Job Description

Job Summary:
This senior-level employee is primarily responsible for conducting complex financial assessments and modeling efforts, leading internal audit processes, creating budgets and forecasts, completing costing activities, and developing reports on region/business unit performance.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within the assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
2. Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in the subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and evaluating recommendations made by others.
3. Evaluates the business environment by leading financial assessments (e.g., SWOT, Opportunity-Based Strategic Planning, system value chain analysis); and interpreting and communicating information in reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.
4. Leads internal audit process, reviews audit results, and engages with auditors to resolve material weaknesses, implement changes to internal controls, and proactively assess high-risk areas.
5. Creates budgets and/or forecasts in accordance with business strategic initiatives by interpreting and communicating budgeting trends; communicating results of budget and complex forecasting; participating in the development of department/regional budgets; and making recommendations.
6. Advises region/business unit leaders on strategic fiscal matters by developing and designing regular and special reports for both financial and statistical matters to facilitate financial management throughout the organization; leading regular meetings with leadership to review financial results; and acting as an internal consultant to Kaiser Senior Management team on reading and interpreting financial results, analyzing variances, and improving performance.
7. Conducts complex financial modeling by developing best-practice and complex models; analyzing and optimizing risk alternatives; developing what-if scenarios and forecasts using in-house models or software; and making recommendations.
8. Evaluates the business vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives by performing financial analysis to evaluate financial impact of strategies and initiatives.
9. Completes costing activities by identifying cost avoidance and cost recovery opportunities and applying solutions.
10. Evaluates performance, operations, and financial state by using and recommending improvements; developing and implementing new templates (e.g., cash flow, RFA process, weekly unit case report) and computer applications; leading financial analyses (e.g., operating cash flow, benchmarking, pro forma P&L, variance analysis); evaluating results; and leading variance analysis (volume, P&L line item, cost of goods, rate).
11. Reports region/business unit financial information by reviewing evaluation of financial trends, data analysis reports, and forecasts; suggesting changes to leadership based on assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses; and reviewing data/inputs from systems to support analyses.
12. Supports field operations by analyzing and interpreting operational/financial performance; and recommending areas of improvement.
13. Leads financial statement analysis of business partners by reviewing information from software systems, reports, and interviews; communicating the financial viability of partners; and evaluating risk implications.
14. Improves financial performance by analyzing trends; partnering with business leaders to address performance issues; and implementing operational enhancements.
15. Informs and drives strategic financial planning by interpreting and recommending based on financial data.

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