts.\n- May be responsible for target development in the areas of revenue capture, expected reimbursement, receivables, cash, cycle times, cost to collect, and other important indicators for the revenue cycle.\n- Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in finance or a related field or an additional 4 years of equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.\n- 5+ years of financial analysis or related experience.\nProficient in SQL programming skills.\n- Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1+ years experience working in a healthcare environment.\n- Knowledge and understanding of Epic or equivalent revenue cycle systems and data.\nKnowledge of Epic's Clarity reporting database.\n- Expertise with revenue cycle data, reporting, and expected reimbursement approaches.", "date_new": "2012-02-16 21:30:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26575391/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Financial Data Analyst - National Revenue Cycle (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "123842", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 26575391}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nPrepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management. May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and distribution of financial data by junior staff. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts' variance analysis process as defined. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental, and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews. Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Initiates investigation of budget variances, cost trends, and utilization patterns and performs analysis.\n- Coordinates budget monitoring process as defined by supervisor.\n- Ensures budget forecasting and financial planning and analysis are conducted in accordance with Administrative objectives.\n- Designs analytical reports and prepares complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses prepared by junior staff.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Performs special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed.\n- Develops work plans independently.\n- Completes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients, and project teams.\n- Works autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients identifying operational impact of analytical findings.\n- Manages projects of moderate to complex scope with general supervision.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data and systems.\n- May develop spreadsheet and database analyses for presentation and analysis of financial reports.\n- Coordinates and interacts with any of the following: Finance Team, Administration, and Department Administrators & Chiefs in providing analytical assistance within defined parameters.\n- May prepare and/or give presentations.\n- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management and budget systems and related automated systems.\n- Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field and minimum four (4) years of related experience OR Master's degree in related field and minimum two (2) years of related experience.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral, written, and presentation communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-02-11 19:55:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26476833/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "123134", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 26476833}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sr. Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nDevelops, interprets and implements financial concepts for financial planning and control. Performs technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance. Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, trended future requirements and operating forecasts. Performs economic research and studies in the areas of rates of return, depreciations, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance and impact of governmental requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\n- Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts' variance analysis process as defined.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department and/or functional objectives.\n- Contributes to the achievement of department objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve department objectives would normally affect expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts.\n- Exercises judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to complex problems.\n- May refer to established precedents and policies.\n- Requires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others regarding existing concepts, processes and/or methodology.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.\n- Participates in determining objectives of assignment.\n- Works under limited direction.\n- Plans/schedules job activities to work toward accomplishing set objectives.\n- Work is reviewed by management at key intervals for advice and guidance prior to completion.\n-Work collaboratively with Operations, Financial Operations Team, and Senior Finance Management to achieve accuracy in budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.\n\nPreferred skills include:\n-Knowledge of Membership Administration and Finance processes\n-1-2 years of related experience in Healthcare\n-Excellent communication and presentation skills\n-Demonstrated ability to deliver quality results on time or ahead of schedule\n-Organizational skills and flexibility to cope with an ever-changing environment\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically five (5) years financial analysis or related experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field or equivalent experience.\n- Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and application of financial analysis principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices and standards.", "date_new": "2012-02-03 19:17:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26299445/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Financial Analyst", "reqid": "122158", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 26299445}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPrepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management. Responsibilities include compiling and generating reports, providing supporting data for budget purposes, providing consultative and advisory recommendations to managers on data analysis and performance reporting, and working with various financial leadership to develop departmental operational and financial reports. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts variance analysis process as defined. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews. Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Initiates and facilitates investigation variances trends, cost trends and utilization patterns and performs analysis. Coordinates process as defined.\n- Ensures analyses are conducted in accordance with Administrative objectives.\n- Designs analytical reports and prepares complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses.\n- Proactively identifies potential data and analytical needs to support management and performance monitoring requirements. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Performs special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed. Develops work plans independently.\n- Completes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients and project teams.\n- Works autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients. Identifies operational impact of analytical findings.\n- Manages projects of moderate to complex scope with general supervision.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data and systems.\n- Develop spreadsheet and database analyses for presentation and analysis of financial reports.\n- Coordinates and interacts with any of the following: Finance Team, Revenue Cycle, Admin, Dept. Administrators & Chiefs, and other organizational department leadership (as appropriate) in providing analytical assistance within defined parameters.\n- Facilitates data analysis for and gives presentations.\n- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management and budget systems and related automated systems.\n\n\nKaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. CPA or Masters degree preferred.\n- 4+ years related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills. Ability to facilitate design and requirements definitions meetings with a wide variety of managerial leaders.\n- Demonstrate experience in both detailed financial and operational data analysis and consultative skills.\n- Works under limited guidance; accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide functional direction to junior finance staff.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPA or Masters degree preferred.\n- Skilled in various applications including MS Excel, Access, VBA, SQL and KP Health Connect.\n- Willingness and aptitude to learn Microsoft PowerPoint and SAS programming language\n- Knowledge of other query and programming languages are strongly desirable \n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Prepare specialized reports, analysis, and financial models to support Financial Services and Corporate Strategic initiatives\n- Function as the lead content expert in educating users, gathering opinions and concerns, and responding to user inquiries regarding reports\n- Lead specific enhancements to the report methodology and delivery systems\n- Ensure completeness and accuracy of all desk level procedures and documentation.\n- Responsible for improving the data quality and alignment of cost and utilization for projects assigned.\n- Oversee quality of selected products\n- Design analytical approaches to solve problems, improve products, project costs, increase efficiency, etc\n- Prepare analysis and formal presentation documents for the TPMG CFO and leadership groups such as the Board of Directors, Elected Representatives Group, and the Board's Finance and Audit Committee\n- Perform business process reviews including documentation of process flow through flowcharting and review of internal controls.\n\n\nSkills Testing: Excel, Microsoft Access", "date_new": "2012-02-02 18:59:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26276400/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "121931", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 26276400}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Financial Analyst, Accounts Payable (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nFinancial Analyst\nPasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Financial Analyst in Pasadena. This position will support the Accounts Payable department. \n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares more complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\n- Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances and prepares summary of key findings.\n- Responsible for more complex departments/functions.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion.\n- Participates in projects of moderate complexity as assigned and may lead projects of low complexity.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives.\n- Results usually contribute to the completion of projects and department objectives.\n- Typical errors would cause moderate delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses.\n- Typically involves interpreting and carrying out general guidelines.\n- Requires some judgment to develop alternatives.\n- Provides information to others to be used in the decision-making process.\n- Requires limited decision-making.\n- Demonstrated problem solving and organization skills.\n- Exchanges and interprets non-routine information and/or collaboration of work.\n- Strong oral and written communication skills.\n- Follows generally defined directions.\n- Works under general supervision.\n- Exercises some discretion within defined boundaries.\n- Will seek a supervisor or manager to provide guidance and/or solve problems for difficult issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-2+ years financial analysis or related experience\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field or 4 additional years of equivalent experience\n- Strong knowledge or background in developing analytical models using spreadsheets\n- General application of financial analysis concepts and principles\n- Full use and application of standard, financial analysis principles, theories, concepts and techniques\n- Solid or advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access\n- Working knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems\n- Able to formulate study designs and conduct analyses\n- Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques and standards", "date_new": "2012-02-02 01:40:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26261865/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Analyst, Accounts Payable (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "121688", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 26261865}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Financial Analyst, KP Insurance Company Finance (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nFinancial Analyst\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Financial Analyst in Oakland. This position is part of the Kaiser Permanent Insurance Company (KPIC) Financial Planning & Analysis Team and participates in the planning and development of KPIC financial plans, budgets and forecasts.\n\n\nEssential Functions\nCompiling and generating financial reports, comprehensive variance analysis with written explanations on key findings.\nResearching and providing supporting data and information for budget/forecasting purposes.\nAnalyzing business trends.\nData and performance metric reporting in support of KPIC managers and leaders, responding to data or information queries from KP Region and KPIC managers.\nWorking with various financial and operations directors to develop departmental, operational and financial reports.\nMay be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\nResponsible for assigned tasks associated with monthly close process.\nParticipates in the planning and development of departmental and company budgets, forecasts, and business cases with responsibility for identified team deliverables.\nCollects data, researches, and prepares analysis for departmental or functional budget performance and projects.\nMay monitor department budgets by reviewing data in the financial system and communicating with the managers.\nMay be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses.\nProactively identifies potential data and analytical needs to support management and performance monitoring requirements.\nWorks autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients.\nCompletes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients and project teams.\nPrepares financial trend and data analysis reports.\nMay be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\nParticipates in the development of departmental and/or functional budgets.\nMay be responsible for entry in budget system with accuracy and high level reviews.\nPerforms ad-hoc projects/studies of moderate scope utilizing knowledge of finance theories such as present value, cash flow analysis, and basic statistical analysis.\nCommunicates and supports analytical findings.\nIdentifies and recommends process improvements.\nMonitors compliance with policies, procedures and controls related to financial management, budget systems, and related automated systems.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree (Economics, Business, Finance, Accounting or Math)\n- 2 years work experience or related internships or schooling\n- Basic understanding of financial analysis concepts and accounting practices\n- Proficient in PC based word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics and pivot tables\n- Strong analytical, oral and written communication skills\n- Able to analyze data and recognize analytical patterns\n- Demonstrated problem solving and organization skills\n- Works under general guidance; accountable to complete work assignments\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of statistics, and forecasting\n- Skilled in various applications including Cognos, Onelink, Access and VBA\n- Database management", "date_new": "2012-02-02 01:40:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26261867/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Analyst, KP Insurance Company Finance (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "121736", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 26261867}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst, Accounts Payable (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Financial Analyst\nPasadena, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst in Pasadena. This position will support the Accounts Payable department.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\n- Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts' variance analysis process as defined.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department and/or functional objectives.\n- Contributes to the achievement of department objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve department objectives would normally affect expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts.\n- Exercises judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to complex problems.\n- May refer to established precedents and policies.\n- Requires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others regarding existing concepts, processes and/or methodology.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.\n- Participates in determining objectives of assignment.\n- Works under limited direction.\n- Plans/schedules job activities to work toward accomplishing set objectives.\n- Work is reviewed by management at key intervals for advice and guidance prior to completion.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-5+ years financial analysis or related experienceincluding Accounts Payable processing and accounting procedures\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field or equivalent experience\n- Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields\n- Strong knowledge or background in developing analytical models using spreadsheets\n- Solid or advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel and Access\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management\n- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems\n- Complete understanding and application of financial analysis principles, concepts, practices, and standards\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations\n- Full knowledge of industry practices and standards", "date_new": "2012-02-02 01:40:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26261866/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst, Accounts Payable (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "121691", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 26261866}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Financial Senior Analyst - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Procurement & Supply Senior Financial Analyst provides analytical expertise to the Procurement & Supply Finance team in support of key operational and strategic decisions. Primary work consist of conducting analyses, forecasts, reporting and modeling for a broad array of issues within the Procurement Finance department related to KP's overall strategies and finances. The senior financial analyst will assist PS Finance by focusing on analysis and reporting activities for PS (NFS Sourcing), Program Office, and the California and ROC regions. The Senior Financial Analyst will develop, interpret, and implement financial tools and concepts for evaluating major Procurement categories and functions. This role will perform technical analysis to identify improvement opportunities, help determine present and future financial performance and will gather, analyze, prepare, and summarize recommendations.\n\nKey focus is on quantitative and qualitative analysis and reporting on the financial and operational performance of procurement activities. Additional areas of focus include analysis and interpretation of trends and metrics, use of database applications and various systems support tools and evaluation of data quality. Maintains and produces regular financial reports in addition to ad hoc analyses, as needed. May work independently or as a part of a project team and consults frequently with appropriate managers on progress.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Advanced MS excel and MS access skills\n-Intermediate MS word and MS PowerPoint skills\n-Bachelors degree in business, finance or management information systems\n-5+ years of financial reporting and data analysis experience\n- Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and application of financial analysis principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices and standards.", "date_new": "2012-01-28 20:27:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26175146/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Senior Analyst - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "121353", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 26175146}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management. Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts. Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations. Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders.\n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services. Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Supervises financial aspects of TPMG's capital and physician benefit programs (capital stock, subordinated notes, forgivable loans, moving allowance, salary advances etc.)\n- Ensures accuracy and timeliness of monthly reports, monthly account reconciliations, audit documentation and income tax reporting.\n-Maintains and ensures the data quality of multiple databases.\n-Assists in the review of loan funding, collection and year-end tax reporting.\n-Communicates information effectively, translating financial data into meaningful information that supports and sound business decision-making.\n-Supervises two staff to provide high quality financial reports and ensure integrity of data and analysis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or Master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following:\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prior experience managing staff.\n-Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).\n- Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management and group process.\n- Work in team environment and to multi-task.\n- Proficiency with Microsoft Access, Excel, Work and PowerPoint.\n- Prior experience with Microsoft Access.\n\nSkills Testing: Excel, Word", "date_new": "2012-01-10 20:41:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25810155/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "118270", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 25810155}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPrepares more complex financial trend and data analysis reports. May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data by junior staff. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances and prepares summary of key findings. Responsible for more complex departments/functions. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion. Participates in projects of moderate complexity as assigned and may lead projects of low complexity.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Collects data, researches, and prepares analysis for regional, departmental or functional budget performance and projects.\n- May monitor department budgets by reviewing data in the financial system and communicating with the managers/chiefs.\n- Investigates and corrects errors.\n- Prepares advanced financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data by junior staff.\n- Participates in the development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for entry in budget system with accuracy.\n- Performs ad-hoc projects/studies of moderate scope utilizing knowledge of finance theories such as present value and cash flow analysis.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use reports, methodologies and source data and systems.\n- Communicates and supports analytical findings.\n- Identifies and recommends process improvements.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Preparing Journal Entries\n- Reconciling Balance Sheet accounts.\n- Ad hoc reporting and analysis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2+ years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Database management preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. CPA or Masters degree preferred.\n- Able to formulate study designs and conduct analyses.\n- Required proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, and macros.\n- Strong oral and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated problem solving and organization skills.\n- Works under general guidance; accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide functional direction to Finance Assistant staff or junior level analyst staff.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Working knowledge of accounting transaction flows, including system interfaces, account reconciliations, and internal controls\n- Intermediate to advanced user of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.\n- Experience with Microsoft Access, Crystal and/or COGNOS report writing skills\n- Experience with PeopleSoft/Oracle General Ledger and Payroll Systems\n- Able to work well in a changing environment\n- Good documentation skills, organized, able to multi-task and meet deadlines\n\n\nSkills Testing: Excel", "date_new": "2011-12-14 01:33:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25342929/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Analyst", "reqid": "115103", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 25342929}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPrepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management. Responsibilities include compiling and generating reports, providing supporting data for budget purposes, providing consultative and advisory recommendations to managers on data analysis and performance reporting, and working with various financial leadership to develop departmental operational and financial reports. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts variance analysis process as defined. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews. Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Initiates and facilitates investigation variances trends, cost trends and utilization patterns and performs analysis. Coordinates process as defined.\n- Ensures analyses are conducted in accordance with Administrative objectives.\n- Designs analytical reports and prepares complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses.\n- Proactively identifies potential data and analytical needs to support management and performance monitoring requirements.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Performs special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed. Develops work plans independently.\n- Completes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients and project teams.\n- Works autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients.\n- Identifies operational impact of analytical findings.\n- Manages projects of moderate to complex scope with general supervision.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data and systems.\n- Develop spreadsheet and database analyses for presentation and analysis of financial reports.\n- Coordinates and interacts with any of the following: Finance Team, Revenue Cycle, Admin, Dept. Administrators & Chiefs, and other organizational department leadership (as appropriate) in providing analytical assistance within defined parameters.\n- Facilitates data analysis for and gives presentations.\n- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management and budget systems and related automated systems.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Preparing Journal Entries\n- Reconciling Balance Sheet accounts.\n- Ad hoc reporting and analysis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. CPA or Masters degree preferred.\n- 4+ years related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.\n- Ability to facilitate design and requirements definitions meetings with a wide variety of managerial leaders.\n- Demonstrate experience in both detailed financial and operational data analysis and consultative skills.\n- Works under limited guidance; accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide functional direction to junior finance staff.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Skilled in various applications including MS Excel, Access, VBA, SQL and KP Health Connect.\n-Working knowledge of accounting transaction flows, including system interfaces, account reconciliations, and internal controls\n- Intermediate to advanced user of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.\n- Experience with Microsoft Access, Crystal and/or COGNOS report writing skills\n- Experience with PeopleSoft/Oracle General Ledger and Payroll Systems\n- Able to work well in a changing environment\n- Good documentation skills, organized, able to multi-task and meet deadlines\n\n\nSkills Testing: Excel", "date_new": "2011-12-14 01:33:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25342931/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "115106", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 25342931}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Senior Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders.\n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or Master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following:\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Responsible for the financial development and implementation of the clinical trial pre-award budgeting process.\n- Assists Principal Investigators with development and negotiation of financially appropriate and fiscally sound budgets for clinical trial and clinical research protocols.\n- Works with the KPNC Principal Investigators to determine and document 'Routine' and Non-Routine' care procedures.\n- Resolves problems and issues resulting from budget development and routing proposals through the KPNC financial management process.\n- Communicates with sponsor/industry finance officer for budget queries and required deliveries.\n- Tracks the budgeting process through KPNC financial management systems.\n- Actively assesses and develops process improvements for budget development, budget negotiation, and Medicare coverage analysis processes.\n- Trains staff appropriately and follows up to assure effectiveness of new processes.\n- Works with KPNC Revenue Cycle to perform Medicare Coverage Analysis to determine whether Medicare, Medicaid or other third party payer can legitimately be billed for a given item or service identified as part of a clinical trial as dictated by KPNC DOR and Revenue Cycle, local and national Medicare regulations.\n- Collaborates with the DOR fiance and the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (KFRI) to ensure applicable KPNC finance rules and policies are instituted in the pre-award budgeting process.\nFunction #1: Research Budget Development\nA. Works with the CCRU team and Principal Investigators with the development and negotiation of financially appropriate contracts and budgets for clinical trial, clinical research, and foundation research protocols.\nB. Ensures the determination of 'Routine' and Non-Routine' is determined and tracked.\nC. Collaborates with the DOR finance, the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, and Principal Investigators in identifying payment milestones associated with research budgets.\nFunction #2: Data Collection & Management\nA. Collects financial data, analyzes charges, and reviews the data to ensure accuracy in the pre-award budget development process.\nB. Work with CCRU business partners to perform operational audits of active budgets to validate and improve cost model/s for clinical trials and clinical research budgets.\nFunction #3: Attends Finance Meeting as Assigned\nA. Attends assigned meetings to ensure KPNC is on the forefront of industry trends in budget development and monitoring.\nFunction #4: Team Training and Meetings\nB. Attends KPNC and CCRU-DOR meetings. Develops staff through orientation, training and mentioning. Performs related responsibilities as required. Trains clinical trial and clinical research teams in the pre-award budgeting process.\nFunction #: Feasibility Analysis\nC. Responsible for ensuring financial feasibility of industry sponsored clinical trial budgets as well as inputting final approved budgets into the appropriate KPNC finance system", "date_new": "2011-12-03 19:24:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25171649/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Senior Financial Analyst", "reqid": "111145", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 25171649}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Senior Financial Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations. Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders.\n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nQualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or related field required. Continued professional development a plus.\n- CPA or Masters degree preferred.\n- 6+ years of experience in financial analysis, financial reporting, financial modeling or public accounting\n- Exceptional analytical problem-solving and presentation of results and recommendations\n- Excellent project management, communication, presentation and interpersonal skills\n- Advanced ongoing work experience with Excel (e.g. functions, pivot tables) and working knowledge of Microsoft Access\n- Willingness and aptitude to data mine and to learn new reporting tools\n- Desire to contribute to team's successes with a positive attitude, while working in a challenging and dynamic environment\n- Knowledge of health care delivery systems desirable\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Prepare and lead the preparation of specialized reports, analysis, and financial models to support Financial Services and Corporate Strategic initiatives\n- Participate or lead complex projects\n- Function as the lead content expert in educating users, gathering opinions and concerns, and responding to user inquiries regarding reports\n-Lead specific enhancements to the report methodology and delivery systems\n- Ensure completeness and accuracy of all desk level procedures and documentation. Responsible for improving the data quality and alignment of cost and utilization for projects assigned.\n- Oversee quality of selected products\n- Design analytical approaches to solve problems, improve products, project costs, increase efficiency, etc\n- Prepare analysis and formal presentation documents for the TPMG CFO and leadership groups such as the Board of Directors, Elected Representatives Group, and the Board's Finance and Audit Committee\n- Perform business process reviews including documentation of process flow through flowcharting and review of internal controls\n- Mentor and guide junior analysts to resolve problems independently\n\n\nSkills Testing: Excel, Microsoft Access", "date_new": "2011-10-11 19:00:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/24154181/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Senior Financial Analyst", "reqid": "106333", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 24154181}]