Financial Analyst

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Department: Accounting

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Prepared by: Human Resources

Last Modified: 11/04/2026

Job Summary

UCHC is a healthcare organization providing community-based care in Los Angeles. We are looking for a Financial Analyst who understands how healthcare organizations are paid and funded. You will work directly with the CFO and Director of Accounting on budgets, forecasts, grant reporting and the monthly financials that go to leadership, the finance committee and the board. This role is a good fit for someone who is comfortable with numbers, curious about operations, and able to explain what the data means in plain language.

General Accountabilities

• Prepare monthly financial reports, variance analyses and KPI dashboards for leadership
• Process payroll, including timekeeping, deductions, PTO accruals, new hires, terminations and adjustments.
• Reconcile payroll to the GL, record payroll journal entries, and allocate salaries and benefits
• across departments, programs and grants.
• Prepare payroll reports and labor cost, overtime and FTE analyses.
• Support the annual operating budget and rolling forecasts.
• Analyze revenue cycle performance, including payer mix, reimbursement trends, Medi-Cal and
• managed care payments, denials and AR aging.
• Track visits, cost per visit, provider productivity and other operational metrics.
• Monitor grant budgets and spending and support reporting for federal, state and local grants.
• Support cost reports, regulatory reporting and the annual audits.
• Build financial models for new sites, service lines and staffing plans.
• Assist accounting with month-end close, account reconciliations and journal entries as needed.
• Partner with clinical, billing and operations teams to understand the drivers behind the numbers.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A or accounting.
• Experience in payroll and payroll systems such as ADP, Paylocity, Bamboo, Paycom.
• Experience with an accounting system or ERP such as Sage Intacct, Abila MIP, NetSuite or similar.
• Healthcare industry experience required (hospital, physician group, clinic, behavioral health or similar).
• Working knowledge of healthcare reimbursement, including Medi-Cal, Medicare and managed Care.
• Hands-on payroll processing experience, including working knowledge of California wage and hour rules.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, financial modeling).
• Ability to handle confidential employee and compensation information with discretion.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication, especially with non-finance audiences

Skills

• At least 3 years + experience in a healthcare setting.
• FQHC or community health center experience, including PPS reimbursement, HRSA grants, UDS reporting or 340B.
• Familiarity with federal grant rules.
• Experience pulling reports from an EHR or practice management system.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau or similar tools.

Skills: Language

• Bilingual-English/Spanish is preferred.

Physical Requirement

• Physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 25 pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting.  Considerable walking may be involved. The ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time is required.
• Flexibility to work in multiple locations throughout the week.  
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to travel to all UCHC facilities as needed.
• Occasionally required to sit and walk.
• Finger dexterity required.
• Hand coordination required.
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include: close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust or focus.

Work Environment

• Exposure to adverse conditions.
• Exposure to extreme heat.
• Exposure to extreme cold.
• Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Exposure to high, precarious places.
• Exposure to fumes or airborne particles.
• Exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Exposure to outside weather conditions.
• Possible risk of electrical shock
• Exposure to explosives
• Possible risk of radiation and vibration.
• Protective clothing or equipment is required including: gloves, helmets, steel-toed boots, protective eyewear.
• The noise level in the work environment usually is high

Acknowledgement:

I understand that I may be asked to perform job-related duties not listed in the description and that my duties may change at any time, according to the UCHC needs. Nothing in this position description is intended to create a contract of employment of any type. Employment is strictly on an at-will basis.