Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UW Health is an academic health system dedicated to advancing patient care, research, and education. The Program Director, Financial Decision Support leads healthcare financial analytics, modeling, and decision-support capabilities, while guiding a team of financial analysts. The role partners with clinical, operational, and executive leaders to evaluate investments, growth opportunities, business plans, and strategic initiatives through data-driven financial analysis.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of financial analysts specializing in advanced healthcare analytics and financial modeling
- Establish and implement standards, best practices, and training programs for financial analytics across UW Health
- Provide strategic oversight for UW Health's financial modeling and decision-support platforms, including Strata cost accounting and enterprise data warehouse financial resources
- Partner with operational, clinical, and executive leaders to develop financial projections, business plans, pro formas, and return-on-investment analyses for strategic initiatives
- Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for executive leadership
- Drive continuous improvement in financial analytics capabilities, methodologies, documentation, and governance
- Support major organizational investments, service line growth opportunities, operational transformations, and other strategic initiatives through data-driven financial analysis
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science or related field
- Demonstrated success applying knowledge of health care finance, cost accounting, and revenue modeling to improve financial performance for the system
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams that deliver enterprise-wide data and analytics solutions
- Demonstrated success leading the maturity of data literacy and data governance
- Demonstrated success serving as project leader for cross-functional enterprise initiatives, including agile delivery
- Demonstrated success forming and sustaining collaborative, trusted-advisor relationships
- Master's Degree in Healthcare, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science or related field
- Ten (10) years extensive project and leadership management experience with a positive progression resulting in greater levels of responsibility and leadership based upon proven success
- Ten (10) years demonstrated experience and success leading finance-oriented initiatives in an academic medical center or large integrated health system
- Academic medical center or health payer organization
- Proven experience forming and sustaining collaborative, trusted-advisor relationships with customers and stakeholders
- Membership in and certification from professional associations such as ACHE, AMIA, HIMMS, INFORMS, PMI, TDWI, HFMA
Benefits
- An excellent benefits package, including health and dental insurance, paid time off, retirement plans, two-week paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
- Options for a variety of schedules and shifts that offer flexibility and allow for work-life balance
- Access to great resources through the UW Health Employee Wellbeing Department that supports your emotional, financial, and physical well-being
- Tuition benefits eligibility - UW Health invests in your professional growth by helping pay for coursework associated with career advancement
- The opportunity to earn a referral bonus for referring friends, former colleagues or others to apply for open, posted positions
- Remote position
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