Strategic Finance and Value Realization Analyst
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Strategic Financial Analysis-30%
Serve as the primary day-to-day financial resource supporting the Enterprise Performance Office.
Develop and maintain business cases supporting strategic, operational, and growth initiatives.
Build, review, and evaluate proformas for new programs, service expansions, physician recruitment, capital investments, system growth, and strategic opportunities.
Conduct sensitivity analyses, scenario modeling, break-even analyses, ROI analyses, and investment evaluations.
Evaluate financial assumptions supporting enterprise initiatives and recommendations.
Identify financial risks, opportunities, and provide recommendations to mitigate risk.
Support strategic and business planning activities through financial analyses and scenario modeling.
Value Realization and Performance Improvement-20%
Support the development and maintenance of enterprise value realization methodologies and tracking processes.
Partner with initiative owners to establish financial targets, measurement plans and expected outcomes for enterprise initiatives.
Validate realized versus projected financial performance and identify opportunities for value leakage or performance variation.
Validate savings opportunities, revenue enhancement initiatives, productivity improvements, and operational improvement efficiencies in partnership with Finance and operational leads.
Provide financial recommendations to support corrective actions when expected outcomes are not achieved.
Assist in sustainment planning to ensure long-term financial impact is maintained.
Strategic and Operational Decision Support-10%
Support analyses related to service line growth, access expansion, capacity planning, physician recruitment, partnerships, system growth, and operational design.
Assess the financial feasibility of proposed investments, initiatives, and opportunities.
Support executive leadership in understanding financial implications associated with strategic and operational decisions.
Participate in initiative reviews, and executive discussions as appropriate.
Enterprise Portfolio Support-15%
Provide financial evaluation and prioritization support for enterprise initiatives and investments.
Assist with investment scoring methodologies and prioritization frameworks.
Support resource allocation decisions through financial analysis and business case development.
Supporting monitoring of initiative financial performance throughout implementation and sustainment
Participate in enterprise portfolio reviews and governance processes.
Partner with the Enterprise Project Management Office and Enterprise Performance team to align investments with organizational priorities and available capacity.
Executive Reporting and Decision Support-10%
Prepare executive-level financial summaries and decision-support materials.
Translate complex financial analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for operational and executive leaders.
Support development of presentations and materials for Executive Management Team, Business Strategic Council, Governance Groups, Board Committees, and Executive Leadership.
Support the development of executive financial summaries, reports, and performance insights to inform enterprise decision-making.
Present financial findings and recommendations to operational leaders and governance groups as appropriate.
Financial Stewardship-15%
Ensure financial assumptions used in planning and forecasting are reasonable, supportable, and operationally achievable.
Partner with Finance to ensure alignment between EPO analyses and organizational financial reporting.
Support long-range planning, investment evaluation, and enterprise financial sustainability efforts.
Identify emerging financial risks and opportunities impacting organizational performance.
Promote consistency, accountability, and transparency in financial evaluation of enterprise initiatives.
Performs Other Duties as Assigned.
Education and/or Experience Required
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or related field.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or related field.
Experience: Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare finance, financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, business planning, or operational finance. Demonstrated experience developing business cases, proformas, financial models, and investment analyses.
Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare finance, financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, business planning, or operational finance.
Demonstrated experience developing business cases, proformas, financial models, and investment analyses.
Education and/or Experience Preferred
Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or related graduate degree.
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or related graduate degree.
Experience: Experience in a Children’s hospital or academic medical center setting. Knowledge of hospital operations, physician finance, reimbursement, service line economics, revenue cycle, and healthcare financial management. Experience with Strata, Epic, cost accounting systems, productivity analytics, and forecasting tools. Experience supporting strategic planning and performance improvement initiatives,
Experience in a Children’s hospital or academic medical center setting.
Knowledge of hospital operations, physician finance, reimbursement, service line economics, revenue cycle, and healthcare financial management.
Experience with Strata, Epic, cost accounting systems, productivity analytics, and forecasting tools.
Experience supporting strategic planning and performance improvement initiatives,
License and/or Certification Required
None.
License and/or Certification Preferred:
Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP).
Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA).
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge:
- Healthcare finance and reimbursement methodologies.
- Business case development and financial modeling.
- Strategic planning and investment evaluation.
- Service line economics and physician finance.
- Budgeting, forecasting, and productivity analytics.
- Value realization methodologies and performance improvement principles.
- Cost accounting and healthcare financial reporting systems.
- Skills:
- Strong financial modeling and analytical thinking.
- Strategic and systems thinking.
- Executive communication and presentation skills.
- Problem-solving and decision support.
- Relationship building and collaboration.
- Data interpretation and visualization.
- Consensus building and influencing skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with financial reporting tools.
- Abilities:
- Translate complex financial information into actionable recommendations.
- Support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Manage multiple priorities in a dynamic healthcare environment.
- Partner effectively with operational and clinical leaders.
- Evaluate investments and quantify expected outcomes.
- Drive accountability and support value realization efforts.
- Operate effectively in a matrixed organization and influence without direct authority.
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