Manager Finance

Blue Cross of Idaho (BCI) is seeking a Manager, Finance responsible for the Company's administrative expense budgeting process including its organization, direction, operations, and management. This role leads the company-wide administrative expense budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes, including project and investment spend, and provides timely and accurate financial information to support management decision making.

This position reports to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis and is located at the Meridian, Idaho corporate headquarters. Hybrid work schedule is supported. #LI-Hybrid

To be considered for this opportunity, you have the following:

Experience: 5 years accounting/finance to include financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial and management performance reporting and/or accounting; or related experience

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience (Two years' relevant work experience is equivalent to one-year college)

To be successful in this role, you also have:

• Knowledge of budgeting and expense variance analysis reporting
• Management / leadership experience
• Management of internal company-wide processes
• Experience with financial planning, reporting & analysis
• Experience with cost/benefit analysis for investment opportunities and projects
• Experience implementing processes to track, analyze, and report on key financial and operational metrics to measure performance
• Clear understanding of accounting principles

We'd also love it if you have:

• MBA and/or CPA
• Workday Adaptive Planning (formerly Adaptive Insights) experience
• Tableau experience
• Data analysis and visualization experience
• Process improvement mindsight

Here's what your day may look like:

• Lead a team of FP&A professionals in analyzing past results, performing variance analysis, identifying trends, and making recommendations to management for improvements
• Partner with leaders in designing, maintaining, and producing management reports to meet organizational needs
• Provide direction to the organization on budget and planning best practices
• Establish effective operational processes and lead process improvement work groups
• Monitor conformance of actual financial results to budget and other benchmarks and work with management to develop actions to improve performance
• Provide direction for development and improvements of the budget and planning system
• Provide support to management where actual, budgeted, and forecasted financial information is needed
• Interpret and synthesize budgetary, financial, and operational data to find insights that drive action
• Oversee monthly forecasts based on historical trends and performance analysis
• Lead the development of financial aspects of the business case for proposed projects
• Recommend financial actions by assessing options in relation to organizational goals
• Prepare and review financial reports to support the business area leaders and Executive leadership
• Empower and influence others, build relationships as a trusted business partner, and inspire a positive, productive team environment
• Exercise good judgment and discretion, especially regarding sensitive or confidential personnel or organizational matters
• Prioritize responsibilities under the pressure of competing assignments
• Participate in strategic planning processes
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.