Business Financial Planning Analyst

Job Summary:

The School of Medicine Office of the Dean is seeking a highly-skilled and strategic Business Financial Planning Analyst to lead our analytics and drive data-driven decision-making across the school and campus. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of business processes, exceptional analytical skills, and a proven track record of leveraging data to inform and guide business strategy. This leadership role requires a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, strategy planning capabilities, and strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate possesses expert-level financial acumen and has practical experience in fund accounting and financial analysis. This experience will serve as the basis for leading the financial planning and analytics of the Office of the Dean and driving data-based decision-making. The main effort will be to continue to build upon the current data systems and work to lead efforts to identify areas to leverage pre-existing, vetted data, and future data points – yet to be identified - to enhance business and financial operations across the School of Medicine in partnership with Sr. Leaders within the School of Medicine Dean’s Office. This role will work closely with our IT partners within the School of Medicine and within the Anschutz Medical Campus.

If you love to learn, need to understand what and why, and are fascinated by the interconnected complexity of one of the largest schools of medicine in the country, then this is the place for you.

Key Responsibilities:

Overall

• Work in partnership with the School of Medicine Finance team and our Data teams. (Application Development teams on business services technology solutions).

• This role is expected to develop and foster strong relationships and collaborations within and across the School of Medicine Office of the Dean’s Offices – which includes Business Affairs, Information Services, Human Resources, Faculty Affairs, Research Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Shared Services teams – as well as AMC Central Services Offices and School of Medicine department administrators.

• This is a dynamic and deadline-driven position, demanding an agile leader with the ability to prioritize, make recommendations, and independently make decisions when appropriate.

Financial Planning (70%)

• Forecasting (short- and long-term), variance analysis, long-range strategic financial planning, space plans/allocations, departmental financial performance, and overall School of Medicine progress toward financial goals.

• Utilize analytical techniques to interpret key findings from business data and translate these insights into proposals/plans that will support school and campus initiatives and outcomes. Leverage exception reporting, allowing for targeted focus on the resolution of variances and/or incorrect data entry.

• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in business analytics, incorporating new technologies and methodologies as appropriate.

• Collaborate with the SOM Finance Team on the completion and submission of School of Medicine Dean’s Office Auxiliary Budgets and serve as a resource and subject matter expert, providing support to departments.

• Collaborate with the development of the monthly financial analysis and review for the School of Medicine’s Shared Services programs.

Data Management (20%)

• Develop and maintain reporting, dissemination, data automation systems, dashboards, and performance metrics that support key business decisions and relieve administrators of one-off, disparate, and inconsistent reporting.

• Understand the end-to-end flow of the existing data tools across the School of Medicine - where the data originates, challenges with the source data, and how we addressed those issues.

• Make decisions on the data needed, how the data are presented, how they are related, interpret the requirements/needs, and stand behind what is built when socializing the information.

• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, fostering a data-driven decision-making culture throughout the school.

• Support the various annual survey efforts – including the collection, collating, and analyzing, and accurately submitting data in preparation of annual national and University surveys, which are submitted to the School’s accreditation agencies and professional organizations (i.e., LCME, AAMC, MGMA, Sullivan Cotter, US News and World Reports, etc.).

Other Duties as Assigned (10%)

• This description is a summary only and describes the general level of work being performed; it is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties of this position may change from time to time and/or based on business need. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.

Work Location:

Hybrid – this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of three (3) days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

Why Join Us:

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a public education, clinical, and research facility serving 4,500 students and is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of life-changing science, medicine, and healthcare. CU Anschutz offers more than 42 highly rated degree programs through 6 schools and colleges and receives over $500 million in research awards each year. We are the single largest health professions education provider in Colorado, awarding nearly 1,450 degrees annually. Powered by our award-winning faculty, renowned researchers, and a reputation for academic excellence, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus drives innovation from the classroom to the laboratory to the delivery of unparalleled patient care.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation, and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package, including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options

• Dental: Multiple plan options

• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision

• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay

• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year