Senior Budget Analyst
CFS
Chicago, IL
Senior Budget Analyst
A mission-driven nonprofit healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Budget Analyst to join its growing finance team. This role plays a critical part in annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, capital processes, and financial performance reporting across a complex, multi-entity healthcare environment. Ideal candidates bring strong analytical skills, a proactive mindset, and experience supporting operational leaders in fast-paced settings.
This position offers a hybrid work schedule and the opportunity to contribute to meaningful community-focused work.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
- Prepare and maintain monthly variance reports, investigate variances, and develop action plans.
- Manage capital budgeting, including processing approved projects, tracking spending, and preparing capital committee materials.
- Oversee position control and review employee requisitions.
- Maintain and enhance Axiom reporting, including creating new reports and optimizing existing ones.
- Prepare departmental productivity reporting and operational financial dashboards.
- Collaborate with leadership on financial reporting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.
- Ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and integrity of all financial deliverables.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or MBA preferred.
- 5+ years of finance experience, including 3+ years in healthcare finance.
- Strong experience with operating budgets, capital budgets, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Prior experience with position control and hospital productivity.
- Advanced Excel skills required; Axiom or similar budgeting software strongly preferred.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to explain financial data to non-finance stakeholders.
- Independent, self‑starter with a continuous improvement mindset.
Why This Opportunity Is Compelling
- Mission‑driven organization serving diverse communities.
- Exposure to complex budgeting and financial operations across multiple departments.
- Hybrid schedule and supportive leadership.
- Opportunity to improve processes, streamline reporting, and influence financial decision-making.
Yearly Compensation $80,000 - $100,000 plus benefits
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MaxSalary: USD100000
MinSalary: USD80000
About the Company
CFS
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.