Finance Director - Plan Analysis

Hennepin Healthcare; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hennepin Healthcare seeks a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to serve as a strategic finance partner for executives, physicians, and operational leaders. This role provides leadership, modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and decision-support to sustain long-term financial health and organizational objectives.

The hybrid position requires onsite collaboration two days per week to support COO/CMO and teams, with flexibility to adjust to organizational needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business administration.
• Minimum of five (5) years of health care financial experience, including a minimum of three (3) years of leadership experience managing financial analysts, finance professionals, or FP&A teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in healthcare financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and decision support.
• OR an approved equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership and business partnership to executive, physician, and operational leaders by delivering actionable financial insights, performance analysis, and decision support, with a focus on physician, ambulatory and ancillary areas
• Facilitate financial planning activities for responsible areas including budgets, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, capital planning, and performance management
• Direct financial and operational analysis by evaluating profitability, productivity, return on investment, growth opportunities, service line performance, and strategic initiatives to support organizational objectives
• Develop and enhance financial reporting, analytics, and performance measurement tools that improve transparency, decision––making, operational effectiveness, and financial outcomes
• Identify financial risks, trends, and improvement opportunities and partner with operational leaders to implement strategies that improve financial and operational performance across clinical and support services
• Lead, develop, and mentor the Financial Planning and Analysis team by fostering accountability, analytical excellence, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance
• Ensure effective financial governance, controls, and process improvement through the standardization, automation, and optimization of financial planning, reporting, and decision––support processes

Skills

Healthcare finance

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Budgeting

Leadership

Communication

Excel

PowerPoint

ERP

StrataJazz

Epic EMR

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting/business

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

ERP systems

StrataJazz

Epic EMR

Job description

JOB DETAILS

Department: Finance and Accounting

FTE: 1.00 (80 hours per pay period)

Workdays: Monday - Friday

Shift(s): Days

Location: This hybrid position is generally expected to be onsite a minimum of two days per week to ensure effective support of and partnership with the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and their teams, with flexibility to adjust based on organizational needs.

Purpose of this position:

The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) serves as a key financial leader and strategic business partner for the organization. This role provides leadership, financial guidance, and decision support to executive leadership, physicians, and operational leaders to ensure responsible stewardship of organizational resources and long-term financial sustainability. Through the effective use of financial and operational data, this role drives insight, accountability, efficiency, and collaboration while supporting the organization's mission and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership and business partnership to executive, physician, and operational leaders by delivering actionable financial insights, performance analysis, and decision support, with a focus on physician, ambulatory and ancillary areas
• Facilitate financial planning activities for responsible areas including budgets, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, capital planning, and performance management
• Direct financial and operational analysis by evaluating profitability, productivity, return on investment, growth opportunities, service line performance, and strategic initiatives to support organizational objectives
• Develop and enhance financial reporting, analytics, and performance measurement tools that improve transparency, decision––making, operational effectiveness, and financial outcomes
• Identify financial risks, trends, and improvement opportunities and partner with operational leaders to implement strategies that improve financial and operational performance across clinical and support services
• Lead, develop, and mentor the Financial Planning and Analysis team by fostering accountability, analytical excellence, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance
• Ensure effective financial governance, controls, and process improvement through the standardization, automation, and optimization of financial planning, reporting, and decision––support processes

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business administration
• Minimum of five (5) years of health care financial experience, including a minimum of three (3) years of leadership experience managing financial analysts, finance professionals, or FP&A teams
• Demonstrated expertise in healthcare financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and decision support
• OR an approved equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or similar professional certification
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Healthcare Administration (MHA), Finance, or related field
• Three (3) or more years of director‑level or equivalent healthcare finance leadership experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of healthcare finance, including Physician practice operations, provider compensation models, ambulatory and multi‑specialty services, ancillary services, professional and hospital reimbursement, healthcare industry benchmarks and best practices
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis skills
• Strong understanding of profitability analysis, business case development, capital planning, and strategic financial evaluation
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex financial and operational data and translate findings into actionable recommendations
• Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
• Exceptional leadership and people development skills, with the ability to coach, mentor, and hold team members accountable
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and executive communication skills
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts into concise, meaningful, and actionable messages for diverse audience
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience with ERP, General Ledger, Decision Support, and Business Intelligence systems, healthcare data sources, EMR systems (Epic preferred), Strata Jazz, reporting databases, and financial reporting tools
• Ability to leverage technology and analytics to improve financial processes and organizational performance
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen
• Highly organized, self‑directed, and results‑oriented
• Adaptable and resilient in a rapidly changing healthcare environment
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining a focus on broader organizational objectives