Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager

Financial Planning And Analysis Manager

The FP#A Manager leads the organization’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis functions across the entities, programs, and service lines of North Star Care Community (NSCC). Partnering with the CFO and operational leaders, the Manager translates financial and operational data into insight that guides growth, margin, and operating decisions. This role requires advanced analytical and modeling skills, the ability to lead processes and influence without authority, and a deep understanding of health care finance, reimbursement, and non-profit financial practices.

Essential Functions:

• Leads the annual operating and capital budget process across all North Star Care Community entities, programs, and departments in partnership with the AVP Finance, CFO, and Leadership Council.
• Owns the rolling forecast and the long-range financial plan, including census/volume, payer mix, reimbursement models, staffing, and capital assumptions by service line and entity.
• Develops and maintains complex financial models supporting growth and strategic decisions, including new service lines, affiliations, joint ventures, and acquisitions.
• Collaborates with the Finance Team on monthly financial reporting.
• Owns the shared/corporate expense allocation methodology across departments, programs, and entities within the financial system and the consolidated financial statements.
• Directs the variance analysis and operating reviews with entity, program, and department leaders; identifies drivers and recommends corrective action.
• Leads labor productivity, cost per patient day, and margin improvement analytics; partners with operations to size, track, and validate savings and growth initiatives.
• Works with the North Star Solutions Group leaders on analyzing financial data to identify trends and opportunities for growth along with optimizing revenue and decreasing expenses; provides recommendations on contracted rates based on data and financial models.
• Develops and maintains dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools; partners with Finance and Information Technology on data integrity, definitions, and reporting automation so financial data is available and understood across the organization.
• Prepares recurring and ad-hoc financial analysis and reports to support decision-making and operations, including materials for Leadership Council and Board reporting.
• Responsible for the tracking and calculating of potential unrelated business income (UBI) tax related to services that are not covered under the organization’s non-profit tax-exempt status.
• Continuously improves financial processes, systems, and planning tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy; directs projects as assigned and adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities.
• Leverages artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced analytics tools within approved systems to streamline recurring reporting, improve forecast accuracy, and expand self-service access to financial information across the organization.
• Serves as the organization’s subject-matter expert for financial planning and analysis, setting standards and practices for the function of planning, forecasting, and analytical methods; recruits, leads, and develops analyst staff if and when they are added to the function.
• Models and promotes knowledge of palliative care and hospice philosophies and articulates and promotes North Star Care Community’s vision, mission, and values; upholds the organizational Code of Conduct, policies and procedures and all regulatory and legal requirements.
• Models the North Star standards to care for every person, every time, 100% of the time.

Supervision:

Reports to the Vice President/CFO. This position has no direct reports at this time; the FP#A Manager manages the FP#A function rather than staff.

Working Relationships:

Internal:
Extensive and frequent contact with executive, administrative, and leadership staff across the organization both within designated areas of responsibility and with other individuals and departments within the organization.

External:
Extensive contact with…