Senior Financial Business Systems Analyst

Stanford Children's Health provides advanced, family-centered pediatric healthcare and supports caregivers through education and modern facilities. The Senior Financial Business Systems Analyst supports and administers business and financial applications, leads ERP upgrades and system enhancements, resolves complex issues, and serves as a liaison among business teams, vendors, and IT.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a technology subject matter expert and clearly communicate technical concepts in business terms between and across the different groups while influencing outcomes
• Lead ERP upgrade initiatives that include technical details, user expectations, project goals, work effort, accountability, and deliverables
• Coordinate efforts of project estimation for review with cross organization technical as well as business teams
• Assist preparation of detailed system requirements documents incorporating system impact analysis as well as use cases
• Proactively identify system optimization and enhancements in order to design and implement effective solutions
• Proactively identify trends and detect/anticipate problems early
• Perform ongoing review of system configuration and design options in order to make appropriate recommendations for system maintenance requests
• Lead issue resolution and update Functional Specification document as required
• Research issues and use independent analysis and judgment to produce solution options including pros, cons, risks, benefits, costs, and unintended consequences
• Lead change control process from procedures, issue tracking, development of training materials, communicating changes, and delivering training to end users

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business Management, Accounting, or other related field/discipline from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education/work experience
• Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience
• Knowledge of Workday and its implementation
• Knowledge of current issues and trends in health care and clinical operations in a health care system
• Knowledge of core business and financial applications as well as other information systems and computer applications used in a health care setting
• Knowledge of computer systems and software used in functional area
• Demonstrated ability to analyze highly complex systems and workflows and implement solutions to simplify, streamline, and automate transactions
• Ability to conceptualize, plan, organize, coordinate, and manage the work of a major program or function within the department
• Demonstrated ability to engage actively in complex discussions, often on challenging and/or controversial subjects
• Ability to collaborate and build consensus with stakeholders
• Ability to negotiate on behalf of others to achieve best outcomes for the department and the organization as a whole
• Ability to handle confrontation with appropriate grace, professionalism, cordiality, and firmness, and manages/resolves disputes appropriately
• Ability to communicate concepts in concise and eloquent form to management and to cross-functional departments or teams verbally, in writing, and through pictures or diagrams when appropriate
• Ability to establish a set of tasks and activities associated with an intended outcome and timeline
• Ability to take action consistent with available facts, constraints, and anticipated consequences
• Ability to understand and adhere to operational standards, policies, and procedures
• Ability to identify risks or issues, and propose solutions
• Ability to develop new skills and teach others
• Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and interpret results