Behavioral Health Finance & Projects Manager

DHR Health; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, seeks a Program Finance Manager (Full Time, Days) to lead financial planning, budgeting, contract oversight, and project coordination for Behavioral Health state services. You will analyze expenditures, staffing, and funding, and prepare timely financial reports in collaboration with cross-functional leaders.

The role requires 3–4 years of financial analysis experience in healthcare or state-funded programs, strong Excel skills, and the ability to manage multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered subject to HR approval.
• Advanced degree in business, finance, or healthcare administration preferred.
• Ability to interpret financial data, contract terms, budgets, operational reports, and complex documentation.
• Strong analytical judgment, accuracy, confidentiality, communication, organization, and ability to manage concurrent priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed operating budget trackers for assigned state services, by program, cost center, funding source, and reporting period as applicable.
• Analyze monthly budget-to-actual results; investigate variances in personnel, overtime, contract labor, supplies, purchased services, and other expenditures; recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare spending projections, run-rate forecasts, staffing-cost models, financial scenarios, and summaries of anticipated funding needs or risks.
• Analyze census, occupancy, length of stay, staffing hours, productivity, and cost-per-patient-day metrics as relevant to program performance and funding.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to reconcile data, validate financial reports, and ensure consistent reporting definitions and source documentation.
• Develop recurring dashboards and executive summaries that clearly communicate financial trends, risks, opportunities, and proposed action items.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial interpretation

Communication

Organization

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field

Advanced degree in business, finance, or healthcare administration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Pivot tables

Lookups

Formulas

Reconciliations

Word

PowerPoint

Reporting systems

Job description

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, seeks a Program Finance Manager (Full Time, Days) to lead financial planning, budgeting, contract oversight, and project coordination for Behavioral Health state services. You will analyze expenditures, staffing, and funding, and prepare timely financial reports in collaboration with cross-functional leaders.

The role requires 3–4 years of financial analysis experience in healthcare or state-funded programs, strong Excel skills, and the ability to manage multiple