Senior Finance Business Systems Analyst
Stanford Health Care
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Day – 08 Hour (United States of America)
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A Brief Overview
The Senior Finance Business Systems Analyst supports core functions of the health systems business and financial applications to enable cost-effective, high quality, efficient, and safe patient care. This position will implement, administer, and support assigned systems under the minimal guidance of senior members of the team. The position will have a thorough understanding of managing business and financial operations within a healthcare environment. This position independently addresses issues and design decisions of moderate to high complexity with little or no supervision and delivers clear communication and documentation of complex concepts and issues related to applications, interfaces, data structures, and workflows across the organization. Act as a liaison between business teams, application vendors and IT for system integration, enhancements, and issue fixes. This position will be responsible for translating complex business needs and making recommendations. This role will provide guidance to the project team and facilitate key project meetings, communications, and working sessions.
Locations
Stanford Health Care
What you will do
Act as a technology subject matter expert and clearly communicate technical concepts in business terms between and across the different groups while influencing outcomes.
Secure formal sign-off of project documents from technical partners and business sponsors
Lead complex software upgrade initiatives
Direct business requirements as well as design sessions for all new platforms and applications
Lead complex new software installations and enhancement requests and
Review Technical System Design (TSD) as well as QA Test Strategy/Plan documents
Maintain up-to-date project documents for all initiatives that include technical details, user expectations, project goals, work effort, accountability, and deliverables
Continually identify areas of opportunity for automation and lead internal initiatives to implement them
Proactively identify system optimization and enhancements and collaborate with vendors and other analysts in order to design and implement effective solutions
Proactively identify trends and detect/anticipate problems early and act as a higher level of support while mentoring and training junior staff members.
Supervise quality plus progress of documents developed by other analysts
Participate in and frequently facilitate/organize team and cross-team meetings and maintain appropriate meeting records.
Research issues and use independent analysis and judgment to produce solution options (including alternative solutions when necessary to address system limitations) to complex and/or controversial matters, including pros, cons, risks, benefits, costs, and unintended consequences
Ensure every issue is well researched, recorded and supervise workflow for entire open items
Perform ongoing review of system configuration and design options in order to make appropriate recommendations for system maintenance requests
Ensure smooth turnover of projects both at the initiation as well as the conclusion to Operations, Support Service, and Clients.
Coordinate efforts of project estimation for review with cross organization technical as well as business teams
Ensure project scope, business objectives and systems requirements are well understood by entire project team
Create and administer support event feedback mechanisms. Analyze results, make recommendations for support improvements, and integrate changes into the Help Desk function to improve first call resolution of issues
Participate actively in cross-functional teams established for advancing business processes and quality outcomes through effective and efficient use of business software
Assist to prepare detailed system requirements documents incorporating system impact analysis as well as use cases
Conduct reviews with systems analyst team along with all relevant stakeholders
Evaluate causes as well as effects of business problems, analyze options plus propose solutions
Collaborate with varied business or system analysts, project team and business performing through project and organizational needs
Involve in quality assurance bug resolution plus update Functional Specification document as required
Involve and manage change control procedure and issue related list
Education Qualifications
Bachelors Degree Bachelors degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business Management, or other related field/discipline from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education/work experience. Preferred
Experience Qualifications
3 years to 5 years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience required
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Mid-level Microsoft Office skills
Excellent written, oral, instructional, presentation and interpersonal skills focused on motivation and positive attitude. Highly self-motivated, directed and change oriented. Very strong customer orientation
Ability to analyze highly complex systems and workflows
Ability to conceptualize, plan, organize, coordinate, and manage the work of a major program or function within the department
Ability to engage actively in complex discussions, often on challenging and/or controversial subjects
Ability to negotiate on behalf of others to achieve best outcomes for the department and the organization as a whole
Ability to handle confrontation with appropriate grace, professionalism, cordiality, and firmness, and manages/resolves disputes appropriately
Ability to communicate concepts in elegant, concise, eloquent form to management and to cross-functional departments or teams verbally, in writing, and through pictures or diagrams when appropriate
Ability to establish a set of tasks and activities associated with an intended outcome and timeline
Ability to take action consistent with available facts, constraints, and anticipated consequences
Ability to use appropriate interpersonal skills to give information to and receive information from coworkers and clients in a tactfully and professional manner
Ability to use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions
Ability to develop new skills and teach others
Ability to collaborate and build consensus with stakeholders
Ability to understand and adhere to operational standards, policies, and procedures
Ability to identify risks and issues
Ability to develop solutions for new and unfamiliar challenges
Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and interpret results
Knowledge of current issues and trends in health care and clinical operations in a health care system
Healthcare knowledge base that promotes a high level of credibility with organization end users and executives
Knowledge of core business and financial applications as well as other information systems and computer applications used in a health care setting
Physical Demands and Work Conditions
Blood Borne Pathogens
Category II – Tasks that involve NO exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but employment may require performing unplanned Category I tasks
These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.
You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:
Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination
Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.
Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $57.48 – $76.14 per hour
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
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