[Remote] Senior Budget Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Boston Children's Hospital is a leading healthcare institution dedicated to providing exceptional care to children. They are seeking a Senior Budget Analyst who will lead the development, monitoring, and control of the hospital’s operating budget, while also providing financial analyses and consulting services to department managers.ResponsibilitiesUnder general direction, develops the hospital’s annual operating budget for approval by the Finance Committee and Board of TrusteesParticipates in all aspects of the budget process including developing projections for key components of the budget, reviewing managers’ submissions, analyzing and explaining variations, and preparing summary analyses, presentations, and reports for managementPrepares financial analyses and reports in areas such as budgets, forecasts, utilization, and operational metrics. Identifies trends, explains variances, and prepares data in a presentable format for manager reviewServes as a consultant to department managers and directors in the development and understanding of budgets, projections, financial analyses, and variance analysesDevelops and prepares the hospital’s annual operating budget including: preparation, completion and consolidation of annual budget templates, reviewing department budget submissions for accuracy and appropriateness, working with managers to develop budgets and resolve issues with submitted information, and preparing analyses and reports for managementConsolidates individual departmental budgets into operating budget summariesIdentifies changes in submitted expense budgets and provide detailed analytics and explanations around any significant changes madePerforms strategic financial analysis and collaborates with Clinical and Administrative Directors, Business Managers and Business Planning in support of the preparation and administration of actual, budgeted, and projected expense analysisResponsible for the ongoing monitoring of key metrics and trends, comparing actual information to budgetMaintains the Position Control Reporting System to comply with pre-established guidelines outlined by the current operating salary and wage budgetOversee the production and analysis of regularly scheduled financial reports. Interprets, reviews, summarizes and presents financial results, highlighting areas of concern and significant variancesPerforms ad hoc reporting, financial and statistical comparative analyses, variance analyses, trending, metric development and analyses, benchmarking, and financial projections for finance and management needsWorks with department managers to educate, advise, interpret, troubleshoot, resolve problems, and provide written analyses, explanations and interpretations of all aspects of financial and budgeting processesDevelops and presents to hospital management information around the current year budget cycle, including Budget General Sessions in addition to technical Hyperion new and refresher coursesProvides education of the Hyperion budget tool on an ongoing basis to new managersProvides advice and technical assistance to hospital management as it relates to the budget process, including movement of budgets across departments, changes to the current year budget, and budget re-allocationsSkillsExpert knowledge of budgetary analytics and operational effectivenessSkilled at enterprise wide/complex analysis to identify and design solutions with limited information or based on trendsAbility to influence high level stakeholdersAbility to lead enterprise wide efforts designed to enhance budgetary analysis and ensure consistent implementationAbility and inclination to proactively and consistently implement process improvements and enhanced analytics techniquesInterest in and the ability to assist in building the technical, data and budgetary analytics skill set of team members and enterprise wide end usersStrong leadership skills and ability to mentor and assist junior staff membersBachelor's degree in business or closely related fieldFive years of related experience in budgetary analysis or similar roleCompany OverviewBoston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. It was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.childrenshospital.org/.