Director, Enterprise Decision Support & Analytics

Washington University in St. Louis; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & holidays

Health insurance

Transit U-Pass

Retirement plan (403b)

Wellness programs

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a senior decision-support professional in FP&A and healthcare finance.

You will lead complex business-case analysis across finance, operations, and academic units, and develop driver-based models to inform executive decisions. This role requires seven years of relevant experience, a quantitative degree, and familiarity with Workday, ERP/EHR data environments, and BI tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a quantitative field.
• Seven years of experience in decision support, FP&A, strategy, or healthcare finance.
• Experience with market/service-line sizing, capital project business cases, or program economics in a complex matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Support development of decision-ready business cases, including opportunity sizing, forecasting, pro forma financials, ROI/NPV/payback, and break-even analysis.
• Own analytical mechanics of business cases, including baseline construction, driver-based models, scenario testing, and key assumptions sources.
• Source and validate data across WashU systems and reconcile discrepancies before leadership review.
• Establish consistent assumptions, modeling conventions, templates, and documentation standards across the portfolio.
• Review and quality-check deliverables for accuracy, methodology, and defensibility.
• Partner with academic, clinical, medical school, and administrative leaders to frame questions and identify metrics.
• Translate technical analysis into concise materials and recommendations for enterprise councils and Board discussions.

Skills

BI tools

Financial modeling

SQL

Data analytics

Forecasting

FP&A

Power BI

Project economics

Written communication

Oral communication

Management consulting

Excel

Tableau

SQL/ETL

Workday

Epic/Clarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, statistics, data analytics, engineering, or a related quantitative field

Tools

Workday

Epic/Clarity

ERP/EHR data environments

Job description

Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a senior decision-support professional in FP&A and healthcare finance.

You will lead complex business-case analysis across finance, operations, and academic units, and develop driver-based models to inform executive decisions. This role requires seven years of relevant experience, a quantitative degree, and familiarity with Workday, ERP/EHR data environments, and BI tools.