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Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst III

Job Summary:
PO Flexible position.
Hire from any KP location in CA, OR, CO, WA, GA, MD, VA, HI or D.C. Only.
** PLEASE NOTE: Salary ranges are geographically based at time of hire **

This individual contributor is primarily responsible for supporting financial planning, modeling, analysis, and forecasting. This includes identifying and preparing reports on financial and budgeting trends, assisting in the analysis of operational performance, and gathering and preparing recommendations on financial activities and plans.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers.
  • Influences others through technical explanations and examples; provides occasional mentoring to team members; listens and responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback.
  • Creates plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; anticipates and responds to the needs of others; and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
  • Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions.
  • Ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; identifies and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations.
  • Communicates progress and information; identifies, recommends, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities.
  • Escalates issues or risks as appropriate.
  • Supports the evaluation of the business environment by conducting financial assessments and generating reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.
  • Completes costing activities by identifying cost avoidance and cost recovery opportunities.
  • Supports improving financial performance by identifying financial trends and calling attention to operational issues that need to be addressed.
  • Partners with the business to address operational performance issues.
  • Supports business modeling by developing best-practice models and analyzing risk alternatives.
  • Develops what-if scenarios and forecasts using in-house models or software.
  • Supports reporting of region/business unit financial information by evaluating financial trends, data analysis reports, and forecasts of income and expense.
  • Reviews assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses; uses data from region/business unit systems to support analyses.
  • Supports assessment of the business vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives by conducting research to assess financial impact.
  • Creates budgets and/or forecasts under the guidance of others in accordance with business strategic initiatives.
  • Evaluates performance/operations/financial state by using and implementing templates and computer applications.
  • Conducts complex financial analyses and completes complex variance analysis.
  • Supports internal and external audits by assisting with preparation of audit schedules and review of audit results.
  • Supports field operations by analyzing their operational/financial performance.
  • Supports Financial Statement Analysis of business partners by using software systems and determining the financial status of business partners.
  • Supports others in advising region/business unit leaders on strategic fiscal matters by preparing regular and special reports.
  • Supports strategic financial planning by performing and evaluating financial, utilization, and benchmark analytics.
  • Gathers and prepares recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, financial requirements, and operating forecasts.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)
  • Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • Business Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Cross-Group Collaboration
  • Decision Making
  • Dependability
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
  • Drives Results
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Health Care Industry
  • Influencing Others
  • Integrity
  • Learning Agility
  • Organizational Savvy
  • Problem Solving
  • Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
  • Teamwork
  • Topic-Specific Communication
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelors degree in finance, business, or related field and minimum three (3) years Financial Planning & Analysis experience, or directly related business experience.
  • Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • One (1) year experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • One (1) year project management experience.
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