Finance Manager- Behavioral Health

UHS$90K — $110K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred
  • CPA preferred
  • 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
  • 2+ years in a healthcare environment
  • Demonstrated experience with month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
  • Experience partnering with non-finance leaders strongly preferred
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP and healthcare financial practices
  • Comfortable working with large datasets and BI tools

Responsibilities

  • Close multiple sets of books each month following corporate guidelines
  • Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
  • Prepare and review financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, cash flow
  • Maintain compliance with GAAP, healthcare accounting standards, and internal controls
  • Develop and manage operating and capital budgets
  • Deliver monthly variance analysis and analyze key healthcare metrics
  • Collaborate with clinical leaders to improve financial performance
  • Support contract modeling, payer negotiations, and reimbursement analysis
  • Maintain and improve financial systems and processes

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Long and Short-term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts; Healthcare Savings Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Career development opportunities within the company
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Rewarding work environment
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

inance Manager- Behavioral Health- Hybrid schedule

This role will provide financial leadership and oversight of new service offerings within a large, matrixed healthcare organization. Additionally, this will require hands-on input, review and oversight within the month-end close and annual budget process while coordinating with finance and operational counterparts and leaders. This role partners closely with clinical, operational, and executive leadership to ensure financial sustainability, compliance, and performance optimization.

This position will work 3 days on site and 2 days remote.

Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close
  • Close multiple sets of books each month following the UHS corporate close guidelines
  • Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
  • Prepare and review financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow)
  • Ensure accuracy of journal entries, accruals, allocations, and reconciliations
  • Maintain compliance with GAAP, healthcare accounting standards, and internal controls
Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning
  • Develop and manage operating and capital budgets
  • Lead forecasts and long-range financial planning
  • Partner with department leaders to:
  • Build realistic budgets
  • Monitor variance drivers
  • Identify cost containment and efficiency opportunities
  • Understand opportunities for volume growth
Financial Analysis & Decision Support
  • Deliver monthly variance analysis (budget vs. actual (MTD and YTD), prior period)
  • Analyze key healthcare metrics:
  • Labor productivity
  • Cost per visit / procedure
  • Contribution margin
  • Payer mix and reimbursement trends
  • Provide data-driven recommendations to leadership
  • Support business cases, ROI analysis, and growth initiatives
Operational & Strategic Support
  • Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to improve financial performance
  • Support contract modeling, payer negotiations, and reimbursement analysis
  • Monitor revenue cycle performance in partnership with billing and operations teams
  • Assist with capital planning and cash flow management
Systems, Controls & Process Improvement
  • Maintain and improve financial systems (ERP, budgeting tools, BI dashboards)
  • Oversee and strengthen internal controls and financial processes
  • Automate reporting where possible to increase efficiency and accuracy
  • Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and organizational policies
Benefit Highlights:
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Long and Short-term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts; Healthcare Savings Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Career development opportunities within the company
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Rewarding work environment - Enjoy going to work everyday!

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred
  • CPA preferred
  • 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
  • 2+ years in a healthcare environment
  • Demonstrated experience with month-end close ownership, budgeting and forecasting, and financial modeling and variance analysis.
  • Experience partnering with non-finance leaders strongly preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP and healthcare financial practices
  • Experience with healthcare financial systems.
  • Comfort working with large datasets and BI tools

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