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Company: MedStar Medical Group
Location: Columbia, MD
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Not specified

Description

General Summary of Position
The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis is responsible for the development of long range financial plans and budgets as directed by the AVP, Financial Planning & Analysis in coordination with local Chief Financial Officers and Finance Business Partners. Directs the preparation of financial plans in a manner consistent with systemwide standards based on historical trends, growth projections and inflationary assumptions. Reviews monthly financial results for accuracy and provides analysis to support major variances. Collaborates with local Chief Financial Officers and Finance Business Partners to document operational drivers of variances and to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. The ideal candidate will have strong financial modeling and analytical skills, an understanding of accounting practices, strong communication and collaboration skills and experience working in a complex multi-entity organization.


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assists in building and retaining a high-caliber professional team essential to a high-performance organization, including mentorship and succession planning. Assists in motivating and engaging staff, leading change, building trust and regional consistency, and appropriately delating and empowering the team. Serves as a trainer and coach to the team as it relates to all job duties. Completes annual performance reviews and provides coaching to team.
  • Provides direction and oversight of the preparation of the annual operating budget, including but not limited to development of baseline budget submission, collaboration with local finance resources to refine submissions and ongoing adjustment and validation of budgets.
  • Directs the preparation of the annual long-range financial plan through analysis and assessment of historical results, incorporation of inflationary and growth assumptions, incorporation of system and local initiatives including capital project returns and collaboration with local finance business partners for refinement and alignment with systemwide objectives.
  • Performs variance analysis as a part of monthly, quarterly and annual financial close cycles. Collaborates with local finance business partners to understand business results, document results and support routine action planning as needed.
  • In cooperation with the AVP, Financial Planning and Analysis, coordinates all budgeting responsibilities including training sessions and completion of accurate budgets that meet required deadlines.
  • Balances multiple deadlines and prioritizes work to ensure deadlines are met.
  • Identifies accounting or financial performance issues uncovered in the performance of duties, recommends changes, modifications, and enhancements in a timely manner.
  • Remains current on the latest relevant accounting and healthcare issues, including governmental regulations and procedures.
  • Maximizes the use of existing technology to meet organizational needs. Recommends technology changes to improve speed and reliability.
  • Exemplifies SPIRIT Values and sets an example for staff.
  • The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and is not to be considered as all-inclusive.

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    Minimum Qualifications
    Education

    • Bachelor's degree From an accredited university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field required and
    • Master's degree MBA, MHS or other graduate degree with a health care concentration preferred

    Experience

    • 5-7 years Progressive experience in Finance or Accounting. Experience with financial modeling and analysis, budgeting, and forecasting required. required and
    • 1-2 years Experience managing people or a team. required

    Licenses and Certifications

    • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

    • Possesses a `One MedStar system mindset' taking local requirements and collaborating with Finance CoE colleagues to drive system-level standardization.
    • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and people management skills.
    • Ability to Prioritize problems in terms of strategic and possible long-term impacts.
    • Ability to Build effective internal customer and vendor relationships.
    • Understanding of Finance value drivers across business segments.
    • Understanding of Service-level management.
    • Understanding of Financial analyses and modeling techniques and tools.
    • Experience with Managing executive leadership relationships.
    • Knowledge of Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Tableau, Hyperion, and PeopleSoft preferred.


    This position has a hiring range of $93,142 - $175,968

     


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