Supply Chain Performance/Finance Analyst

at  Houston Methodist

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, business administration or related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Three years of supply chain, operational or financial analysis experience
• Experience in a healthcare environment preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
• Analytical thinking and creative problem solving and ability to define a variety of approaches to business problems
• Understanding of business process analysis, system requirements, data modeling and functional design
• Project management skills and statistical analysis and data reduction skills
• Working knowledge of inventory management, enterprise resource management, and dashboarding systems

COMPANY PROFILE:

Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. Houston Methodist consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, and seven community hospitals throughout the greater Houston area. Houston Methodist also includes an academic institute, a comprehensive residency program, a global business division, numerous physician practices and several free-standing emergency rooms and outpatient facilities. Overall, Houston Methodist employs more than 27,000 employees and is supported by a wide variety of business functions that operate at the system level to help enable clinical departments to provide high quality patient care.
Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Interacts with all levels within the department, other institutional departments, and across the organization as well as outside companies to resolve problems/errors or questions regarding Supply Chain metrics, initiatives or performance in a timely manner.
• Effectively and proactively communicates with all stakeholders to resolve issues and discrepancies in a timely manner and ensures their accurate understanding of the analytics.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Extracts data from appropriate sources so that reports can be generated, analyzed and reconciled with the appropriate personnel. Generates accurate and timely reports.
• Assists department administrators and team members, hospital and entity leadership in managing supply chain and operational performance.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops, monitors and reports key system operational indicators and recommends improvements. Highlights performance issues, identifies problems and researches solutions as well as opportunities to reduce costs or improve accuracy and efficiencies. Makes recommendations to management for improvement.
• Follows all internal audit requirements for appropriate system applications.
• Utilizes/enhances tools to improve the accuracy of supply chain analytics and enhance revenue opportunities.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintains monthly dashboard of key indicators and external benchmarks as defined by management. Prepares and maintains expense models. Compiles information needed for organization profit and loss statement as required.
• Reviews contracts, calculates actual vs. projected savings models as appropriate.
• Utilizes resources effectively and efficiently, demonstrating financial stewardship. Manages own time effectively and prioritizes work to achieve maximum results in a timely manner.
• Supports and develops auditing, reporting and contract modeling tools as needed for identification and analysis of supply chain financial performance and contract performance as well as modeling and analysis of potential opportunities.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintains procedures and Standards of Practice (SOP’s) for supply chain processes.
• Maintains working knowledge of inventory, contracting, clinical value analysis, vendor and accounting systems. Maintains working knowledge of hospital and entity operational methodologies and affecting government regulations, as applicable.
• Proactively manages own career development. Completes My Development Plan (MDP).
• Identifies and recommends opportunities to employ new or enhanced functionality in support of continued performance improvement. Develops and advances best practices and tools for business analysis.
  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.