Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

About the Role

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) leads Health Management Associates’ budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, and performance reporting activities. This role partners closely with executive leadership and business leaders to translate financial data into actionable insights, support strategic decision-making, improve business performance, and ensure financial plans align with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Direct the annual budgeting process, periodic forecasting cycles, and long-range financial planning.
• Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Monitor financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods; analyze variances and explain key drivers.
• Provide timely, accurate, and insightful management reporting for executives and business leaders.
• Partner with leaders to evaluate business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support strategic initiatives, capital investments, pricing decisions, cost optimization efforts, and profitability improvement plans.
• Establish, track, and report key performance indicators to measure financial and operational performance.
• Improve FP&A processes, reporting tools, and forecasting methodologies to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborate with accounting to ensure alignment between financial reporting, close results, and planning assumptions.
• Own bonus accruals and incentive compensation calculations, including coordinating assumptions, validating results, and ensuring accurate reporting and alignment with financial plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team while fostering a high-performance, business-partnering culture.
• Prepare presentations and materials for executive leadership, board meetings, and other stakeholder reviews as needed.
• Maintain strong internal controls and support compliance with applicable financial policies, standards, and regulations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related field.
• Preferred MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant advanced degree or certification.

Experience

• Eight (8) to ten (10) years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or related roles along with three (3)+ years of leadership experience managing or mentoring finance professionals.
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Preferred experience supporting a multi-entity, multi-site, or high-growth organization.

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP, planning, or business intelligence systems.
• Experience with dashboarding, data visualization, and financial planning software.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex financial information and communicate recommendations clearly to senior leaders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
• High level of business acumen, attention to detail, and sound judgment.
• Preferred background partnering with operations, sales, or business unit leaders in a strategic finance capacity.
• Preferred proven success leading process improvement or finance transformation initiatives.