Finance Manager

Jobtailor; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned financial manager to lead budgeting, variance analysis, and strategic planning within an academic medical center environment. You will drive data-driven insights, support resource allocation, and partner with cost centers to optimize financial performance.

Ideal candidates bring extensive budgeting experience, healthcare knowledge, and strong communication to coordinate across departments and senior leadership while ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field or equivalent finance experience.
• An advanced degree is preferred.
• Eight or more years of experience in financial management is required.
• Two or more years of experience in an academic medical center, hospital system, or related field is preferred.
• High standards of behavior, performance, quality, credibility, and integrity.
• In-depth knowledge of financial elements in healthcare delivery.
• Ability to influence, accomplish results and effectively integrate functions with business plans.
• Ability to continuously elevate quality, customer service, and productivity.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, management, prioritizing, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to develop advanced data queries.
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and detailed variance analysis.
• Ability to work under time constraints; meeting deadlines and schedules; setting priorities; and working with detailed information.
• Understanding of large-scale, integrated client-server/ERP/budgeting and financial planning systems.
• EPSI, Strata, Axiom, Kauffman Hall budgeting system experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual cost centers budget, review and analyze monthly budget variance and trends, identify opportunities to realign cost centers to budget
• Obtain, validate and analyze data for resource, expenditure, capital, strategic planning requests, and present analysis results
• Maintain position control, review cost center labor metrics, and assist cost centers with maintaining resources within metrics
• Work with cost centers to identify opportunities for efficiencies, utilize project management skills to prioritize and implement system, tool, process and other initiative, establish metrics and benchmark to measure progress and success
• Build relationships with cost centers and become their trusted financial advisor

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Data Query Development

Strategic Planning

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Problem-Solving

Analytical Skills

Prioritizing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

EPSI

Strata

Axiom

Kauffman Hall

Client-Server Systems

Job description

• Develop annual cost centers budget, review and analyze monthly budget variance and trends, identify opportunities to realign cost centers to budget
• Obtain, validate and analyze data for resource, expenditure, capital, strategic planning requests, and present analysis results
• Maintain position control, review cost center labor metrics, and assist cost centers with maintaining resources within metrics
• Work with cost centers to identify opportunities for efficiencies, utilize project management skills to prioritize and implement system, tool, process and other initiative, establish metrics and benchmark to measure progress and success
• Build relationships with cost centers and become their trusted financial advisor

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field or equivalent finance experience
• An advanced degree is preferred
• Eight or more years of experience in financial management is required
• Two or more years of experience in an academic medical center, hospital system, or related field is preferred
• High standards of behavior, performance, quality, credibility, and integrity
• In-depth knowledge of financial elements in healthcare delivery
• Ability to influence, accomplish results and effectively integrate functions with business plans
• Ability to continuously elevate quality, customer service, and productivity
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, management, prioritizing, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Ability to develop advanced data queries
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and detailed variance analysis
• Ability to work under time constraints; meeting deadlines and schedules; setting priorities; and working with detailed information
• Understanding of large-scale, integrated client-server/ERP/budgeting and financial planning systems
• EPSI, Strata, Axiom, Kauffman Hall budgeting system experience

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in financial management within healthcare delivery, including budget preparation, variance analysis, and strategic planning. Proven ability to build relationships and serve as a trusted financial advisor while utilizing advanced data analysis and project management skills.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Financial Management
• Budget Preparation
• Data Analysis
• Healthcare Delivery Knowledge
• Project Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Variance Analysis
• Data Query Development
• Strategic Planning

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Analytical Skills
• Prioritizing

Industry Keywords

• Academic Medical Center
• Hospital System
• Financial Planning
• Cost Center Management
• Resource Management

Tools & Technologies

• EPSI
• Strata
• Axiom
• Kauffman Hall
• Client-Server Systems