Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Title: Senior Financial Systems Analyst
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
Duration: Full-Time / Direct Hire
Industry: Healthcare / Financial Analytics / Business Intelligence

What Makes This Role Exciting
TalentFish is casting a line for a Senior Financial Systems Analyst to join a nationally recognized healthcare organization. This role combines financial systems expertise, healthcare analytics, and business intelligence to help drive strategic decision-making across the organization.

This is an opportunity for a data-driven professional who thrives at the intersection of Finance, Technology, and Analytics, with the ability to translate complex healthcare and financial information into meaningful business insights. You'll work with enterprise stakeholders and play a key role in building reporting solutions that improve operational and financial performance. Position is for a senior-level analyst who combines strong financial acumen with technical reporting expertise and healthcare systems knowledge. The ideal candidate enjoys solving business problems with data, partnering across teams, and building analytics solutions that improve organizational outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to join a mission-driven organization recognized globally for innovation and patient care. Candidates with experience supporting healthcare analytics, financial reporting, and enterprise BI initiatives will be particularly well-positioned for success.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Data Science, or related field
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in data analytics, Business Intelligence, or financial systems within healthcare or financial environments
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong experience developing dashboards and reporting solutions using:
  • Tableau
  • SSRS
  • Power BI or similar visualization platforms
• Experience querying and analyzing data from EMR/EHR platforms
• Ability to develop complex analytical and financial models
• Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong customer service mindset and collaborative work style

• Master's degree preferred
• SQL experience preferred
• Experience or certification in Tableau, Power BI, or related visualization tools
• Healthcare industry experience strongly preferred
• Experience with financial and encounter-based healthcare systems such as:
  • Cerner
  • Epic

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable dashboards and reports using business intelligence tools such as Tableau and SSRS
• Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement
• Transform complex datasets into meaningful visualizations and executive-level insights
• Support strategic planning initiatives through forecasting, benchmarking, and performance analysis
• Develop advanced analytical models including:
  • Predictive models
  • Risk models
  • Optimization models

• Build and maintain scalable data models and reporting pipelines using SQL and related technologies
• Pull and analyze data from healthcare EMR/EHR platforms and financial systems
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and quality across enterprise reporting systems
• Determine system specifications and evaluate software/hardware compatibility requirements
• Continuously assess and improve BI tools, reporting processes, and analytics capabilities

• Serve as a liaison between Finance, IT, Operations, and business teams
• Partner with stakeholders to define reporting requirements and deliver actionable solutions
• Lead or participate in cross-functional initiatives requiring financial and systems expertise
• Support self-service analytics by creating documentation, data dictionaries, and promoting data literacy
• Mentor and train junior analysts while providing guidance on reporting best practices