Financial Analyst - FT - Days - Accounting - 20279

Financial Analyst - FT - Days - Accounting

US:TX:Edinburg | Financial Services | Full Time

Description:

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

The successful candidate will assist the Director of Finance and Accounting in the operations of the Accounting Department. This position will require preparing forecasts, performing cost and variance analysis of patient accounts data, assuring the accuracy of balance sheet accounts, and providing assistance in long range planning and profitability assessments. Also includes budgets and cost report preparation, statistical analysis by departments and service lines.

POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:

• College degree in Business or Computer related field required
• Masters in Business Administration or Masters in Healthcare Administration is preferred.
• Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to read, write and speak English
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians
• Prefer hospital experience

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Two (2) years' experience in accounting
• Prefer healthcare experience, but not required.
• Must able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Requires reasoning ability, good independent judgment, and the ability to work with frequent interruptions.
• Must project a professional image.
• Working knowledge of personal computer and Microsoft Office is required.
• Ten (10) touch key required
• Must have thorough knowledge of corporate finance, including balance sheets, income statements, cash flow, capital budgeting, profit and loss, time value of money, and pro forma statements.
• A good understanding of database modeling is also likely to be required.
• Being able to communicate this information on paper and in conversation to audiences with varying levels of understanding is also critical.

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice
• Develops computer programs to determine/assist with various cost projects and performs statistical analysis based on this data.
• Examines historical and projected financial data to provide senior management with valuable data upon which to make relevant financial decisions.
• Responsible for the coordination, preparation and analytical review of the Hospital's financial reports.
• Identifies and adheres to appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance.
• Analyzes workload, determines work priority, assigns duties, oversees work progress, and participates in professional financial duties in a major fiscal division.
• Analyzes and prepares various financial and statistical reports for both internal use and as required for external agencies.
• Performs related duties as required.
• Assist in budget preparation.
• Assist in cost report preparation.
• Other duties as assigned

Other information:

LINES OF RESPONSIBILITES (Chain-of-command):

1. (Director of Accounting)

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA):

A. Essential Duties : Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

• Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
• Kneeling
• Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.
• Walking
• Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.
• Standing/Squatting
• Straight pulling
• Sitting
• Pulling hand over hand
• Pushing
• Repeated bending
• Stooping/Bending
• Reaching above shoulder
• Climbing Stairs
• Simple grasping
• Dual simultaneous grasping
• Depth Perceptions needed
• Ability to see
• Identify Colors
• Operating office equipment
• Twisting
• Operating mechanical equipment
• Ability to read and write
• Ability to count
• Ability to hear verbal communication without aid
• Operating Personal Vehicle
• Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication
• Other: Ability to deal with stress

B. Working Conditions : The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes : HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame