Senior Financial Analyst

Job description

Your future role at a glance
• Location : Remote (Must be located near Indianapolis, IN or St. Louis, MO)
• Department: Solutions Accounting
• Schedule : Days | Full-Time

InternalOps
How you’ll make an impact in this role
• Financial Analytics & Reporting: Extract internal source data to perform statistical, cost, and operational financial analyses, engineering actionable reports to guide core business decisions.
• Budgeting & Planning: Facilitate end-to-end budget preparation and strategic financial planning processes across organizational initiatives.
• Management Consulting: Serve as an internal financial advisor across all leadership levels, providing quantitative decision support for strategic initiatives, policies, and operational procedures.
• Systems Integration & Reconciliation: Load final budget spreads into designated financial software systems and execute comprehensive data reconciliations to ensure ledger accuracy.

What minimum requirements you’ll need
Education:
• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

Additional Preferences:
• Accounting Fundamentals & Close: Apply robust accounting knowledge to execute month-end close processes, ledger reconciliations, and foundational financial operations.
• Data Analytics & Communication: Leverage strong analytical skills to manipulate complex data, interpret findings clearly, and deliver insights with executive presence to cross-functional leaders.

Benefits that help you thrive
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
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Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
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