Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSummaryKey financial and technical resource for both the corporate and local markets in a financial planning and analysis capacity. The Manager will be charged managing and coordinating the budget planning, physician practices, home health and hospice services, and several other healthcare service lines supporting our local communities. This position independently manages long-term projects and has the ability to communicate with all levels of management, particularly those individuals with operating budget responsibilities.
Essential Job Functions

• Assist with leading and optimizing the System-wide budget and financial planning process for improved decision-making; resource to senior management on specific financial and system issues.
• Independently lead as system-wide expert on budget and financial planning software to improve our finance team's efficiency and effectiveness. Serve as project leader / manager for implementing financial system improvements to existing and new financial planning software.
• Lead and seek out issues needing review and lead to the resolution including but not limited to system-wide standardization of processes, tools, and methodologies to improved financial analytics for managerial decision-making processes.
• Responsible to train end users on financial planning applications, participate in support and ongoing education of the applications in the local markets, focusing on work-flow analysis and problem-solving
• Coordinating, challenging, and consolidating corporate budget guidelines and key budget assumptions for distribution to local systems
• Lead/assist in the preparation of the ministry consolidation, elimination entries and analysis and preparation of presentation materials to senior management and governance. Provide analytic and sensitivity analysis financial support. This includes the preparation of financial statements, operating data, coordination of systems/procedures and special reports as required.
• Effectively collaborates with Shared Services and local Finance staff on issues arising from the analysis process as well as providing assistance in the follow-up and resolution of analysis issues in a proactive and timely manner. Review and analyze information received from markets; draw conclusions related to such information, recommend appropriate actions and follow-up.
• Prepares as needed and coordinates with external expertise to provide analysis of the impact of new Medicare and Medicaid trends as well as the ability to follow closely reimbursement guidelines and changes in regulations
• Prepares monthly forecasts and income statements. Prepares periodically balance sheets, works with Treasury and computes system-wide metrics. Proactive team member to provide appropriate reports and presentations to assist Senior Finance leadership with the Finance & Strategy Committee and Board of Trustees.
• Maintain a constructive customer-service oriented relationship with CFOs and financial planners to facilitate information exchange, support ministry and market financial matters.

Employment Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
• Master's Degree/CPA preferred
• At least five years of progressive financial experience with a track record of demonstrated financial and business acumen.
• Advanced accounting, analytical, financial modeling, strategic planning and forecasting skills. Prioritize and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously; present complex information to varying audiences; and communicate effectively both orally and written. Advanced Microsoft skills (Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
• Expert knowledge of financial information systems and at least five years' experience of software administration duties with budget or financial planning software