Financial Analyst - Decision Support

Details

Posted: 20-Jan-24

Location: San Francisco, California

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 76177BR

Recognized as health care decision support expert. Technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in medical center finance and recognized expertise in specific areas; problem-solving frequently requires analysis of unique issues/problems without precedent and/or structure. Applies comprehensive knowledge of professional concepts and industry practices to lead the most complex projects of large size and scope that have critical impact across the university, medical center, and/or systemwide.
Involves the provision of patient-level financial and clinical data (cost accounting and other patient data) and analysis to inform and provide insight into the medical center or health system's operational, financial, and strategic decision-making. Includes the development of a case-based operating budget for patient volume, detailed utilization projections, and gross revenue. Oversees the service line profitability reporting, the cost accounting system, 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 to best business practices for the healthcare industry and internal business objectives. Develops projections, recommendations, and strategic & tactical plans based on complex analyses of business data and healthcare industry trends. Works with business and clinical staff to understand and prioritize data and information requirements. Creates specifications for reports and analysis based on business needs and required / available data elements. Develops business cases using enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions. Will lead assignments and projects from the design stage to completion with a high degree of autonomy.
The Analyst will act as an internal financial consultant who works closely with the Shared Services cost accounting team, strategic development team, senior Medical Center leadership, and physician leaders. This will be a highly visible position within the UCSF Health organization that will focus on a broad range of financial issues that impact UCSF Health operations, including but not limited to assessment of service line and program financial outcomes, evaluating the financial implications of new technologies such as surgical robots and telehealth services, calculating the return on investment (ROI) associated with UCSF Health joint ventures and affiliation agreements, and analysis of clinical re-engineering initiatives that are intended to reduce costs, enhance revenues, and/or improve the quality of care.
The Analyst must be a self-motivated, constructive thinker who is comfortable working both independently and with other team members in an unstructured environment that requires flexibility, adherence to tight project deadlines, balancing of competing priorities, and strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to influence decision-makers and stakeholders. This position will report to the Finance Director for Adult Business Line Services whose team includes two other analysts. While the Analyst will have no direct reports, he/she will assist the Finance Director in providing project guidance and professional development to the other analyst staff.
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.
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. To see the salary range for this position (we recommend that you make a note of the job code and use that to look up): TCS Non-Academic Titles Search (ucop.edu) Please note: An offer will take into consideration the experience of the final candidate AND the current salary level of individuals working at UCSF in a similar role. To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html