Finance/Accounting/Billing/PFS Director, Decision Support Morristown, NJ Trending

Atlantic Health System; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 164,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ seeks a Director of Decision Support & Cost Accounting to lead cost accounting, analytics strategy, and data governance across the organization. You will drive performance reporting, predictive analytics, and prescriptive insights to guide financial and operational decisions.

You will oversee finance systems, partner with IT and stakeholders, and build a high-performing analytics team focused on scaling data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and ongoing management of the organization’s cost accounting methodology and processes
• Ensure accuracy, transparency, and scalability of cost allocation models to support decision-making
• Oversee periodic cost updates, variance analysis, and continuous improvement of costing accuracy
• Partner with clinical/operational, finance, and executive stakeholders to translate cost insights into actionable recommendations
• Lead centralized decision support / analytics delivering recurring reporting and ad hoc analyses
• Drive adoption and development of Power BI dashboards and self-service analytics tools
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders
• Establish and maintain data governance standards for reporting outputs
• Build and execute a roadmap to evolve analytics maturity (descriptive to prescriptive)
• Introduce statistical methods, forecasting models, and scenario analysis
• Partner with IT/data teams to integrate advanced analytics tools and datasets
• Promote a data-driven culture across finance and operations
• Oversee administration and optimization of financial subsidiary systems
• Ensure system governance including access controls, data integrity, and updates
• Partner with IT and vendors to maintain system performance and integrations
• Serve as the functional owner for finance systems supporting costing, analytics, and reporting
• Lead, mentor and develop a team spanning cost accounting and analytics
• Establish performance expectations and career development plans
• Foster collaboration across finance, operations, and IT
• Drive adoption of automation and best practices to increase team impact
• This role will transform decision-making by strengthening cost transparency and analytics capabilities.

Job description

The Director of Decision Support is a strategic finance leader responsible for advancing enterprise decision-making through robust cost accounting, financial analytics, and data-driven insights. This role oversees the design, management, and continuous improvement of the organization’s costing processes and systems, while leading a high-performing analytics function that delivers both recurring and ad hoc insights.

The Director will evolve the organization’s analytic capabilities from descriptive reporting to more advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics, enabling proactive, data-informed operational and financial decisions. In addition, this role is accountable for the governance, administration, and optimization of key financial subsidiary systems, ensuring data integrity, security, and scalability.

Cost Accounting & Decision Support Leadership

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing management of the organization’s cost accounting methodology and processes
• Ensure accuracy, transparency, and scalability of cost allocation models to support operational and strategic decision-making
• Oversee periodic cost updates, variance analysis, and continuous improvement of costing accuracy
• Partner with clinical/operational, finance, and executive stakeholders to translate cost insights into actionable recommendations

Financial & Operational Analytics

• Lead a centralized decision support / analytics function delivering:
  • Recurring reporting (financial, operational, KPI dashboards)
  • Ad hoc analyses for senior leadership and business partners
• Drive adoption and development of Power BI dashboards and self-service analytics tools
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders
• Establish and maintain data governance standards, ensuring consistency and reliability of reporting outputs

Advanced Analytics Capability Development

• Build and execute a roadmap to evolve analytics maturity from:
  • Descriptive (what happened)
  • Diagnostic (why it happened)
  • Predictive (what will happen)
  • Prescriptive (what should we do)
• Introduce statistical methods, forecasting models, and scenario analysis into decision‑making processes
• Partner with IT/data teams to integrate advanced analytics tools and datasets
• Promote a data-driven culture across finance and operations

Financial Systems & Data Governance

• Oversee administration and optimization of financial subsidiary systems
• Ensure effective system governance, including:
  • User access & security controls
  • Data integrity and validation processes
  • System configuration and updates
• Partner with IT and vendors to maintain system performance, enhancements, and integrations
• Serve as the functional owner for finance systems supporting costing, analytics, and reporting

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team spanning cost accounting and financial/operational analytics
• Establish clear performance expectations, career development plans, and a culture of continuous improvement
• Foster collaboration across finance, operations, and IT
• Drive adoption of modern tools, automation, and best practices to increase team efficiency and impact

Impact of Role

This role is critical in transforming the organization’s ability to make informed, data‑driven decisions. By strengthening cost transparency, elevating analytics capabilities, and ensuring robust financial systems, the Director of Decision Support & Cost Accounting will directly influence operational efficiency, financial performance, and long‑term strategic success.

Base salary: $163,702-$306,130