The Finance Business Partner, Financial Operations, serves as a trusted advisor to operational and clinical departments, offering guidance and insights that drive strategic and financial outcomes. This role translates financial and decision support data into actionable recommendations and contributes to performance improvement, strategic initiatives and business case development.
Responsibilities:
Serve as the primary financial partner for assigned departments, building relationships that foster trust and collaboration.
Analyze and interpret financial performance, identify trends and variances, and recommend actions to improve outcomes.
Translate decision support data into clear, actionable insights for clinical and operational leaders.
Partner on the development of annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic and operational goals.
Lead or contribute to new initiatives, business cases, project evaluations, and financial impact assessments.
Support and track operational improvement initiatives and action plans.
Collaborate with FP&A on productivity, costing, service line and decision support analyses to guide planning and resource stewardship.
Elevate financial literacy among non-finance stakeholders through coaching, training, and effective communication.
Serve as a mentor to analysts and help drive standardization of reporting and analytics practices.
Represent Finance in operational leadership meetings and cross-functional initiatives.
Other duties as assigned.
Other information:
Technical Expertise:
Experience in hospital or healthcare provider organizations preferred.
Exposure to productivity analysis, cost accounting, or service line reporting preferred.
Familiarity with operational benchmarking and performance improvement methodologies preferred.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Healthcare Administration, or related field required.
Master's degree (MBA, MHA, or related) preferred.
5+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, healthcare finance, or business partnering roles.
Demonstrated experience working directly with operational leaders or departments.
Proficiency in financial systems, budgeting tools, and data visualization platforms required.
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