Financial Analyst - Decision Support

at  UCSF Health

Involves the provision of patient-level financial and clinical data and analysis to inform the medical center or health system’s operational, financial, and strategic decision-making for Adult Services. Includes ROI review for capital and value improvement projects, the development of a case-based operating budget for patient volume, detailed utilization projections, and gross revenue. Oversees the Adult service line profitability reporting, cost accounting, and the decision support system integration of clinical and financial data in a patient-centric repository. Provides for the measurement and benchmarking of business operations concerning best business practices for the healthcare industry and internal business objectives.
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
The salary range for this position is $126,100 - $189,200 (Annual Rate).
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DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

The UCSF Health Adult Services brings clinical and research service capabilities into a unified structure and single operating unit, achieving strategic, operational, and financial alignment between the School of Medicine, Medical Group, and Adult Clinical Services 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 collectively agreed-upon commitment to excellence and efficiency. The UCSF Health Adult Services 2020 vision is to provide innovative, high-quality, cost-competitive clinical services, and deliver an unparalleled patient experience across the entire care continuum.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of relevant experience
• Five or more years of healthcare Decision Support, or Financial Analysis experience.
• Must have prior SQL experience.
• In-depth understanding of decision support systems, with knowledge of business statistics, quantitative methods, relational databases, business development scorecards, data modeling, and performance and profitability analysis.
• In-depth knowledge of issues and aspects of clinical finance, planning, financial data management, budget development and business development. Proficiency in utilizing the tools to produce comprehensive, studies and actionable intelligence.
• Advanced organizational and project management skills, and 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.
• Advanced 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, to collect and analyze financial and performance data, and to produce relevant, meaningful reports, analyses, and forecasts.
• In-depth ability to work with senior staff and managers across departments, serving as a technical leader and information resource in decision support, and providing recommendations and advice on decision support processes, business and financial issues,
• Advanced knowledge/experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience working with patient financial data in an acute hospital setting. Exposure to analysis at both the summary and detail level.
• The position is primarily a remote work location. Although based on business needs, one may need to work onsite on an as-needed basis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with both professional and hospital/technical patient billing data and associated metrics.
• Experience at an academic medical center.
• Experience with commonly used healthcare data sources (e.g., UHC’s CDB/RM or ODB/Action OI databases, Sg2, etc.).

Please refer the Job description for details