University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: School of Medicine, Office of the Dean, Finance Team

Job Title: Business Financial Planning Analyst

Position #: 00844527 – Requisition #:38734

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 variance