Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
3-5+ years of financial analysis experience in long-term care, skilled nursing facilities, or post-acute healthcare.
Proven experience in budget development and management for nursing homes/SNFs.
Strong knowledge of operational drivers in long-term care, including labor, census, acuity, payer mix, and regulatory impact.
Advanced Excel skills for budget modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis.
Excellent communication skills to present financial insights to non-finance leaders.
Responsibilities
Lead the design and management of facility-level budgets for nursing homes/SNFs.
Collaborate with facility leadership to align financial and operational goals.
Develop rolling forecasts based on operational parameters and regulatory factors.
Analyze budget variances and provide actionable insights to support leadership decisions.
Evaluate key financial drivers affecting long-term care budgets and operational performance.
Identify risks and improvement opportunities while complying with regulations.
Prepare financial reports and dashboards tailored for executives and operational leaders.
Benefits
Flexible work schedules to promote work-life balance.
Opportunities for professional growth and development in the healthcare sector.
Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
Retirement savings plans with employer match contributions.
Full Job Description
Looking for a finance partner who understands census, acuity, staffing, and agency. Healthcare finance hits different in long-term care, and we're hiring the analyst who knows why (and how to fix it).
Position Summary
The Healthcare Finance Analyst will serve as a strategic finance partner to nursing home leadership, supporting budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance management across long-term care facilities. This role requires hands-on experience working with Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and long-term care operations to understand the real-world drivers of budget performance, including labor, census, acuity, case mix, agency utilization, supplies, therapy, and regulatory requirements.
This position plays a key role in translating operational realities into accurate financial planning, identifying trends and risks, and supporting leadership with actionable insights to improve financial sustainability while maintaining quality of care.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development and ongoing management of facility-level budgets for nursing homes/SNFs.
Partner with Administrators, DONs, RDOs, and corporate leadership to align operational plans with financial targets.
Build and maintain rolling forecasts based on census, case mix, acuity, payer mix, labor models, and regulatory impacts.
Analyze budget vs. actual variances and provide clear, actionable explanations to operations leaders.
Analyze key drivers impacting long-term care budgets, including:
Familiarity with reimbursement models, case mix, and healthcare finance metrics.
Experience with labor modeling, payroll data, and workforce cost analysis.
Experience with BI tools or financial dashboards.
About Continuum Health Alliance
Continua Health Alliance is an international non-profit, open industry group of nearly 240 healthcare providers, communications, medical, and fitness device companies.
Continua was a founding member of Personal Connected Health Alliance which was launches in February 2014 with other founding members mHealth SUMMIT and HIMSS.
