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Financial Analyst, Senior

    Highlights

    The Senior Financial Analyst will report to the Director of Operations Finance and play a key role in supporting the organization''s financial planning and decision-making processes. The role will partner with operations and finance leaders to analyze business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide financial insights that support operational and strategic objectives.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationLong Beach, CA
    IndustryInsurance
    Company Size2,000 to 2,499 employees
    Websitehttps://www.bcbs.com/about-us/careers

    Description

    Your Role

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

    Your Knowledge and Experience

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

    Hybrid

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

    Your Work

    In this role, you will:

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

    Your Work

    In this role, you will:

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

    About Company

    At the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), we provide business strategy, technical support and consulting expertise to 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the nation, employing more than 1,000 of the best strategic thinkers in the industry. We are a Brand manager that sets quality control standards for the 36 independent companies that use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Brands, and we serve as a trade association that represents these Blue companies. It is through our involvement that the Blues companies share a united vision and strategy while also benefiting from the local strength of all member companies.

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