Senior Finance Analyst

Description

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to the California market leadership team, supporting business planning, operational reviews, and performance optimization.
• Lead financial analysis and insights around revenue, expenses, and margin drivers, including variance explanations, ROI assessments, and operational trend reviews.
• Translate contract terms and assumptions into clear operational expectations and daily targets (including productivity, staffing models, unit delivery, and billing rules), monitor contract-level execution to flag early risks, produce contract-specific performance proof (e.g., cost per unit and margin erosion), and support remediation, renegotiation, or exit decisions.  
• Develop systems and processes to monitor and communicate expectations and daily targets.
• Oversee revenue capture on the operational end, contractual reserves, reimbursement accuracy, and denial rate monitoring to ensure revenue realization and financial integrity.
• Partner with revenue cycle teams to ensure billing processes and payer relationships support sustainable revenue streams.
• Develop and manage market-level budgets and forecasts, working closely with operations and central finance to align assumptions and targets.
• Support data-driven decision-making by building and maintaining tools that enhance visibility into key performance metrics (financial and operational).
• Provide financial oversight for cost reporting, market-level KPIs, and ad hoc analyses.
• Oversee program data analysts to ensure contract deliverables are timely and accurate.
• Assist in evaluation of growth initiatives, service line expansions, and capital investments, providing ROI and payback analyses.
• Evaluate and participate in RFP responses.
• Build strong working relationships with operational leaders, ensuring financial information is clear, relevant, and actionable.
• Support the implementation of financial systems, process improvements, and internal controls to enhance reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business required; MBA or related advanced degree preferred.
• 6–10 years of progressive finance or accounting experience, with exposure to healthcare, IDD, or Medicaid-based organizations strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to act as a business partner to operations, translating financial data into meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Strong understanding of healthcare reimbursement, contractual adjustments, and denial management.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis in a behavioral health or healthcare environment.
• Analytical thinker with the ability to work across large datasets and synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• Skilled in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling; familiarity with ERP or BI tools is highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across finance and operations.
• Private equity experience or exposure to PE-backed environments preferred.
• A proactive, hands-on leader with a bias for action and continuous improvement.