Jim Melrose Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa

Seattle

Managed annual cross-organizational operational budget process and month end report distribution. Conducted budget variance, payroll, and productivity analysis. Produced weekly dashboard which provided transparency around leading indicators and actual to plan performance. System Administrator and report developer for Kaufman Hall Axiom system. • Project lead for cross-organizational effort to develop and create operational budget comprised of 120 cost centers and annual revenues totaling $1 billion• Conduct monthly performance analysis, variance analysis, forecast and financial modeling with senior management advising on performance. Provided visibility on potential Risks and Opportunities. Identified causes and corrective actions for a $2 million dollar overspend in purchased services.• Provide insights on analytic findings, information, benchmarks that enables SCCA to manage costs, improve performance, and enhance the quality of healthcare• Continue to build collaborative working relationships with colleagues across all employee levels i.e. Accounting, Medical Director’s Office, partners UWMC including Community Sites (Peninsula, Issaquah, Evergreen, and Northwest Hospital), Fred Hutch and Seattle Children’s Hospital• Perform financial analysis including complex modeling, projections, reports and presentations using financial and encounter reporting tools and data providing clarity on company progress against goals and potential budget short falls that needed to be addressed early.• Design, developed and implemented a weekly revenue dashboard to provide transparency around leading indicators and actual to plan performance• Perform data extractions of financial and payroll metrics for government and other non-government reporting needs• Provide integral support of the capital budget to ensure accuracy, completeness and comparing project status to original plan

Sacramento, California Area

Conducted Clinical Cost Analysis and investigated and reconciled budget variances. Developed standardized financial, statistical and trending analysis managerial reports. Designed, managed and maintained integrity of multiple databases and performed charge master updates. Recommended and implemented resolutions through systematic or procedural enhancements.

San Francisco Bay Area

Directly responsible for 10 projects which produced over $2.5 million in revenue. Supervised and fostered professional development of 4 field auditors. Provided contract assessment in an effort to maximize hospital revenue and identify inefficiencies. Consulted with hospital business office to devise strategies to improve current contracts and reimbursement and assisted in creating departmental policies and practices that maximized productivity and profit.