Finance Accounting Manager

Job Summary:

This position will be a hybrid onsite position. Onsite days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays. Wednesday and Friday optional work from home.

The Manager, Finance - ESH is responsible for managing the process of monthly department reporting designed to maintain expenditure controls and to proactively identify trends affecting future financial requirements.

Range: $120,000.00 - $132,000.00/yr base 20% AIP Target

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for managing the process of monthly department reporting designed to maintain expenditure controls and to proactively identify trends affecting future financial requirements.
• Responsible for the development of expense projections to support forecast and budget and monitor monthly variances to identify trends.
• Maintain compliance to internal policies and procedures, contractual requirements or other external covenants.
• Manages the process for compilation of data and reporting used to prepare strategic plans, annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Responsible for managing the financial analysis function. Oversees the completion of various financial evaluations on a timely and accurate basis.
• Responsible for analyzing financial trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses. Understand financial impacts of decisions and communicate those to management.
• Maintain compliance to internal policies and procedures, contractual requirements or other external covenants.
• Evaluate and make appropriate improvements to internal analysis processes ensuring that practices are in line with the overall goals of the organization.
• Consults with senior executives and departmental managers to assure that estimates are complete, accurate and in conformance with Company policies and other contractual commitments.
• Support quarterly review, forecast process, and annual budget process within Corporate Finance.
• Oversees the reporting of revenue and/or expenses in the organization's financial software.
• Provides recommendations for more effective allocation of corporate expenses to individual plans/companies/projects and oversees the process of maintaining those allocations.
• Identify and implement mechanisms or processes to increase throughput and efficiencies within the Department. Also, develop key performance indicators and/or SLAs to validate improved efficiency.
• Prepares, implements and maintains all necessary internal controls for related entities consistent with Model Audit Rule (MAR) requirements.
• Develops professional staff such that appropriate backup and contingency plans exist in the event of turnover.
• Plans, prioritizes, assigns, supervises and reviews the work of staff responsible for providing budget services.
• Perform any other job related duties as requested.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, computer sciences or related field required
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other related post-graduate degree preferred
• Five (5) years of experience in accounting/finance/budget required
• managed care or healthcare experience preferred

Competencies, Knowledge and Skills:

• Familiar with a variety of analysis concepts, practices and procedures
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Ability to lead and direct the work of others including the development, motivation and rewarding of staff
• Wide degree of creativity and latitude is required
• Ability to work with others and independently
• Demonstrates decision making and analytical/problem solving skills to perform a variety of complicated tasks
• Possesses critical thinking/listening skills
• Ability to interact with all levels of management as well as external stakeholders
• Knowledgeable of internal control framework
• Detail oriented
• Expert proficiency levels with Microsoft Excel, advanced proficiency with Microsoft Powerpoint
• Knowledge of SAP, Business Objects, and/or business intelligence (BI) tools is preferred but not required

Licensure and Certification:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Association for Financial Professional (AFP) FP&A, or related certification preferred

Working Conditions:

• General office environment; may be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time
• Travel is not typically required