Blue Shield Of California

Financial Analyst, Consultant

Blue Shield Of California$108K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • Minimum 7 years of relevant financial experience
  • Strong financial modeling skills needed
  • Proficient in Excel required
  • Knowledge of accounting accruals and reclasses necessary
  • Experience with Project Management methodologies preferred
  • Familiarity with Planview Project Management Software desired
  • Knowledge of state and federal mandates a plus

Responsibilities

  • Summarize revenue/expense data and assess against contracts
  • Produce reports on contract performance and reimbursement modeling
  • Collect, evaluate, and analyze data to forecast financial metrics
  • Conduct audits and ensure compliance with accounting standards
  • Interpret company policies to maintain consistent financial records
  • Collaborate with project teams to manage budgets and explain variances
  • Track project risks and communicate effectively with senior leadership
  • Provide monthly reports on financial variances and forecasts

Benefits

  • Hybrid workplace model with in-office collaboration
  • Flexibility for remote work based on distance from office
  • Focus on purposeful team engagement in office
  • Position based in a supportive office environment
  • Roles typically involve desk work in a sedentary setting.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Your Role

The Mandates FP&A team provides financial partnership and controls to a $60M portfolio of projects . The Financial Analyst, Consultant will report to the manager of Strategic Initiatives FP&A. In this role you will be partnering with the Mandates portfolio of projects and helping to manage their budgets, providing strategic recommendations about spend and forecasting future expenses. You will also be tracking the ongoing costs related to Mandates implementation.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:
  • Summarize detailed revenue/expense data and compare summarized claim data against fee schedules and contracts
  • Produce contract performance reports, modeling of reimbursement rates, evaluation of financial contract modifications and compiling and monitoring key managed care statistics
  • Collect and evaluate data, develop and maintain financial models, analyze results and conduct scenario analyses to forecast balance sheet, cash flow and regulatory capital
  • Follow and conduct audit processes and review internal controls to ensure financial transactions are accurate, timely and comply with accounting standards, principles and company policy
  • Provide policy guidance and interpretation to ensure financial records are consistent and comply with company policies and GAAP
  • Partner with project teams to help manage budgets, create expense forecasts and explain variances
  • Create financial models in partnership with project teams to forecast benefits, and track actual achievement against those forecasts
  • Track and create mitigation plans for project risks, and communicate that risk to senior leadership
  • Review governmental mandates for complexity and implementation cost
  • Partner with mandates team on intake and ongoing cost support
  • Monthly reporting of YTD and MTD variances as well as development of full year forecast
  • General FP&A Maintenance of the Mandates portfolio


Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience
  • Requires strong financial modeling skills
  • Requires strong experience and expertise with Excel
  • Requires knowledge and experience with accounting accruals and reclasses
  • Desired experience with Project Management methodologies
  • Desired experience with Planview Project Management Software
  • Desired experience with state and federal mandates

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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About Blue Shield Of California

Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health plan provider that has been providing Californians with access to high-quality healthcare for over 80 years. The company offers a range of health insurance products and services to individuals, families, and employers. Blue Shield of California is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of its members and the communities it serves. The company is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
Learn more about Blue Shield Of California
Size
7,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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