Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mercy Health is seeking a Finance Program Manager to support enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, analytics, and value-based performance management. The role leads budgeting and forecasting processes, financial system enhancements, healthcare claims and contract analysis, executive reporting, and data-driven decision-making across finance, clinical, operational, and leadership teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead and optimize system-wide annual budget processes and quarterly reforecasts across markets, ministries, and entities
- Provide monthly close support, accounting coordination, income statements, balance sheets, and long-term financial projections
- Serve as expert and project lead for budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
- Implement financial system enhancements, optimize workflows, and standardize tools, methodologies, dashboards, and analytics processes
- Analyze claims, eligibility, attribution, CMS/payer files, and contract datasets to identify trends, risk drivers, financial opportunities, and performance gaps
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards and KPI reporting for leadership and governance
- Support value-based contract modeling (MSSP, MA, shared savings, bundled payments) in partnership with Managed Care, Actuarial, Finance, and IT
- Provide financial, utilization, and quality analytics to support improvement initiatives, vendor reviews, and strategic decisions
- Conduct data validation, reconciliations, controls reviews, and audit preparation; collaborate with Internal Audit and external partners
- Ensure adherence to HIPAA, PHI, and organizational data governance standards
- Translate actuarial, contractual, and management guidance into actionable financial insights and strategic recommendations
- Partner with Shared Services, Market Finance, data teams, and leadership to align financial reporting, performance management processes, and compliance requirements
- Maintain strong customer-service relationships with CFOs, finance teams, and clinicians
- Prepare and deliver high-quality presentations for senior leadership, boards, committees, and external stakeholders
- Provide ad hoc analysis and proactive financial insights to support enterprise strategy and operational goals
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, or related field (required)
- • 5 years' experience in healthcare finance, accounting, actuarial/insurance analytics, value-based care analytics, or related fields (required)
- • Experience working with healthcare claims, eligibility, and financial datasets (required)
- • Proficiency in SQL, Tableau (or other BI tools), Excel, and relational databases (required)
- • Healthcare finance and accounting
- • SQL querying, data extraction, and relational database navigation
- • Claims, eligibility, attribution, and contract data analysis
- • Tableau or equivalent data visualization tools
- • Financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario planning
- • KPI development, monitoring, and benchmarking
- • Audit preparation, data validation, and quality assurance
- • Healthcare performance metric analysis (cost, utilization, quality)
- • Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, formulas)
- • HIPAA compliance and data governance standards
- • Critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem solving
- • Clear and concise communication, including translating data into actionable insights
- • Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- • Effective time management and ability to meet deadlines
- • Collaboration and stakeholder engagement across complex teams
- • Adaptability to evolving priorities and requirements
- • Initiative, self-direction, and strong sense of accountability
- • CPA (Certified Public Accountant) (preferred)
- • CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional – IIBA) (preferred)
- • Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Health Informatics, or related discipline (preferred)
- • Experience with Medicare Advantage, MSSP, ACOs, CINs, risk-based payment models, or provider/payer financial reconciliation workflows (preferred)
- • Experience with financial planning software
Benefits
- Work at home
- Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
- Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discounts
- Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and elders
- Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support
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