Director, Enterprise Decision Support (Hybrid) - Executive VC Administrative Offices

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis (MO)

On-site

USD 96,000 - 169,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & holidays

Health insurance

Metro U-Pass transit

403(b) Retirement plan

Wellness programs

Caregiver leave

Tuition benefits

Job summary

Washington University in St. Louis is seeking a senior analyst for decision support and FP&A to develop and assess business cases across health-system and university operations.

You will size opportunities, forecast demand, construct pro forma financials, and quantify ROI in a complex matrix environment. Your role includes data validation across Workday and EHR data environments, building driver-based models, and presenting actionable insights to leadership to inform Cabinet and Board

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

Support development of decision-ready business cases, including sizing, forecasting, ROI/NPV, and break-even analysis.
Own the analytical mechanics of business cases: baseline construction, drivers, scenarios, sensitivities, and source of key assumptions.
Source, validate, and integrate data across enterprise 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 admin leaders to frame questions and identify metrics.
Translate technical analysis into concise materials and recommendations for enterprise councils and Board discussions.

Skills

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Financial Modeling

Data Analytics

Oral Communication

Education

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

Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, MPP, MPH, MS in a quantitative field, or similar)

Tools

Workday

Epic/Clarity

ERP systems

Job description

Location

ST. LOUIS, MO 63130 Scheduled Hours 37.5

Job Description Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Support development of decision-ready business cases, including opportunity sizing, volume and demand forecasting, pro forma financials, ROI/NPV/payback, and break-even analysis.
Own the analytical mechanics of business cases, including baseline construction, driver-based models, scenario and sensitivity testing, and articulation of key assumptions and their sources.
Source, validate, and integrate data across WashU enterprise systems (financial, student, clinical, HR, and external benchmark or market data) and reconcile discrepancies before analysis reaches leadership.
Establish and maintain consistent assumption sets, modeling conventions, templates, and documentation standards across the decision-support portfolio.
Review and quality-check deliverables for accuracy, methodology, and defensibility.
Partner with academic, clinical, medical school, and administrative leaders to frame decision questions, define options, and identify the metrics that will determine the answer.
Translate technical analysis into concise materials and recommendations to support enterprise councils, Cabinet, and Board discussions.

Working Conditions

Job Location/Working Conditions Normal office environment. Physical Effort Typically sitting at a desk or table. Equipment Office equipment.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, statistics, data analytics, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
Seven years of experience in decision support, FP&A, strategy or management consulting, healthcare finance, business intelligence, data analytics, or higher education administration.
Experience with market and service-line sizing, capital project business cases, or program economics in a complex matrixed environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, MPP, MPH, MS in a quantitative field, or similar).
Experience in an R1 university, academic medical center, or health system.
Familiarity with enterprise systems such as Workday, Epic/Clarity, or comparable ERP and EHR data environments.
Master's degree.
Business Intelligence (BI), Capital Project Analysis, Data Analytics, Enterprise Systems, Executive Presenting, Financial Modeling, Financial Modeling in Excel, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Healthcare Financial Management, Higher Education Administration, Management Consulting, Management Decision Support, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (PBI), Operational Models, Oral Communications, Project Economics, Structured Query Language (SQL), Tableau (Software), Written Communication.

Grade G16 Salary Range

$96,000.00 - $169,300.00 / Annually The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

Questions

Questions For frequently asked questions about the application process, please refer to our External Applicant FAQ.

Accommodation

If you are unable to use our online application system and would like an accommodation, please email CandidateQuestions@wustl.edu or call the dedicated accommodation inquiry number at 314-935-1149 and leave a voicemail with the nature of your request. All qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Pre-Employment Screening

All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

Benefits Statement

Personal Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
Wellness Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
Family We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child.
Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs.
Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.
WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

EEO Statement

Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, citizenship (where prohibited by federal law), age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

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