Description
Do you flourish in a challenging, fast-paced environment? Do you thrive working with a fun, flexible and supportive team? If so, consider joining the Medicaid Programs Finance Team!
This position will be responsible for developing and enhancing existing Medical & Pharmacy Expense analytics for HealthChoices (Medicaid) and Community HealthChoices (CHC) to further understand IBNR restatement patterns, seasonality and trends to support forecasts, budgets and ad hoc requests. Additionally, this position will have direct oversight of two Financial Analysts. This role also provides a hands-on SQL learning experience and basic accounting knowledge.
Responsibilities:
- Investigate variances and derive solutions to cost increases and quality issues.
- Perform cost/benefit analysis.
- Implement and monitor effectiveness of these solutions.
- Serve as a process expert and provide training and support to other Financial Analysts.
- Perform statistical analyses, and then be able to explain this analysis to a non-technical audience of both internal and external customers and, at times, senior management.
- Identify trends in expenses, utilization, medical quality, and other areas.
- Mentor and supervise day to day responsibilities of a minimum of two finance staff.
- Responsible for the distribution of work assignments for their team as well as workflow management within their team.
- Must use their knowledge and expert understanding of financial, clinical and other information generated by numerous sources to identify opportunities to improve clinical and financial performance.
- Meet deadlines and turnaround times set by managers and department director (these deadlines and turnaround times will, at times, require the employee to work until the project is completed, meaning extended daily work hours, extended work weeks, or both).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance or related business field required
- Minimum of five years of related work experience required.
- A Master's degree or CPA license and four years of experience will also be considered.
- CPA/MBA preferred.
- Experience in the health care industry preferred.
- Prior experience leading/supervising staff preferred.
- Microsoft office with emphasis on spreadsheet application required and PeopleSoft General Ledger proficiency preferred.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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