Business Analyst, ENT (Accounting/Finance)

Purpose:

The Business Analyst will work closely with UPMC Enterprises' leadership by providing strong controllership and financial monitoring over UPMC Enterprises' portfolio of heath care focused companies, technologies and solutions. The Business Analyst will also support the portfolio companies' management teams by assisting with accounting matters, financial modeling, and other ad-hoc requests.

Responsibilities:

• • Interprets financial transactions and events for users who must make economic or business decisions
• • Assists in the month-end close, including posting journal entries and preparing financial statements in conformance with GAAP, and communicates results to relevant executives/stakeholders
• • Prepares clear and concise workpapers to support business decisions and to defend positions taken by UPMC Enterprises
• • Partners with the portfolio company's executive management to address their accounting and strategic finance needs, such as interpreting financial transactions, developing financial models/budgets/forecasts, reviewing financial statements, supporting contract negotiations, and building board meeting materials
• • Drives continued business intelligence to understand market forces, size of opportunity, addressable market, profit drivers, differentiators needed to create winning solutions
• • Builds and maintains data visualizations using Microsoft Power BI to present dynamic insights of UPMC Enterprises' financial activity
• • Assists in the annual portfolio valuation and budgeting process
• • Analyzes financial results and develops reports for execute-level and board-level leadership
• • Supports coaching and development of other team members
• • Performs all above in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors
• • Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

• CPA is preferred

• Excellent problem solving, interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and communication skills (both oral and written)

• Competent in Microsoft 365 products, including Excel and Power BI

• Proven ability to meet time-sensitive deadlines and commitments

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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