Senior Decision Support Financial Analyst

Shared Services Finance

Full Time

75234BR

Job Summary

The Senior Decision Support Financial Analyst is responsible for performing critical application and analysis functions in support of UCSF Health’s Financial Decision Support system, EPSi. The analyst plays a critical role in maintaining EPSi to ensure the production of high-quality, accurate, and timely patient-level financial and clinical data for our Finance, and Operational business partners. EPSi is the single source of critical financial data that allows Business Line Vice Presidents and Directors to prepare ROI analysis for capital and value improvement projects, develop case-based budgets, and provide program and service line profitability reporting.

Responsibilities will include developing business cases, extracting cost data, billing data, patient demographic data, and other information from the Medical Center’s cost accounting database, as well as from various other dashboards or other Business/Clinical Intelligence tools. A critical component of this position is the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff who have a deep understanding of UCSF IT applications and databases, in order to develop the necessary knowledge for analyzing complex data sets.

Supports the Director – Shared Service in their overall strategy to achieve best practices in the management of EPSi, and its associated reporting tools. To accomplish this the Senior analyst must develop and maintain key relationships with other Financial and IT professionals.

Department Description

UCSF Health brings clinical and research service capabilities into a unified management structure and single operating unit, achieving strategic, operational, and financial alignment between the School of Medicine, Medical Group, and the Medical Center as well as provider affiliates. Its structure streamlines decision-making, strengthens the ability to act with one voice, and ensures accountability at every point to execute a collectively agreed-upon commitment to excellence and efficiency. The UCSF Health System’s 2020 vision is to provide innovative, high-quality, cost-competitive clinical services, and deliver an unparalleled patient experience across the entire care continuum.

The UCSF Health Shared Services department serves as a center of expertise for a variety of Financial Planning and Budget (FP&B) and Decision Support Services (DSS) administrative business processes, reporting and selective analysis to increase transparency, efficiency, and standardization, to create capacity in Business Lines to increase their strategic value to the organization and support the business entities in critical financial deliverables.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field. Ten (10) years or more of work experience in hospital or physician group finance, health insurance, health care consulting, or a related industry. Expert understanding of decision support systems, with knowledge of business statistics, quantitative methods, relational databases, business development scorecards, data modeling, and performance and profitability analysis. Expert knowledge of issues and aspects of clinical finance, planning, financial data management, budget development, and business development. Strong proficiency in utilizing the tools to produce comprehensive, studies and actionable intelligence. Highly advanced organizational and project management skills, and demonstrated ability to lead a team, prioritize tasks, and see projects through from inception to completion on schedule. Advanced interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead projects and teams and collaborate productively on highly complex projects with key personnel at all professional and technical levels. Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to interpret and convey highly sophisticated technical and financial information in a clear, concise manner, and to make cogent presentations of analyses, reports, and investigation results. Advanced problem-solving skills analytical ability, and in-depth knowledge of documentation and reporting, with the ability to run highly complex queries and studies, collect and analyze financial and performance data, and produce relevant, meaningful reports, analyses, and forecasts. Advanced data management and mining skills including the ability to develop and execute highly complex SQL queries and stored procedures to organize, transform, and extract financial and clinical data for the production of relevant, meaningful reports, statistics, analyses, and forecasts. A strong understanding of cost accounting concepts, as well as financial modeling techniques such as discounted cash flow/net present value and internal return on investment is required. Must be flexible, have a positive attitude and a sense of humor is highly desirable. A professional approach to work including a strong sense of responsibility for assigned duties. Demonstrated ability to handle and prioritize multiple assignments and overlapping deadlines. The ability to work in our Brisbane office when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

EPSI cost accounting system or other hospital cost accounting system experience is highly desirable.

About UCSF

At UCSF Health, our mission of innovative patient care, advanced technology and pioneering research is redefining what’s possible for the patients we serve – a promise we share with the professionals who make up our team.

Consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals nationwide by U.S. News & World Report – UCSF Health is committed to providing the most rewarding work experience while delivering the best care available anywhere. In an environment that allows for continuous learning and opportunities for professional growth, UCSF Health offers the ideal atmosphere in which to best use your skills and talents.

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu

Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Organization

Health

Job Code and Payroll Title

005747 DECISION SUPP SPEC 4

Job Category

Financial, Professional and Managerial

Bargaining Unit

99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit)

Employee Class

Career

Percentage

100%

Location

Brisbane, CA, Hybrid

Shift

Days

Shift Length

8 Hours

Additional Shift Details

Monday through Friday #J-18808-Ljbffr