Senior Financial Analyst
hace 1 día
Doral
The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key business partner to operational, clinical, and executive leadership in a dynamic healthcare environment. This role performs advanced financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and strategic financial modeling to support decision-making, cost management, revenue optimization, and compliance in a highly regulated industry. The position requires deep understanding of healthcare economics, reimbursement methodologies (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payers), payer contracts, and operational drivers such as patient volume, length of stay, case mix, and physician practice economics. Key Responsibilities • Lead the development, preparation, and monitoring of annual operating budgets, multi-year forecasts, and long-range financial plans for assigned departments, service lines, or the organization., • Perform monthly/quarterly variance analysis on revenue, expenses, labor productivity, and key performance indicators; identify trends, root causes, and recommend corrective actions., • Build and maintain complex financial models for scenario planning, capital projects, new service lines, acquisitions, physician compensation, payer contract negotiations, and reimbursement impact analysis., • Analyze healthcare-specific metrics including net revenue per case, cost per discharge, contribution margins by service line/payer, denial rates, bad debt trends, and payer mix shifts., • Partner with clinical, operational, and revenue cycle leaders to translate financial data into actionable insights; prepare executive-level presentations, dashboards, and reports., • Support month-end close processes, including accruals, allocations, journal entries, and financial statement preparation/review., • Evaluate contracts (e.g., managed care, vendor, physician employment) for financial impact and compliance., • Conduct ad-hoc analyses for strategic initiatives such as value-based care programs, population health, cost reduction projects, or regulatory changes (e.g., CMS updates)., • Ensure financial reporting complies with GAAP, healthcare regulations, internal controls, and audit requirements. Education: • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field required., • 5–8+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, preferably in healthcare (hospital, health system, physician group, health plan, or managed care)., • Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling in a complex, regulated environment., • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, financial modeling); experience with financial systems (e.g., Hyperion, Anaplan, Workday, Oracle, Tableau/Power BI) preferred., • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with attention to detail and accuracy., • Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to distill complex financial information for non-finance stakeholders (clinical leaders, executives)., • Knowledge of healthcare industry trends, regulations, and economics., • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment., • Experience in academic medical centers, transplant programs, medical groups, or payer-side finance.