Summary

The Health System FP&A Analyst Senior partners with local operational leaders to develop the entity's annual budget, near- term forecasts, long-range planning, monitor performance against plan, and provide decision-ready insights that reflect local drivers and constraints. The role bridges Health System leader planning needs into centrally provided templates, standards, and assumptions for local affiliates' plans and narratives, and compiles local entity data commentary for reporting needs.

Job Functions
• Lead the local budgeting process with entity finance leads (volumes, rates, FTE/labor, non-payroll spend) using central templates and timelines.
• Produce monthly variance analysis and performance review materials for local leadership; recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain a rolling near-term forecast (e.g., monthly/quarterly) for locally controllable lines; quantify risks/opportunities.
• Prepare operating, capital, and cash long-range planning analyses for the health system, driving cross-functional alignment on financial assumptions and scenario planning to support system strategy.
• Partner with entities to evaluate business cases and capital requests; provide local financial inputs and sensitivity analyses, including monthly variance tracking and monthly operational improvement targets
• Prepare and compile central management reports/KPIs (productivity, volumes, unit costs) consistent with central definitions and requests.
• Support special projects (service expansions, program changes) with specific modeling and scenario analysis.
• Ensure local and consolidated data quality and flag exceptions to central Finance for master data or rules fixes.
• Prepare local and consolidated reporting elements such as Labor Expense reports, Labor Productivity LUC reports, and volume reports.
• Coordinate with Controller's Office on local accounting-related tasks when required.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field (Required)
• Master's Degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field (Preferred)
• One year of relevant education may be substituted for one year of required work experience, or one year of relevant professional-level work experience may be substituted for one year of required education.
• 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, or a related field (Required)

Ability to:

• Translate operational trends into financial impact
• Prioritize competing local deadlines
• Communicate insights clearly to non-finance leaders. Understanding of:
• Local service line economics-line economics
• Labor productivity metrics
• Volume/price/mix drivers
• Entity budget policies
• Labor productivity metrics at a deeper level

Experience with:

• Enterprise budgeting/forecasting tools
• Spreadsheet modeling
• BI dashboards
• Collaborating with entity/clinical/ops leaders; coordinating local consolidated reporting components.

Navigate rapidly changing situations, from evolving patient needs to technological advancements, by remaining flexible, continuously learning, embracing new challenges, and quickly recovering from setbacks.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy.

Work assignments involve moderately complex issues.

Strong attention to detail and self-directed to consistently ensure data integrity and accuracy.

Works seamlessly within diverse teams, bringing together professionals from various disciplines to provide patient-centered care and achieve collective goals.

Assists colleagues in understanding and adhering to compliance procedures.

Proactively identifies and mitigates low-level compliance risks within their area of responsibility.

Makes decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation; may make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.

May begin to influence department strategy.

Addresses problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge, and skills based on general precedents.

Applies in-depth and/or broad knowledge, skills, and practices to perform a variety of difficult assignments in Finance.

Comprehensive, in-depth, or broad knowledge of Finance.

Works on assignments of large scope, impact, and/or importance.

Participates in and contributes to departmental cost-saving initiatives.

Intermediate proficiency and experience using ERP and the Microsoft Office Package (PBI, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).

Salary Range: $41.00/hour - $65.60/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.