Analyst, Strategic Finance
Job Summary
The Strategic Finance Analyst will play a pivotal role in understanding performance and driving profitability within the organization. This role will work closely and collaboratively with various departments, providing insights that support strategic business decisions and optimize financial performance. This is a critical role in ArchWell Health’s maturation and is a fast-paced position that will enable high-quality personal development and growth.
Duties / Responsibilities
Business Performance Monitoring: Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to assess business performance and identify areas of improvement. Collaborate with operational teams to develop actionable insights and recommendations for performance enhancement and risk mitigation. Perform ad hoc analysis to identify drivers, solve business problems, continuously advance data-driven strategies and processes to improve financial results.
Examine health plan arrangement performance by geography and contract to evaluate strategic opportunities
Strategic Decision Support: Provide decision support to senior management and business leaders by synthesizing complex financial, operational, and clinical information into actionable insights and recommendations. Evaluate strategic contracts, initiatives, and partnerships through developing underwriting cases, monitoring performance, and evaluating program success
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a trusted advisor to business partners, offering financial expertise, insights, and support to facilitate informed decision-making and drive business results. Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, accounting, operations, medical economics, contracting, and other departments to provide transparency into results, develop improvement strategies, and enable financial and operational success
Build strong and trusting relationships with market leaders to support and ensure awareness of issues and challenges, including payor contract performance
Data Transparency and Storytelling: Structure analytical results in an organized, visual manner to tell a meaningful, actionable story. Assist in the development and production of dashboards and reporting tools that increase enterprise transparency and foster accountability
Required Skills/Abilities
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel with SQL and PowerBI experience highly preferred
Financial and business acumen, problem-solving, and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and accuracy
Proactive initiative in exploring and discovering opportunities to improve company performance through data analysis
Excellent communication skills across verbal, written, and presentation applications with ability to communicate complex financial concepts effectively to non-financial stakeholders
Solid understanding of key performance metrics, financial statements, and drivers of a value-based care organization and/or health plan’s success
Proven track record of working effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and build positive working relationships at all levels of the organization
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Applied Math, Statistics, or related field required
Minimum of 2-5 years relevant experience as an analyst with a health plan, ACO, RBE, or consulting firm focused on healthcare analytics, decision support, strategic finance, FP&A, or medical economics
Experience in data mining, working with miscellaneous healthcare data sets with PowerBI and SQL experience strongly preferred
ArchWell Health’s Values
Be compassionate
Strive for excellence
Earn trust
Show respect
Stay resilient
Always do the right thing