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What Financial Planning & Analysis contributes to Cardinal Health
Finance oversees the accounting, tax, financial plans and policies of the organization, establishes and maintains fiscal controls, prepares and interprets financial reports, oversees financial systems and safeguards the organization's assets.
Financial Planning & Analysis provides strategic partnership and objective guidance to business units. It leads cross functional efforts to enable forward looking, actionable insights with a focus on driving strategic value that influences key business decisions.

Job Summary

Cardinal Health at Home Solutions is seeking a Finance Data Analyst to serve as a strategic partner to finance and operational leadership through high-quality data preparation, reporting, and analytics. 

This role focuses on extracting, cleansing, consolidating, and visualizing financial and operational data to ensure leaders have timely, accurate, and actionable insights.

The ideal candidate is highly detail-oriented, technically strong with data tools, and experienced in building scalable reporting, dashboards, and self-service tools that support decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Data Collection: Extract, transform, and consolidate financial and operational data from multiple source systems (ERP, operational systems, external files, etc.) ensuring accuracy and consistency in analyses.
• Data Validation: Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency through validation, reconciliation, and ongoing quality checks. Identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and process breakdowns; partner with stakeholders to resolve root causes.
• KPI Development: Develop, validate, and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide senior management with critical business insights, enabling data-driven decision-making and strategic planning.
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Assist senior management with in-depth ad hoc analysis to support strategic decision-making and financial planning initiatives.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including finance, operations, revenue cycle management and IT, to ensure data alignment and accuracy. Requires working with non-technical stakeholders.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline data collection processes, enhance data quality, and improve reporting efficiency.
• Research: Independently identify and extract specific data points from raw datasets, demonstrating a strong ability to navigate complex data sources. Proactively develop a deep understanding of enterprise data and business processes, utilizing analytical skills to uncover insights that support strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, preferred
• 4+ years of experience in data analysis, financial analysis, or a related role, preferred
• Advanced SQL skills for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis, preferred
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, etc)
• Experience with other data analysis tools (e.g. Alteryx) and/or programming languages (e.g., Python, R), preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex data in a clear and concise manner.

Anticipated salary range: $90,600 - $129,400

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 8/19/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.