Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis

Charlestown, MA
• Beth Israel Lahey Health
• Full-time
• Day When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Financial Operations and Corporate Accounting, the Vice President, Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A), serves as the enterprise leader responsible for financial planning, performance management, strategic decision support, and financial analytics across Beth Israel Lahey Health.

The VP serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the Chief Financial Officer, the SVP, Financial Operations and Corporate Accounting, the executive leadership team, and operating leaders by providing actionable financial insight that supports organizational strategy, long-term financial sustainability, operational excellence, and informed decision making.

This executive leads the organization's integrated operating and capital planning processes, long-range financial planning, forecasting, service line profitability, financial modeling, and enterprise performance reporting. The VP also provides executive oversight for system shared services and enterprise financial analytics while driving standardization, process improvement, and data-driven decision making across the health system.

The successful candidate combines exceptional financial acumen with healthcare operational expertise and a demonstrated ability to lead organizational transformation within a complex integrated delivery system.

Primary Responsibilities:

Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis Lead all enterprise financial planning activities, including annual operating and capital budgets, long-range financial plans, rolling forecasts, and strategic financial modeling.

Develop integrated financial plans that align organizational resources with Beth Israel Lahey Health's strategic priorities.

Provide executive leadership with timely analysis of financial performance, emerging trends, operational risks, and strategic opportunities.

Lead enterprise service line profitability analysis, margin improvement initiatives, and return-on-investment analyses.

Evaluate reimbursement strategies, payer performance, value-based care initiatives, and other financial drivers impacting organizational performance.

Develop sophisticated financial models supporting centralized business planning for the system including strategic initiatives, physician growth, capital investments, affiliations, partnerships, and acquisitions.

Establish enterprise forecasting methodologies that improve forecast accuracy while identifying key business assumptions, risks, and opportunities. Executive & Board Decision Support Develop executive communications, Board materials, financial narratives and strategic messaging that clearly communicate organizational performance and priorities.

Partner with the CFO, SVP, and executive leaders to prepare Board materials, financial narratives, and presentation content that clearly communicates organizational performance, strategic initiatives, financial risks, and opportunities.

Support Board and committee meetings by providing financial insight, responding to inquiries, and ensuring directors have the information necessary to fulfill governance responsibilities.

Translate complex financial and operational information into concise, actionable recommendations for executive and Board decision-making.

Performance Management & Executive Decision Support Develop enterprise financial dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting that provide actionable insight into organizational performance.

Establish key performance indicators and benchmarking methodologies to monitor financial and operational performance against internal goals and…