Finance Program Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Oversee and enhance the annual budgeting process and quarterly reforecasts across various markets, ministries, and entities.

• Deliver monthly closing support, coordinate accounting tasks, and manage income statements, balance sheets, along with long-term financial projections.

• Act as a subject matter expert and project lead for budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.

• Execute enhancements to financial systems, improve workflows, and standardize tools, methodologies, dashboards, and analytics processes.

• Examine claims, eligibility, attribution, CMS/payer files, and contract datasets to uncover trends, risk factors, financial opportunities, and performance deficiencies.

• Create and sustain executive dashboards and KPI reporting for leadership and governance purposes.

• Assist in modeling value-based contracts, including MSSP, MA, shared savings, and bundled payment structures.

• Supply financial, utilization, and quality analytics to support improvement initiatives, vendor assessments, and strategic decision-making.

• Perform data validation, reconciliations, controls assessments, and audit preparations.

• Guarantee compliance with HIPAA, PHI, and organizational data governance standards.

• Convert actuarial, contractual, and management guidance into actionable financial insights and strategic recommendations.

• Collaborate with Shared Services, Market Finance, data teams, and leadership to synchronize financial reporting, performance management processes, and compliance obligations.

• Maintain supportive relationships with CFOs, finance teams, and clinicians.

• Prepare and present findings to senior leadership, boards, committees, and external stakeholders.

• Conduct ad hoc analysis and provide proactive financial insights to further enterprise strategy and operational objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, or a related discipline (required).

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in healthcare finance, accounting, actuarial/insurance analytics, value-based care analytics, or similar fields (required).

• Proven experience dealing with healthcare claims, eligibility, and financial datasets (required).

• Proficient in SQL, Tableau (or other BI tools), Excel, and relational databases (required).

• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) certification (preferred).

• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional – IIBA) certification (preferred).

• Familiarity with Medicare Advantage, MSSP, ACOs, CINs, risk-based payment models, or provider/payer financial reconciliation processes (preferred).

• Knowledge in using financial planning software.

• Comprehensive understanding of healthcare finance and accounting principles.

• Skills in SQL querying, data extraction, and navigation of relational databases.

• Experience in analyzing claims, eligibility, attribution, and contract data.

• Proficiency with Tableau or similar data visualization tools.

• Competence in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario planning.

• Experience in KPI development, monitoring, and benchmarking.

• Familiarity with audit preparation, data validation, and quality assurance processes.

• Ability to analyze healthcare performance metrics (cost, utilization, quality).

• Advanced skills in Excel (including pivot tables, lookups, and formulas).

• Knowledge of HIPAA compliance and data governance standards.

• Strong critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication skills, particularly in translating data into actionable insights.

• High attention to detail and accuracy.

• Effective time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.

• Capability to collaborate and engage stakeholders across complex teams.

• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and requirements.

• Initiative, self-direction, and a strong sense of accountability.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary, incentives, referral bonuses, and a 403(b) plan with employer contributions (when eligible).

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, along with HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources, and discounts.

• Generous paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability benefits, and backup care for children and elders.

• Tuition assistance, professional development, and support for continuing education.