Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Manager Of Financial Planning & Analysis (Fpa)

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The Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a key leader within the Corporate Finance Department, providing strategic financial leadership and decision support to executive and operational leadership across the healthcare organization. Reporting to the Director of Corporate Finance, this position oversees financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and service line financial analysis to support the organization's strategic and operational objectives.

The Manager leads and develops a team of finance and service line analysts and serves as a trusted business partner to clinical and administrative leaders. Responsibilities include directing the annual operating and capital budget processes, coordinating financial forecasts, supporting long-range business planning, and ensuring the timely preparation of executive financial reports, dashboards, and service line performance analyses. This role oversees monthly variance analysis and financial reporting in support of the month-end close process, identifies key performance drivers, and communicates actionable financial insights to senior leadership.

The Manager develops financial models, business cases, ROI analyses, and pro forma evaluations to support strategic initiatives, capital investments, service line growth, and other organizational priorities. Success in this role requires strong knowledge of healthcare finance, budgeting, financial reporting, and business planning, along with exceptional analytical, leadership, and communication skills. The position exercises a high degree of independent judgment, initiative, accuracy, and collaboration to drive financial performance and support informed decision-making throughout the organization.

Responsibilities include managing service line analytics across the Hospital and presenting financial analysis to executive leadership, overseeing the preparation of the annual operating and capital budget, conducting complex analysis on large data sets, forecasting revenues and expenses, managing the implementation of financial improvements, serving as the primary financial planner and analyst for the Rex President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, managing cross-functional service line teams to produce business plans, managing the compilation of market and operational analyses, designing and creating analytical models, monitoring development of annual State Medical Facilities Plan, evaluating internal and external data on physician activity, managing new business plan development, and comparing operating and financial data on business plans in implementation.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree or equivalent, MBA or MHA preferred. Professional Experience Requirements:
Six to eight years of experience in a related healthcare role. Minimum of four years of direct financial analysis experience through a combination of education and professional experience. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Language

Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, medical device publications, and legal contracts. Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from senior management, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write reports and executive summaries in a concise, professional manner. Technical

Skills:

Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Access skills required. Ability to create dynamic models and complex analysis on large data sets.

Experience with reporting tools such as Business Objects and financial and operational reporting systems preferred. Mathematical

Skills:

Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as exponents, frequency distribution, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, and basic statistics. Finance

Skills:

Advanced understanding of cash flow modeling, NPV analysis, financial statement relationships, and capital planning and evaluation. Ability to forecast future operational volumes and revenues and expenses. Reasoning Ability:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw well thought out conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.