Behavioral Health Finance Analyst; WMS​/FS

Description

Behavioral Health Finance Analyst (WMS2/FS)

Application review will begin on 5/22/2026 and candidates are encouraged to submit their application materials as soon as possible. The hiring manager reserves the right to close the posting at any time once a selection has been made.

This Fiscal Information and Data Analyst role offers a high-impact, non-supervisory position managing a $2.6 billion behavioral health budget. Ideal for analytical professionals, it provides influence over Medicaid rate setting, legislative processes, and AI/AN programs while working directly with executive leadership, offering significant career visibility, stability, and professional development.

All HCA employees will apply an equity lens to their work, which may include but is not limited to all analyses of core business and processes.

About the division:

The Financial Services Division (FSD) collaborates with other HCA divisions and various external stakeholders and legislative partners to provide strategic financial expertise for Apple Health, Community Behavioral Health (CBH), PEBB and SEBB programs. FSD oversees budget and compliance functions for the single largest Washington State individual operating budget, including budget management, accounting, forecasting, professional and hospital rate setting, financial analysis, and payment/collection operations.

It maintains close relationships with agency program, policy, and clinical divisions to ensure financially sound implementation and monitoring of program strategies and reports to the Governor and legislature.

About the position:

The Fiscal Information and Data Analyst is a non-supervisory, analytical role reporting to Section Management for Community Behavioral Health appropriations, focusing on systematic planning, budgetary analysis, and post-implementation management of Behavioral Health initiatives including the AI/AN Fee-for-Service program. The position provides advanced technical analysis, advice, and recommendations to management decision makers, including the HCA CFO and agency executive management. Work directly affects the management of the $2.6 billion Community Behavioral Health budget, grant and discretionary funding, and Medicaid rate setting.

This position is eligible to telework but must report on-site 1 day a week and occasionally as business needs dictate. All positions are within Washington State.

Some of what you will do:

• The FIDA must manage multiple high-priority assignments and resources concurrently, taking initiative to resolve problems or recommend alternative approaches when appropriate.
• This position works closely with outside agencies and other external staff on many regular and ad-hoc tasks, primarily receiving and requesting information and analysis.
• Provide expert financial-level budget, program, and system planning and analysis for statewide Behavioral Health programs for community mental health and substance use disorder budgets based on policies set at the Executive level.
• Create and use complex databases, spreadsheets, tables, graphs, and tracking systems including Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS), Enterprise Reporting (ER), and tools like Web Intelligence to extract, summarize, and evaluate fiscal data.
• Prepare and manage biennial and supplemental budgets for assigned programs for statewide Behavioral Health populations to provide community mental health and substance use disorder services on behalf of the Agency.
• Develop and update financial models in a complex multi-system environment and reconcile data for budget requests and fiscal notes periodically to keep them current.
• Monitor and analyze Agency expenditures for Behavioral Health programs, comparing them to relevant budgets, forecasts, and projections to ensure the Agency operates within its budgetary allotments.

Required qualifications:

• Option 1:
  • Bachelor’s degree in public administration, healthcare administration, finance, accounting, business or related fields.
  • Three (3) or more years of professional experience working with large, complex financial systems/information within the behavioral health care or health care field.
• Option 2:
  • Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Five (5) years of professional experience working with large, complex financial systems/information within the behavioral health care or health care field.
• Option 3:
  • Seven (7) years of professional experience working with large, complex financial systems/information within the behavioral health care or health care field.
• Required competencies:
  • The ability to take action to learn and grow.
  • The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.
• Analytic & Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Expert/advanced level skill with Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of designing complex modeling, structuring and ad-hoc data for use in pivot tables, and composing nested formulas.
  • Ability to creatively use resources to create and document work processes and analytical tools.
  • Working knowledge of…