Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis - Outpatient
About the role
Overview
The Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) - Outpatient serves as the senior finance leader for the Outpatient Analytics Department and is responsible for all budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, financial analytics, operational finance support, and profitability improvement initiatives. The role leads the entire FP&A organization for Outpatient Finance and acts as a strategic business partner to executive leadership, Directors of Finance, and Regional Vice Presidents of Operations to drive sustainable growth, operating margin expansion, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead annual budget, quarterly forecast, monthly outlook, and long-range planning processes.
- Direct and develop all outpatient financial analysts and FP&A resources. Set expectations for the team.
- Partner with VP of Outpatient Financial Operations, Directors of Finance and Regional Vice Presidents to provide financial analytical support with the goal of improving clinic, regional, and divisional profitability.
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and management reporting.
- Perform variance analysis and identify opportunities to improve revenue, productivity, labor management, and operating margins.
- Support de novo expansion, acquisitions, integration activities, and strategic initiatives.
- Present financial results and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Drive automation, reporting standardization, and process improvement initiatives.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Build and mentor a high-performing FP&A organization, ensuring data accuracy and consistency,
- Establish accountability, performance expectations, and succession planning.
- Promote cross-functional collaboration between finance and operations.
Success Measures
- Forecast accuracy and budget attainment.
- Growth in operating margin and EBITDA performance.
- Timeliness and quality of executive reporting.
- Employee engagement, development, and retention.
- Adoption of actionable analytics by operational leaders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field required.
- MBA, CPA, CFA, or comparable advanced credential preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.
- Healthcare finance experience required; outpatient healthcare preferred.
- Demonstrated leadership of FP&A, analytics, and finance teams.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) with all levels of the organization and any internal/external stakeholders.
- Excellent executive presentation skills and presence.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects at one time and work with team members across the organization