Senior Financial Analyst

Your future role at a glance: Location: Remote (Must be located near Indianapolis, IN or St. Louis, MO)Department: Solutions AccountingSchedule: Full-Time, DaysSalary: $79,511.52 - $110,511.52 per year #LI-Remote #InternalOps How you'll make an impact in this role: * Financial Analytics & Reporting: Extract internal source data to perform statistical, cost, and operational financial analyses, engineering actionable reports to guide core business decisions. * Budgeting & Planning: Facilitate end-to-end budget preparation and strategic financial planning processes across organizational initiatives. * Management Consulting: Serve as an internal financial advisor across all leadership levels, providing quantitative decision support for strategic initiatives, policies, and operational procedures. * Systems Integration & Reconciliation: Load final budget spreads into designated financial software systems and execute comprehensive data reconciliations to ensure ledger accuracy.

What minimum qualifications you'll need:

Education:* High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

What additional requirements you'll need: * Accounting Fundamentals & Close: Apply robust accounting knowledge to execute month-end close processes, ledger reconciliations, and foundational financial operations. * Data Analytics & Communication: Leverage strong analytical skills to manipulate complex data, interpret findings clearly, and deliver insights with executive presence to cross-functional leaders. * Educational & Professional Foundation: Bring a strong baseline of technical accounting expertise, supported by a Bachelor's degree (highly preferred).

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity:

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