Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Health Management Associates; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Management Associates is seeking a Director of FP&A to lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling. You will work with executives to translate data into insights, support strategic decisions, and align financial plans with goals.

The role emphasizes partnership with leaders across the business, improving performance, and driving efficiency in FP&A processes and reporting.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years progressive FP&A experience with leadership exposure.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and reporting skills.
• Experience supporting multi-site or high-growth organizations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct annual budgeting, forecasting cycles, and long-range planning.
• Develop and maintain financial models, scenarios, and business cases.
• Monitor performance, analyze variances, and explain drivers.
• Provide management reporting for executives and leaders.
• Evaluate performance, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Support strategic initiatives, pricing, and profitability projects.
• Establish and report KPIs; improve FP&A processes for accuracy.
• Collaborate with accounting to align reporting and planning assumptions.
• Lead and develop the FP&A team; prepare materials for board reviews.

Skills

Excel

Financial Modeling

Variance Analysis

Executive Communication

Project Management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field

MBA / CPA / CFA or equivalent preferred

Tools

ERP systems

BI software

SQL / data visualization tools

Job description

Job Summary

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) leads Health Management Associates’ budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, and performance reporting activities. This role partners closely with executive leadership and business leaders to translate financial data into actionable insights, support strategic decision-making, improve business performance, and ensure financial plans align with organizational goals.

Job Summary

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) leads Health Management Associates’ budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, and performance reporting activities. This role partners closely with executive leadership and business leaders to translate financial data into actionable insights, support strategic decision-making, improve business performance, and ensure financial plans align with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

Work Performed and Job Requirements

• Direct the annual budgeting process, periodic forecasting cycles, and long-range financial planning.
• Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Monitor financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods; analyze variances and explain key drivers.
• Provide timely, accurate, and insightful management reporting for executives and business leaders.
• Partner with leaders to evaluate business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support strategic initiatives, capital investments, pricing decisions, cost optimization efforts, and profitability improvement plans.
• Establish, track, and report key performance indicators to measure financial and operational performance.
• Improve FP&A processes, reporting tools, and forecasting methodologies to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborate with accounting to ensure alignment between financial reporting, close results, and planning assumptions.
• Own bonus accruals and incentive compensation calculations, including coordinating assumptions, validating results, and ensuring accurate reporting and alignment with financial plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team while fostering a high-performance, business-partnering culture.
• Prepare presentations and materials for executive leadership, board meetings, and other stakeholder reviews as needed.
• Maintain strong internal controls and support compliance with applicable financial policies, standards, and regulations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Training

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related field. Preferred MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant advanced degree or certification.

Experience

Eight (8) to ten (10) years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or related roles along with three (3)+ years of leadership experience managing or mentoring finance professionals. Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and management reporting. Preferred experience supporting a multi-entity, multi-site, or high-growth organization.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP, planning, or business intelligence systems.
• Experience with dashboarding, data visualization, and financial planning software.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex financial information and communicate recommendations clearly to senior leaders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
• High level of business acumen, attention to detail, and sound judgment.
• Preferred background partnering with operations, sales, or business unit leaders in a strategic finance capacity.
• Preferred proven success leading process improvement or finance transformation initiatives.

EEO

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals With Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)