Budget Analyst II

Overview

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At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Budget Analyst II position supports the day to day operations within the Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) network. Assists in the coordination of budgeting functions, analysis, and preparation of the annual budget. Responsibilities also include producing daily, bi-weekly and monthly budget vs. actual reports related to statistics, patient revenue, FTEs, Operating Expenses and Capital Expenses. This level works with minimal supervision and acts as a resource for Budget Analyst I.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Budget Analyst II at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Responsible for coordinating, with the budget owners, their annual staffing and salary budgets for the Medical Centers, affiliates, and the network office.
• Maintains and provide the Network FTE trend report for senior management.
• Compare current staffing levels to approved budgeted positions, BI benchmark driving staffing targets and HR position control.
• Reviews and approves new and changes to staffing levels in PeopleSoft HR module, elevating any unbudgeted staffing requests to the Dir, Budgets.
• Review all salary and staffing expenses for cost centers that are submitted during the budget process.
• Monitors the expenses and revenue budgets on a monthly basis by producing variance reports for management review.
• Works with Human Resources team to maintain position control on a monthly and annual basis to ensure budgets are properly assigned to departments; makes any necessary adjustments to the report during the year and reconciles all adjustments.
• Prepares agenda for FTE (full-time equivalent) Committee for executive meeting at the applicable HMH site. a. Responsible for presenting to senior executives at the medical center on a bi-weekly basis to ensure all budgeted and non-budgeted items are discussed and resolved. b. Provide bi-weekly site specific corporate FTE information to senior management for review. c. Update hospital wide monthly staffing metrics and salary expenses and report trends to senior management.
• Responsible for partnering with Payroll to ensure temporary help and labor distribution reports are produced on a timely manner to report FTE trends at the medical center and for the network for the monthly financial close.
• Produce daily, bi-weekly and monthly budget vs actual reports related to statistics, patient revenue, FTE's and operational expenses.
• Support the annual operating and capital budget processes (i.e. scheduling, analytics and presentation material).
• Assists department managers preparing their budgets at budget workshops or on a one on one basis.
• Update the budget education material and presentation to ensure both the process and software are up to date.
• Assist in compiling and analyzing data for use in forecasting, budgeting and analysis.
• Assist in preparation of Executive board package for senior management.
• Work with Business Intelligence group to incorporate changes in all budget reporting tools.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to Hackensack Meridian Health's Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's level degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent, relevant work experience.
• Four or more years of related work experience.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Must be able to establish effective working relationships with Senior Management and staff at all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency with Excel and all Microsoft Office applications.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Master's in Business Administration (MBA).

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

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