Manager Strategic Finance Projects

** Role Overview:*
* The Manager, Strategic Finance Projects leads a team of Strategic Finance Project Analysts responsible for advancing high-priority finance initiatives, business cases, and cross-functional work streams. This role provides people leadership, portfolio governance, analytical direction, and executive-ready communication to support investment decisions, financial performance visibility, value realization, and disciplined follow-through across Finance, IS, market, and business partners. The Manager translates complex financial, operational, and market information into clear insights, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for senior leadership.

** Work Arrangements:*
* + Remote within the United States, working Eastern Standard Time

+ For roles that are 100% remote or hybrid, you must have access to a reliable high-speed internet connection to support daily job responsibilities. A minimum bandwidth of 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload is required. Those fully remote associates residing in states where service is required by contract, law, or regulation will be allowed to submit for reimbursement.

** Responsibilities:*
* + Lead and develop a team of Strategic Finance Project Analysts, including prioritizing work, providing coaching, reviewing deliverables, and strengthening analytical rigor, project discipline, and executive communication quality.

+ Establish portfolio governance for finance projects and cross-functional work streams, including intake, prioritization, charters, workplans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and leadership routines.

+ Direct business case development, financial modeling, value assessments, and scenario analysis in partnership with Finance, IS, market, and business leaders to support investment decisions and expected outcome tracking.

+ Oversee synthesis of financial, operational, and market data into clear insights, root causes, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for senior leadership review.

+ Manage development of executive-facing materials, including Board, CFO/CEO, steering committee, and senior leadership updates, ensuring concise storylines, decision framing, and clear "so what" implications.

+ Monitor portfolio performance, value realization, financial impact, KPIs, and emerging risks or opportunities through dashboards, reporting tools, and recurring management routines.

+ Facilitate cross-functional alignment and escalation of barriers by clarifying decisions needed, accountable owners, timing, mitigation options, and follow-through expectations.

+ Standardize project templates, reporting formats, action trackers, dashboards, and operating practices to improve consistency, repeatability, and leadership visibility across the finance project portfolio.

** Education/

Experience:

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* + ​​Bachelor's Degree.

+ ​Five or more years of experience in finance, FP&A, financial analysis, project management, strategic initiatives, business case development, or related healthcare/managed care finance roles.​

** Other

Skills:

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* + People leadership and coaching skills, including workload prioritization, deliverable review, feedback, and analyst development

+ Advanced project and portfolio management skills, including charters, workplans, milestones, RAID logs, decision logs, action trackers, and governance routines

+ Strong financial modeling, business case development, value assessment, scenario analysis, and outcome tracking capabilities

+ Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems and translate complex financial, operational, and market information into actionable recommendations

+ Executive communication, storytelling, presentation, and audience-tailoring skills for Board, CFO/CEO, steering committee, and senior leadership materials

+ Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, facilitate decision-making, manage escalations, and drive timely follow-through

+ Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, portfolio reporting, and performance monitoring tools

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with data visualization, BI tools, or automation tools preferred

+ Strong attention to…